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This section includes resources, news and other key documents related to children's care in the context of the current humanitarian crisis affecting Ukraine and surrounding countries. This section is updated daily. For more resources, visit the growing collection of documents in the BCN Ukraine Response Repository.
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The training Safe Responses During Emergency Situations covers topics such as the responsibility to protect children and adults at risk in an emergency, the principles of 'do no further harm’ and 'best interests of the child’ in practice; the four Rs: recognition; response; reporting; recording and what we can and should practically do in an emergency situation.
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This document provides guidance on how to apply international standards when working with children and their families impacted by this crisis. The question to be asked, consistently – whatever decision, action or process – is “what is in the best interests of the child?” This applies to situations on the ground that are complex and allow no easy answers.
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In the brochure, you will find the basic rules of safety, hygiene, nutrition, vaccination, psychological support - the answers to the questions that are currently most relevant are collected in one material prepared by UNICEF with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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In response to requests for information, ECRE has compiled a non-exhaustive document of measures taken by European countries to address the arrival of people fleeing the war in Ukraine (UA). The document provides country-by-country information regarding two main areas of policy and legal developments in response to arrivals from UA: the first part identifies measures adopted on entry/stay requirements, reception-related arrangements, as well as asylum procedures; the second part provides information on national measures implementing the Council implementing decision of the Temporary Protection Directive, or establishing other special statuses for persons fleeing Ukraine.
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This information note from the Hague Conference on Private International Law | Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé (HCCH) outlines the framework for the protection of children in emergency situations. It provides guidance on protecting children who are internationally displaced from Ukraine as well as intercountry adoption in armed conflict.
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This note is designed to guide UNICEF and UNHCR teams on how to integrate the Blue Dot concept into a joint operational modality, clearly outlining the roles and responsibilities of each agency, and recommending operational modalities to further expand and integrate these into the national response. Blue Dots are established in support of government efforts and links directly to the national child protection architecture.
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One month after the Russian Federation began its invasion of Ukraine, around one hundred children have been killed, thousands injured, and many more displaced or separated from their parents and family. The UN Child Rights Committee today asked States to provide core and integrated support to traumatised Ukrainian children, especially those who are unaccompanied.
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These recommendations are intended for international, national and local agencies and authorities with a role to play in the emergency response in Ukraine, in particular in aspects pertaining to protection of children. All NGOs called on the international community to protect the 100,000 children from institutions in Ukraine. These organizations warned that without a centralised system to track the whereabouts, safety and well-being of these children, they risk being trafficked, or abandoned.
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This handbook was prepared by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine with the support of the project "Support to Government Reforms in Ukraine" (SURGe), in accordance with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27.01.1995 No. 57 "On approval of the rules of crossing the state border by citizens of Ukraine" (as amended by the Cabinet of Ministers of 12.03.2022 No. 264). It outlines practical guidelines for Ukraine citizens when crossing the State border of Ukraine.
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This opinion piece published in the BMJ, argues that evidence based parenting support is needed for families in both sudden and protracted crises, to help protect children from adverse outcomes. The authors say that in emergencies, families need evidence based support that is accessible, relevant, and simple. The parenting programmes prevent and disrupt the intergenerational transmission of violence and trauma and improve mental health for parents and children. When combined with economic assistance (“‘cash plus care”) they are even more effective.
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The war in Ukraine has displaced more than 2 million people as they flee their country to find refuge. Roughly half of those displaced are children. Among them, many are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families. Children on the move in and outside of Ukraine are at heightened risk of violence, exploitation and abuse. This guidance, produced by the UNICEF team, outlines how authorities and aid workers can help keep children displaced by the war in Ukraine safe from trafficking and other forms of exploitation and abuse.
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The Better Care Network will continue to share tools, guidance, information, and other resources regarding children's care and protection during the COVID-19 pandemic as practitioners, policymakers, and other key stakeholders work to respond to the needs of children and families impacted by this crisis. For more resources on COVID-19 and children's care, visit the growing collection of documents in the BCN COVID-19 Resource Center.
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This study explores the lived experiences of care leavers in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This summary report by Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) Zambia and St Catherine's University reports the impact of COVID-19 on the ability of families of children with disabilities to access adequate food. These households named educational and nutritional services as their most pressing support needs.
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This is the first comprehensive book that provides accessible, international knowledge for practitioners, students and academics about social work in health emergencies and spans fields of practice across world regions with particular reference to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is relevant to a wide range of audiences, including practitioners, educators and students in social work, human services, international development and public health, as well as policy makers and researchers.
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This article examines the challenges that internally displaced children face in the midst of COVID-19. The article investigates the level of protection that the displaced children have and what social and medical mechanisms have been put in place to cater for them during the pandemic.
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The purpose of this study was to examine socio-economic and mental health impacts of COVID-19 on South African adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in order to understand how additional challenges brought on by COVID-19 have intersected with existing challenges, compounding AGYW vulnerabilities.
