Canada: First Nations chiefs prepare to take on Quebec over its legal challenge of new federal child welfare law CBC - January 15, 2020 The Quebec government's decision to launch a constitutional challenge of a new federal law governing Indigenous child welfare has prompted First Nations leaders … [Read more...]

Canada: New Brunswick government seeking public input on child welfare legislation (Includes video) Canadian Press - January 15, 2020 The New Brunswick government has launched a public consultation process aimed at crafting new child and youth welfare legislation. Social Development Minister … [Read more...]

NY: Opinion: Sex Trafficking Happens Here, and to All Kinds of Kids (Commentary) City Limits - January 10, 2020 January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. What's the image that pops into your head? For many it's international crime rings - nefarious underworld figures moving shipping … [Read more...]

US: Paid Family Leave, on the Rise, Helps Women Stay in the Workforce Society for Human Resource Management - January 15, 2020 With unemployment at its lowest in 50 years, extending paid time off (PTO) for family caregiving is one way that HR professionals are revamping rewards packages outside of … [Read more...]

US: HUD Awards Nearly $500,000 to Public Housing Authorities to Help Young People Aging Out of Foster Care (Press release) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - January 14, 2020 U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today awarded $482,000 to four housing … [Read more...]

US: 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Unification Program/Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration Evaluation (Press release) Federal Register - January 13, 2020 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and … [Read more...]

US: For babies born into addiction, punishing the mother is no cure (Commentary) Salon - January 11, 2020 The statistics are heartbreaking. Each year in the U.S., about 32,000 newborns are diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, a form of withdrawal that can result from in utero exposure to a … [Read more...]

Canada: Canada needs a comprehensive child and youth mental health strategy (Commentary) Troy Media - January 14, 2020 Mental illness is the most common illness found in Canada's children and teens. We all know a young person who struggles with depression, anxiety, an addiction or a behavioural … [Read more...]

Malaysia: Human Rights Watch report finds reforms still slow in Malaysia under Pakatan KLSE - January 15, 2020 The latest global rights report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) showed that Malaysia remained slow in its reform agenda last year despite getting a new government in the form of … [Read more...]

Pakistan: Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women review of Pakistan (Commentary) Human Rights Watch (HRW) - January 10, 2020 The Pakistan government is failing to educate a huge proportion of the country's girls. Many girls simply have no access to … [Read more...]