UNICEF, UNFPA and partners are will host: #ENDviolence against Children and Adolescents with Disabilities, a side event for the 60th Session of the CSW and for World Down Syndrome Day

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. The primary role of the Technical Advisor (TA) II for Vulnerable Children and Social Service Systems Strengthe

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a former missionary from Oklahoma to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage. His arrest and conviction—one case among several recent instances of overseas abuse—highlights the need for more vetting procedures in international volunteering, experts say. 

This column advocates for greater investment and intervention for families at-risk to prevent adverse experiences in childhood.

A woman flew from Istanbul to Paris with an infant girl hidden inside her hand luggage, Air France has said.

The World Bank Group and the Know Violence in Childhood Initiative, in collaboration with The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and UNICEF, will be hosting a session entitled Childhood Violence, Fragile Societies: The Case for Investing in Violence Prevention at the World Bank Group Fragility, Conflict and Violence Forum on Thursday morning, March 3 from 10:30am to 11:30am.

This report and summary explores the current childcare policy failures across a range of case-study countries, including Viet Nam, Gaza, Mexico, India and Ethiopia, and highlights examples of progress in countries which are successfully responding to these challenges.

Child Trends recently released three sets of child welfare fact sheets detailing child maltreatment, foster care, and adoption statistics from the United States for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2013. Each set of 52 fact sheets uses state and national data to tell a story about the U.S.'s most vulnerable children and youth, a story that varies dramatically by state. 

Two sisters in Colombia who were separated when they were children after an avalanche destroyed their town have been reunited 30 years later

The University of Toronto presents "Assessing Canada’s changing migration policy for migrant care givers," a presentation by Monica Boyd.