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International Labour Organization (ILO),

This is the Executive Summary of the World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal Social Protection for Climate Action and a Just Transition which provides a global overview of progress made around the world since 2015 in extending social protection and building rights-based social protection systems. It calls on policymakers, social partners and other stakeholders to accelerate their efforts to simultaneously close protection gaps and realize climate ambitions.

International Labour Organization (ILO),

The ILO's social protection report focuses on the climate crisis and the need to transition to a more sustainable world, and provides a global overview of progress made around the world since 2015 in extending social protection. The report identifies protection gaps and sets out key policy recommendations, including those for achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Save the Children,

About 60,000 children have fled into Syria from Lebanon in the past week, with many suffering from dehydration and exhaustion, said Save the Children calling for an immediate de-escalation of violence in the region. 

Hannah Won, Chad Irons, Better Care Network,

The purpose of the tool is to assist technical support practitioners to closely track and monitor the progress of residential care services transitions they are involved in. It can be used as a workplan to guide the implementation of a transition strategy, allowing practitioners to identify relevant transition activities, set progress-related goals, and monitor progress against those goals.

Better Care Network, Transforming Children's Care Collaborative, Helping Children Worldwide,

In this interview, BCN’s Senior Technical Advisor, Rebecca Nhep, speaks with Laura Horvath, from Helping Children Worldwide, about the impact of child sponsorship programs on the transition of residential care services and post transition family strengthening programs.

Agence-France Presse,

Ukraine on Saturday announced a probe into alleged sex crimes at a state children’s home after the country’s rights ombudsman visited and decried a lack of official action. Ukraine has more than 51,000 children living in residential care, of whom 78 percent have disabilities, according to a report this month by UNICEF.

The Haitian TImes,

Human rights organizations urge the Dominican Republic to respect treaties and conventions on the deportation of minors, highlighting the severe risks faced by children deported without their parents.

Jesus Okello Ojara - Monitor,

According to Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), 43 percent of persons aged 5 to 17 years were involved in child labour in the country.

Gakku Rakhimova, Zhanna Khamzina, Nessibeli Kalkayeva, Yermek Buribayev, Zhanel Sailibayeva,

This study examined case studies highlighting specific issues or exemplary practices in child protection in Kazakhstan, providing a thorough, multidimensional analysis of child rights and protection in the country. 

The Straits Times,

SELANGOR – A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for abusing several boys under his care. The sentence was handed down after Muhammad Barur Rahim Hisam pleaded guilty to four charges levelled against him.