➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Health prospects of children in care look worse than for anyone else Medical Xpress - August 31, 2017 Nearly 95,000 British youngsters live in such arrangements, which is not far off one in 100. We know that their life chances are not as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Bangladesh: UNICEF scaling up its emergency response in Bangladesh (Press release) UNICEF - August 31, 2017 UNICEF with partners are scaling up the emergency response in the flood-affected northern and central parts of Bangladesh. UNICEF is also … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: What It Takes to Be a Leader: Advice From People at the Top Chronicle of Philanthropy - August 31, 2017 Though Sixto Cancel (July) is only 25 years old, he is wielding enormous influence as head of Think of Us, a nonprofit using technology to help … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: ABA opposes legislation that could endanger unaccompanied immigrant children (Opinion) ABA Journal - September 01, 2017 The ABA is opposing federal legislation that it maintains would strip critical legal and other protections from unaccompanied … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway India: SC directs disaster management body to constitute child protection cell Business Standard - September 05, 2017 The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to constitute a 'child protection cell' for the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: More supports for women needed to combat human trafficking Regina Leader-Post - August 31, 2017 The consensus reached at this month's Board of Police Commissioners' meeting is that more resources are needed to help women and underage girls who … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: Editorial: Adoption ban on overweight parents discriminatory Courier-Mail - September 02, 2017 Our story today on how some Australians are being denied the opportunity to adopt children because they are too fat is not only disturbing but … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: Survey finds adults are unaware of child abuse signs or how to report it Bendigo Advertiser - September 03, 2017 A study has found one third of Australians surveyed would not immediately tell someone if they thought a child was being abused or … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: 'How can this happen?': Kids living in squalor despite supervision of SA child protection ABC News Australia - September 04, 2017 An Adelaide magistrate has questioned how children under the supervision of South Australia's Department for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Afghanistan: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Violence and Harmful Practices Against Children in Afghanistan: A baseline study Save the Children (SCI) - September 01, 2017 Since 2012, Save the Children (SCI) has been working with the Swedish … [Read more...]