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Udayan Care, a non-profit agency in India, organized a two-day international seminar on ‘Improving Standards of Care for Alternative Child and Youth Care: Systems, Policies and Practices’ on on 18-19 March 2016. The conference paid special attention to “the trajectory of the lives of many children who are likely to end up in alternative settings.” The conference addressed the issues of institutionalized children, their aftercare and the transition of institutionalized children and the issues faced by the childcare givers. This document features a report on the conference from CPC Learning…
As part of the work of the BCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, the National Commission for Children in partnership with BCN, and Save the Children convened a national consultative workshop in Kigali, Rwanda on 26 and 27 November 2014. The workshop sought to jointly identify knowledge, awareness and technical gaps which may be hindering children’s care reform and to identify national priorities for action. The main focus area of family strengthening and alternative care was addressed through the framework of the three core strategies of BCN’s regional work:
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As part of its Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Initiative, BCN, along with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) and the National Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) – an interagency platform of national child protection stakeholders - convened a national consultative workshop on 11 and 12 November 2014. The national consultative workshop sought to jointly identify knowledge, awareness and technical gaps which may be hindering children’s care reform and identifying national priorities for action. The main focus areas of the consultation were:
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The two-day Training Workshops on “Mental Health and Interventions for Better Care and Management of Institutionalized Children and Young Adults”, organised by Udayan Care, in partnership with Indian Institute of Psychotherapy Training, New Delhi, and Centre for Child & Adolescent Wellbeing (CCAW), on 19th & 20th December 2014 at India International Centre, New Delhi, brought together nearly 100 participants from various NGOs, government officials, CWC members, mental health professionals, and students. The primary objective of the workshops was to train and build capacity in…
In November 2012, more than 130 policymakers, academics, practitioners and other experts committed to CP systems and coming from 50 countries met in New Delhi over four days for a major conference entitled “A Better Way to Protect ALL Children: The Theory and Practice of Child Protection Systems.” This conference was co-hosted by four organisations – UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children and World Vision. The report from the conference encapsulates the substantive content of the presentations and related discussion; provides an analysis and documents the journey;…
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26th April: 11:00 am- 12:30 pm Nairobi time
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Date: 16 March 2022
Time: 9 - 10:30 a.m. EST
This webinar hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group of the Transforming Children’s Care Global Collaborative Platform, is an opportunity to showcase learning around the transition of residential care…
This conference, hosted by Tearfund Ireland, will explore the topic of Care Reform and why volunteering in orphanages is changing. This conference will take place on Zoom and will be fully accessible, with live captioning and International Sign Language interpretation. It will bring together expert practitioners, care leavers - individuals who have grown up in orphanages in the Global South and are now calling for reform, disability experts and advocacy experts in the Global South.
This webinar, hosted by CELCIS and SOS Children's Villages, will present a review of research on residential care (Function, quality and outcomes of residential care: Rapid Evidence Review) and a discussion on enhancing policy and practice. The event will offer a review of current scientific evidence on residential care as one of a range of alternative care options, and discuss what researchers have…
Disability Rights International, Validity Foundation, and the European Network for Independent Living, Youth Network Board are hosting a webinar on children with disabilities in adversity as part of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The webinar will be held on 4 December 2020.
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