Better Care Network highlights recent news pieces related to the issue of children's care around the world. These pieces include newspaper articles, interviews, audio or video clips, campaign launches, and more.
Opinion editorial on risks associated with using intercountry adoption as an emergency response to the needs of children in Haiti.
Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson calls for all unaccompanied and/or separated children to be registered, traced and reunited with family where possible and appropriate. This includes children who were in alternative care, such as in crèches and “orphanages”, prior to the earthquake.
"The desire of the Haitian people, to the extent that this can be done, is for the children to be cared for in Haiti…That is their preference"
Online update on concerns around promoting adoption in an emergency context.
Member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee are calling for international focus to remain on reuniting children who have lost their families during the earthquake in Haiti rather than adopting them out of the country.
Vingt ans ont passé depuis la Révolution de 1989, symbole de la chute du Conducator Nicolae Ceausescu. Pourtant, force est de constater que l’empreinte laissée par la politique pro-nataliste est toujours aussi forte. La Roumanie présente la spécificité d’être le seul pays où les abandons d'enfants aient été encouragés et organisés par l’Etat. Cette politique de Ceausescu poursuivait un triple objectif démographique, idéologique et politique.
Summary information on recently published book on community strengthening in response to children needs in context of poverty and AIDS.
This article from BBC News explores some of the issues surrounding intercountry adoption in Liberia.
BCN is collecting resources to be included in our new toolkit for practicioners supporting the delivery of better care to children and youth.
Documents the potential hazards and misconceptions surrounding intercountry adoption