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An alarming connection exists between residential care facilities, such as orphanages and children’s homes, and human trafficking. Orphanage trafficking occurs when children from vulnerable families are actively recruited into residential care for profit or other…
Historically, the needs of LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare systems have mostly not been addressed or, worse, have been invisible to those charged with caring for them. Caregivers who have provided LGBTQ+-affirming living environments have often been deemed to be enabling of this “deviance,” and children have been removed from their homes as a result.
Firsthand accounts have underpinned the …
Four-time Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah, who was born in Somalia and trafficked to Britain as a child, joined the UN migration agency on Tuesday as its first global goodwill ambassador.
The athletics great, who retired in September aged 40, said he wanted to help people in similar circumstances to overcome their experiences.
Farah won the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres at both the London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics in a stellar long-distance running career.
But in July 2022 he revealed that his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and he had been illegally trafficked into…
At least 43 million child displacements were linked to extreme weather events over the past six years, the equivalent of 20,000 children being forced to abandon their homes and school every single day, new research has found.
Floods and storms accounted for 95% of recorded child displacement between 2016 and 2021, according to the first-of-its-kind analysis by UNICEF and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The rest – more than 2 million children – were displaced by wildfires and drought.
Displacement is traumatic and frightening regardless of age, but the consequences…
When popular philanthropist “MrBeast,” also known as Jimmy Donaldson, announced a mission “to make the world a better place” by supporting orphanages worldwide in February, he got nearly five million views on YouTube in just a fortnight.
But as pointed out by NGO Lumos…
This statement from the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children calls for solidarity in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that no child is left behind.
In this statement, the UN Secretary-General registers concern regarding the well-being of the world’s children during the COVID-19 pandemic and notes the launch of a report that highlights the risks they face.
This comic is based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China. The comic is also available in Chinese and Spanish.
In this blog post for the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, part of a series celebrating Social Service Workforce Week, Colleen Fitzgerald writes about the need to support the social service workforce and to promote the well-being of caseworkers and social workers. "While the work itself is deeply meaningful and essential, it is also relentless in hurdles and stress. There are often complicated family dynamics, dangerous environments and significant legal and bureaucratic obstacles. In addition, witnessing the suffering of children and their families on a constant basis can…
Child Rights Connect delivered a written and oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council on 4 March 2019 at an event to promote the empowerment of children with disabilities to enjoy their full human rights, including through inclusive education. The statement was endorsed by many child rights organizations including SOS Children's Villages, EuroChild, Hope and Homes for Children, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, and more. In the statement, Child Rights Connect says that children with disabilities "are much more likely to grow up in alternative care and face heightened risk of…