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This call to action - issued by a coalition of child rights organisations including Hope and Homes for Children, Lumos, Eurochild, and SOS Children's Villages - calls on the Ukrainian government and the European Union to "act before it is too late to protect the rights and future of some of the most forgotten and left behind children." The call to action notes the estimated number of children living in institutions in Ukraine (100,000) and the harmful impacts of institutionalization on children, highlights progress and challenges in reforming the care system in the country, and…
Uganda Care Leavers/Association of Care Leavers Uganda released this statement in response to the appearance of Ugandan children on an April 15, 2023, episode of Britain's Got Talent. These care leavers who have spent part or all of their lives in residential care expressed concern about the institutionalisation of children and the need to instead promote family care for all children.
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“We are not mistakes on pages, we are awesome novels with unorthodox beginnings.” TACT ambassador Solomon OB.Language That Cares is a collaborative effort led by TACT that aims to change the language of the care system. Language is a powerful tool for communication but sometimes the way that it is used in social care creates stigma and barriers for understanding. Language is power, and we want children and young people to feel empowered in their care experience. Why has this language evolved? The reasons are varied but one…
More than 100 child participants across East Asia convened with government officials to discuss the increased instances of child violence experienced during COVID-19 at World Vision’s Asia Pacific Child Well-Being Learning Exchange forum on 18 November 2020. The virtual event, organised in partnership with UNICEF East Asia and Pacific, was introduced to bring together government, UN agencies, donors, civil society organisations, corporates, academia, subject matter experts and thought leaders in the development sector, to throw light on pressing issues facing the world’s most vulnerable…
As this report makes clear, it is not just COVID-19 that is exacerbating global inequality; the world’s unjust economic response to COVID-19 will deepen global inequality for at least a generation. Almost 100 Nobel Laureates and international leaders have come together with youth organisations across the world to make the same demand: that the most marginalised children in the world get their fair share of the COVID-19 response. This report calls on world leaders to come together and agree a global package to help low income countries and ensure the most vulnerable to the crisis…
In February 2020 the COVID-19 virus started to spread in Europe. Since then our economies, societies, and daily lives have been turned upside down. This report reflects on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on children. It compiles information gathered from 25 countries across Europe, and provides recommendations for improving public policies in the short and long-term to support better outcomes for children and families. The assessment is accompanied by reflections on the 2020 European Semester. This report is based on information gathered until August/September 2020, and was released…
O Director Geral da Organização Mundial da Saúde declarou a COVID-19 como uma pandemia global, a 11 de Março de 2020. Os governos e as comunidades no mundo inteiro lutam para conter e responder a este desafio que ameaça destruir décadas de progresso, incluindo os esforços de combate ao casamento infantil, prematuro e forçado.
Este resumo é para os parceiros de desenvolvimento, incluindo o governo e a sociedade civil. Apresenta recomendações e recursos para responder às necessidades das raparigas, durante a crise de COVID-19 e no período de recuperação. Estão incluídos, também, aquelas em…
The International Parent Advocacy Network (IPAN) - which works to build a parent-led movement to transform child welfare worldwide - in partnership with Rise - a New York City-based organization that builds the leadership of parents whose families have been harmed by the child welfare system - has developed this toolkit for advocacy by parents whose families have been harmed by child welfare systems worldwide.
The parent advocacy movement seeks to build the power of parents who have been affected by the child welfare system. The toolkit is designed to be used to…
ABSTRACT
The child welfare system disproportionately harms Black children and families through systemic over-surveillance, over-involvement, and the resulting adverse outcomes associated with foster care. Ending this harm will only be achieved when the forcible surveillance and separation of children from their parents is no longer viewed as an acceptable form of intervention. This paper describes the upEND movement, a collaborative movement aimed at abolishing the child welfare system as we know it and reimagining how we as a society support child, family, and community safety and well-…
A group of young people with care experience came together on a webinar on June 6, 2020 to explore and discuss the challenges faced by care leavers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The participants in the webinar, which included over 100 care leavers from about 25 countries, developed this set of commitments and recommendations specific to the issues affecting children and youth from alternative care settings globally.