The outgoing chairperson of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Archbishop Martin Kivuva said the Catholic church embraced the new law under the National Care Reform Strategy in Kenya after overwhelming scientific evidence showed that institutions are not good for children’s growth.

The International Disability Alliance (IDA) is looking for an experienced communication officer, who will be responsible for the co-coordination of the Working Group and for communication activities that fall under the responsibility of the GDS-secretariat.

Save the Children Europe is launching its new advocacy paper on fighting child poverty in Europe. Join the webinar on April 11.

• Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT

This webinar will bring together experts and practitioners who are dedicated to advancing child protection through ethical and inclusive research practices.

Join Prof Kristen Cheney at the University of Victoria says that targeting ‘orphans’ for particular kinds of intervention commodifies orphans and can spur 'production' of 'orphans' resulting in exploitation. Learn more at this public lecture on April 9. RSVP to attend in person, or join online.

Safety and risk assessments are critical to our understanding of what factors contribute to the immediate safety needs and the risk of future maltreatment.

Three years since *Celina decided to apply be a foster parent of *Stella, she recounted the journey she took to integrate her into her family in 2021. It was a challenging period of adjustment as the then six-year-old struggled to fit into a family set-up after spending several years in a children’s home.

Bringing together interdisciplinary scholarship, Mark Henrickson argues that it is essential to understand and critique social work’s origins in order to work out what to retain and what must change if we are to achieve the vision of a truly global profession.

In Russia's Belgorod region, near the Ukrainian border, children are being evacuated by train after regional authorities announced 9,000 minors would be moved to other regions. The move follows weeks of deadly bombardment from Kyiv in the region, repeatedly targeted since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.