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This issue brief from the UNHCR highlights key messages from UNHCR in regards to family tracing and reunification. The brief outlines the importance of children growing up in a safe family environment and the positive impact this has on a child's psychological, cognitive and physical development. In the best case, alternative care is only required as an interim measure while family tracing is carried out and until the time when children can be reunited with parents or family members.This brief is part of a series developed by UNHCR which aims to guide field operations on key thematic child…
This document provides an overview of the topics covered in the various sessions during the three-day program learning event “Shaping our care reform work across Africa,” held in Ethiopia on 20-23 April 2015.
This issue brief from the UNHCR highlights key messages from UNHCR in regards to alternative care, including the importance of making alternative care arrangements based on the best interests of the child and using residential or institutional care only as a very last resort. The brief defines the role of the UNHCR in alternative care as well as key concepts of alternative care. The brief reviews the types of alternative care and key actions that UNHCR and its partners can do to ensure the best interests of the child in alternative care. The brief concludes with some examples of the…
This ‘Top Ten Resources’ document lists the currently most relevant materials on Child Protection, as identified by Save the Children’s Child Protection Initiative (CPI).
The Fifth International Policy Conference on the African Child was held 29-30 May 2012 at the United Nations Conference Center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The conference brought together about 500 participants from a wide variety of backgrounds and countries around the world. The overall goal of the Fifth IPC was to further the discussion on intercountry adoption and to contribute to the improvement of national laws, policies, systems and procedures relating to intercountry adoption.
The main objectives of the conference included:
- Raising awareness on the practice of…