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UNICEF, CPWB agree to strengthen collaboration for child protection system

「子どもの命、徹底的に守る」　国が重点プロジェクト、連携強化

How Childcare in the Republic of the Congo Fights Poverty

Childcare in the Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, is becoming more than just a family problem. It is also emerging as a poverty-reduction strategy. In a nati...

Atención a la pobreza infantil y protección de las familias con 25,2 millones

El Gobierno ha autorizado este martes en el Consejo de Ministros, a propuesta del Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030, destinar 25,2 millones de euros a la Comun...

MoGCSP joins Global Community to observe International Day for Street Children

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), through the Department of Social Welfare, in collaboration with Cherish a Child Foundation, joined the global commu...

Boosting incomes for the poorest families could reduce child protection plans, study finds

New research led by Kingston University has found that even very modest uplifts to family finances could reduce children's chances of entering the child protection system. The stud...

Government deepens social protection outreach in Krowor Municipality

Government has held a Community Dialogue on Social Protection in the Krowor Municipality as part of efforts to bring social intervention services closer to residents. The programme...

Sindh Govt Announces Rs3,000 Quarterly Stipend for Children Under 5

KARACHI: The Sindh government has approved a new financial support program under which children from birth to five years will receive a quarterly stipend of Rs3,000. Sindh Chief Mi...

NGOs launch safeguarding programme for child domestic workers

Slum2School Africa and The Freedom Fund partner to protect child domestic workers in Lagos with a new safeguarding programme integrating education and supp Read More: https://punc...

CRY India and Their Promise of Childhood

India is one of the countries most affected by extreme weather and natural disasters. Floods account for more than 40% of natural disaster crises in India, damaging infrastructure...

A new framework for understanding child poverty and vulnerability in Kenya

Children’s Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya by Elizabeth Ngutuku is a theoretically and historically grounded ethnography of childhood deprivation in Siaya, K...

Zim Moves Away From Orphanages in Major Child Care Reform

Zimbabwe says it is accelerating efforts to move children out of institutional care and into family-based environments as part of sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening child prot...

A push for child welfare reform in Haiti, the ‘Republic of Orphanages’

In Haiti, social workers are leading the charge to move children from institutions to foster care, in line with international guidance.

Over 26,000 children under sponsorship scheme unpaid for a year in Karnataka

26,767 orphaned, vulnerable or single-parent children have been registered under the scheme of the Women and Child Development Department

Greece rolls out early childhood support scheme

The Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs organized an event in central Athens on Thursday to promote its new Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program, which provides a...

Tanzania: Government Rescues 5,353 Street Children

[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE government has rescued 5,353 children living and working on the streets across the country, Minister for Community Development, Gender, Women and Special...

UNICEF Engages Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe Stakeholders On Child Protection, Survival 

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi  The  Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has organised a stakeholders roundtable advocacy meeting on protecting child righ...

Egypt Opens First Child-Friendly Investigation Rooms at Public Prosecution

  The Public Prosecution inaugurated on Wednesday, 15 April, the first three child-friendly investigation rooms, established with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (U...

Χρέος της Πολιτείας η προστασία κάθε παιδιού

«Η χώρα μας παρουσιάζει από τα μεγαλύτερα ποσοστά θυμάτων εμπορίας ανθρώπων και ειδικότερα παιδιών ανά εκατομμύριο πληθυσμού»

Kwara to digitise child protection, unveils software for orphanages

Kwara State partners with stakeholders to digitise child protection, launching new software for orphanages to improve care for vulnerable children. Read More: https://punchng.com/...

Parenting programmes boosts school readiness

A new international study has found that simple, low-cost and community-based parenting programmes can improve school readiness among young children, including those with disabilit...

FWCF urges review of Child Care Act to better protect children from sexualized public content

The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is calling on lawmakers to review the Child Care and Protection Act to better prote...

Children's Ombudsman says State's 'poor forward planning' is putting children in care at risk

Muldoon said there is no legal status for the widely-used Special Emergency Arrangements, making them “dangerous”.

Africa: Children Are Paying The Price for Climate Change. Climate Finance Must Catch Up

[Unicef] Climate change is reshaping what childhood looks like.