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In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 76/147, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh, describes the activities undertaken in relation to the discharge of her mandate since her previous report to the Assembly (A/76/144). She also presents a thematic study on addressing the vulnerabilities of children to sale and sexual exploitation within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The study includes…
Este diagnóstico tiene análisis del progreso de Costa Rica en la implementación de las Directrices sobre las modalidades alternativas de cuidado de los niños. El informe presenta los hallazgos de la aplicación de la “Herramienta de Seguimiento del Progreso” en Costa Rica y propuestas para abordar abordar las necesidades de familias vulnerables basadas en estos hallazgos.
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…
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…
Executive Summary
European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) 2014—2020, along with policy innovations by the European Union, have paved the way in several Member States to make progress in reforming the child protection systems towards strengthening families and ensuring alternative family- and community-based care for children. However, not all EU Member States have benefited equally from the initiatives and many countries outside the EU did not get the opportunity to transform their child protection systems through EU funding instruments.
Across Europe, thousands of our youngest…
Prepared for the Agenda 2030 for Children: End Violence Solutions Summit, held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 14-15 February 2018, this report tracks progress towards prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment of children in Pathfinding countries. Under the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, these countries have committed to three to five years of accelerated action towards target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): “End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.”
The Solutions Summit aims to…
This report from Opening Doors for Europe's Children presents recommendations to the EU on how best to include deinstitutionalization and children's care reforms as a part of the next multiannual financial framework. "The negotiations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework present a unique opportunity for the EU to champion the transition from institutional to family and communitybased care as a human rights cause," states the report.
The EU has the chance and means to give millions of children within and beyond its borders access to a better life – no longer…
This report from Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch reviews findings of an examination of the EU financial framework as it relates to the promotion of community-based care of children and adults and offers key recommendations for the EU and Member States to facilitate the transition from institutional to community-based care. Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch is an independent initiative that tracks how efectively the clear commitment of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to support community living of children, persons with…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) works in countries around the world to improve the safety, well-being, and development of vulnerable children, with particular attention to preserving and facilitating their access to appropriate, protective, and permanent family care. USAID/DCOF has engaged USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation (MEval) to build on and reinforce current U.S. government programming on child care and protection in four countries: Armenia, Ghana, Moldova, and Uganda. MEval works globally to strengthen country…
This position paper from Opening Doors for Europe's Children explains the position of the organization in regards to the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework and the measures within it to support or inhibit the transition from institutional care to family-based care of children. Opening Doors welcomes and affirms many aspects of the Framework that recognize the importance of reforming child protection systems and providing more support to children in alternative care. However, the organization also expresses its concern in regards to other features of the Framework which will not ensure the…