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On the 27th of March 2024, the UN Independent Expert on Albinism held a consultation workshop on ‘Children with Albinism and the Right to a Family Life’ in preparation for her official report to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). For those who were unable to attend there is an additional opportunity to watch a recording of the workshop and contribute your views on the UN Independent Expert’s recommendations.
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Children with albinism in the African region are at risk of family separation due to: (i) societal discrimination,…
The transition of individual residential care services for children is a critical part of child protection and care systems reform. It is one of several critical measures required of governments to implement commitments made at the international level to phase out the institutionalization of children and reorientate the system towards family-based care.1 To support the scaling up of transitioning residential care services, and to ensure it is done in a manner that is safe, effective and puts children’s best interests first, certain factors need to be in place at the system level to create…
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Este Informe Temático sobre voluntariado, volunturismo, turismo de orfanatos y tráfico de huérfanos fue elaborado para aportar lineamientos a los Gobiernos, los responsables de políticas y otros responsables de la toma de decisiones. También respalda la implementación de los compromisos internacionales asumidos en el contexto de la Resolución de la Asamblea General de la ONU 2019 sobre los Derechos de los niños y las niñas privados del cuidado parental. Explica de qué modo tomar las medidas apropiadas para abordar y prevenir los daños asociados al voluntariado en…
The objective of this webinar was to present the best practices learnt in the implementation of the youth wellbeing project which focused on integrated mental health and wellbeing support for youth and particularly young people with lived experience of care.
This is the 15th webinar in the Transforming Children's Care Collaborative Webinar Series.
Background:
Mental health problems affect 10–20% of children and young people (CYP) worldwide, with a staggering 90…
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This Thematic Brief on Volunteering, Voluntourism, Tourism, and Trafficking in Orphanages was developed to provide guidance to governments, policy and decision-makers. It also supports the implementation of international commitments made in the context of the 2019 UN General Assembly Rights of the Child Resolution on children without parental care.
It explains how to take appropriate measures to address and prevent the harms associated with orphanage volunteering, orphanage tourism and voluntourism and the orphanage trafficking connected to it.
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The Task Force on Family Strengthening presented a Learning Event on Social Protection on 23 February 2023:
Social protection is one of the primary tools governments can use to support families and promote better outcomes for children. This learning event was an opportunity for care reform advocates and practitioners to learn more about social protection – as well as economic strengthening interventions - from researchers and practitioners in the field. It provided an opportunity to dive deeper into what role social protection can and should play in…
To guarantee that individuals who have experienced living in alternative care settings can participate in processes and decisions to improve the child care system, Doncel, with support from the Latin American Network of Care Leavers, Better Care Network, and Changing The Way We Care, carried out the first Regional Mapping of Activists with care experience in Latin America and the Caribbean.
These organizations have long been working to promote and reinforce the participation of care leavers in alternative care discussions. The need to reform and improve child protection and care systems…
The Transitioning Residential Care Services Learning Event was an interactive workshop organized and hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group as part of the Transforming Children’s Care Global Collaborative Platform.
El evento de aprendizaje de servicios de atención residencial en transición, es un taller interactivo organizado y presentado por el grupo de trabajo de atención residencial en transición como parte de la plataforma colaborativa global de Transformación de la Atención Infantil.…