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The National Care Service (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 20 June 2022. The purpose of the Bill is to "improve the quality and consistency of social services in Scotland" by creating a duty on Scottish Ministers to "promote a comprehensive and integrated care service" and making provision for "the establishment of care boards to carry out Ministers' functions in relation to social care, social work and community health."
In their Stage 1 Report published on 19 December, the Scottish Parliament's Education, Children and Young People Committee warned that plans…
Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence Against Children to the UNGA. SRSG reports annually to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on progress achieved and lessons learned on the protection of children from violence.
Guided by General Assembly resolution 62/141, by which the Assembly established the mandate, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children is a global, independent advocate for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children. In its resolution 76/147, the…
Abstract
COVID-19 constitutes the greatest crisis that high-income countries have seen in many generations. While many high-income countries experienced the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, or have had national recessions, the COVID-19 pandemic is much more than that. COVID-19 is a social and economic crisis, sparked by a protracted health crisis.
High-income countries have very limited experience of dealing with health crises, having their health and human services stretched beyond capacity, restricting the travel of their populations or having to close workplaces and schools –…
Executive Summary
In many countries around the world, systems of protection and care for children are in reform as a commitment to family care increases among governments, nongovernmental organizations, donors, advocates, communities, and families. However, there is limited understanding of the support available for the important work of transitioning residential care centers to family care and community services. This study seeks to map the landscape of support for transitioning residential care centers, specifically considering organizations or individuals who are providing or could…
The European Union (EU) has recognised that the transition from institutions towards family and community-based care needs to be prioritised for children globally. However, the process of transforming systems of care is complex and securing its quality implementation with EU funding may be equally intricate. As a leading and influential international development donor, the EU has the potential to drive forward successful care transformation for children across the world.
This report sets out the evidence about the harm that institutions can cause and presents the case for prioritising…
There is widespread global agreement that children should grow up safe and protected in families, rather than in harmful institutional care. In Rwanda, the Government has developed an ambitious programme of care reform and family strengthening called Tubarerere Mu Muryango (TMM), translated to Let’s Raise Children in Families.
This programme has been supported by UNICEF, and has seen over 3,000 children reunited with families and communities since 2012. The programme is rooted in Rwandan cultural values, which place a strong emphasis on family care.
This package includes the…
Objetivo del informe
Perspectivas sobre la transformación de la atención y protección desde un orfanato de Colombia: Fundamor, una organización que ofrece servicios a niños y niñas afectados por el VIH, cerró su internado y, con el apoyo de Lumos, reubicó a los niños y niñas internos en nuevas modalidades de atención familiar.
A pesar de los progresos recientes, Colombia aún enfrenta conflictos y pobreza. Los servicios y el apoyo que se ofrecen en muchas comunidades no satisfacen las necesidades de sus habitantes, y más de 11 000 niños y niñas viven en acogimiento…
Fundamor, a renowned NGO that specialised in providing services for HIV-positive children, decided to try to close its institution and move children to family-based care. The institution had been established at a time when state support for HIV-positive people was in its infancy. Insufficient access to adequate health care, coupled with poverty, led parents of HIV-positive children to bring them to the Fundamor institution. Over time, the leadership of Fundamor noticed that whilst children received good health care, nutrition and education, they were not developing as they would in a family…
UNICEF and ILO published a joint report aiming to contribute to the ongoing discussions about the future of social protection for children. According to the report, it is essential for future universal social protection schemes to include and address the needs, concerns and rights of children and their families. The report discusses the challenge of child poverty, the role of social protection in addressing this and related issues, moving towards the universal social protection system, as well as moving towards universal child grants in risk-prone, displacement contexts. The report concludes…
About this document
Too many children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are being deprived of their family and community by being placed in large-scale residential institutions. These institutions are extremely harmful to an individual’s well-being and development, and significantly more expensive than community- or family-based care.
This document was developed by UNICEF with funding support from the Oak Foundation, and in broad consultation and partnership with a range of civil society groups, NGOs and networks which are engaged in advocacy, monitoring, and…