A great change is coming over childhood in the world’s richest countries. Today’s rising generation is the first in which a majority is spending a large part of early childhood in some form of out-of-home child care. This Report Card discusses the opportunities and risks involved in the child care transition, and proposes internationally applicable benchmarks for early childhood care and education.

Explores causal relationship between increased international adoption and increase in institutional care of children in Europe.

These standards were drafted as part of a reform initiative programme in Ghana to ensure that institutional care is used as a last resort

Update on all recent seminars and activities relevant to child welfare reform and deinstitutionalization in Russia

International Social Service’s first segment of the series addresses the historical background and the principles and objectives of the Guidelines

A comparative study on the ethical responsibility of receiving countries of intercountry adoption.

The second tool in the Keeping Children Safe Toolkit which is a resource pack that provides guidance and activities to organisations ing meeting established standards

This document sets forth key standards through which child and youth protection, particularly in regards to foster care, will be approached in Western Australia.

This study sought to assess, analyse and inform the different forms of vulnerabilities affecting children and youth, and their effects and existing strategies and programmes addressing the challenges and vulnerabilities facing orphans, vulnerable children and youth (OVCY) in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. The study also sought to propose recommendations for improvement, and development of minimum standards for OVCY and the finalisation of the SADC OVCY Strategic Framework.

Examines the outcomes of family strengthening model in Uganda.