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Understanding the Situation
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There is limited evidence on family reintegration for children who have been in residential care within the African context. The goal of this study is to find out what factors impact reintegrated institutionalized children’s desire to remain with their biological parents or extended family.
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The purpose of this article is to provide information on the residential care facilities that operate in Ghana in terms of their licensing status, staffing, child safeguarding, and protection policies, as well as the safety and suitability of the premises. The article also describes the demographic profiles of the children who live in such facilities and provides an overview of the care they received and their well-being.
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This Nortern Ireland study aimed to use longitudinal data pertaining to children who had been adopted from care to examine the relationship between being adopted from care and psychological trauma.
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This systematic review aims to examine the effectiveness of interventions that seek to improve outcomes of grandchildren raised by grandparents.
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This U.S. study offers a longitudinal examination of a population-based cohort of infants born in 2001 who entered care during the first year of life and who were followed through multiple care episodes until age 18. Findings suggest that using single, first episode data overstates the proportion of children who successfully reunify and understates the proportion of children who are adopted, return to care, or live with guardians.
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This is a market study conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into children's social care provision in the UK. The study found that there is a shortage of appropriate places in children’s homes and with foster carers, meaning that some children are not getting the right care from their placement. Some children are also being placed too far away from where they previously lived or in placements that require them to be separated from their siblings.The authors recommend the development of national and regional bodies to support local authorities with getting suitable placements for children in the UK.
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The study was aimed at gaining insights into the operations of privately run, Christian faith-based residential care facilities (RCFs) in Myanmar. The outcomes of this analysis provide important insights to inform ongoing awareness raising, advocacy efforts, approaches to providing technical support and deinstitutionalization, and care reform strategies in Myanmar.
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This policy brief aims to foster an understanding that the provision of quality alternative care, requires that the child’s right to identity is safeguarded.
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This study explored perceptions of Quality Parenting Initiative's (QPI) impact on the foster parent experience, with a particular focus on foster parent involvement in implementation efforts and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
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Policies, Standards, and Guidelines
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As part of the “Safe Places, Thriving Children” project, SOS Children’s Villages has developed a series of six e-learning modules which aim at increasing participants’ understanding of trauma and its effects on children and young people, and provide guidance on how to act in a more trauma-sensitive way when working with children, young people and families.
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Social protection is increasingly being used in Eastern and Southern Africa to address economic and social vulnerability. Many governments in the region are also engaged in care reform to prevent family separation, support families to care for children well and provide quality alternative care. The same frontline workers are also often engaged in these two streams of work. This paper provides an outline of the key concepts and processes involved in social protection system strengthening and care reform and makes an argument for encouraging greater synergies between these two systems.
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This article draws on first-person narratives of care leavers in Ireland who have aged out of care and transitioned into independent living in a dedicated social housing programme to examine their strategies for coping with these competing pressures.
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This brief documents the learning of the Mexican Province of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd as they transformed five residential care facilities for girls into other models of family and community care. Changing the Way We Care provided technical assistance to support their transition journey.
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This webinar was hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group of the Transforming Children’s Care Global Collaborative Platform and showcased learning around the transition of residential care services.
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IACN Webinar: Preventing Separation and Strengthening Communities
The webinar explores Hope and Homes for Children and CINI's work in Jharkhand and West Bengal, specifically the implementation of their community strengthening approach which focuses on strengthening the community response mechanisms through a ‘multi-stakeholder convergence model’. The model emphasizes the importance of collective action as an approach towards preventing unnecessary institutionalization of children and facilitating access to community services and alternative care.
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Kids and COVID: A Conversation on Child Welfare and Youth Justice
In this First Focus on Children webinar a panel of advocates review some of the innovations, challenges, and successes that occurred in the child welfare and youth justice systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Race and Recognition: Empowering the Racial and Cultural Identities of Youth in Foster Care
This is the second session in the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families 2022 speaker series.
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The News Observer 31 Mar 2022
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May Bulman - The Independent 31 Mar 2022
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Cameron Gooley - The Sydney Morning Herald 31 Mar 2022
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UNICEF, UNHCR 30 Mar 2022
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Government of Scotland 30 Mar 2022
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The Daily Star 29 Mar 2022
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Branwen Jeffreys - BBC News 29 Mar 2022
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UNICEF Bangladesh 29 Mar 2022
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Sam Okyere - Open Democracy 28 Mar 2022
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Mohamed M Fall, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa 28 Mar 2022
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Ukraine Ministry of Social Policy 27 Mar 2022
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Terri Libesman, Eloise Chandler, Wendy Hermeston - The Conversation 25 Mar 2022
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Melissa Sanchez, Anna Clark - ProPublica 25 Mar 2022
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Luiza Ilie - Reuters 22 Mar 2022
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Free Malaysia Today 21 Mar 2022
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Pulitzer Center 21 Mar 2022
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Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine 19 Mar 2022
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Annika Burgess, Jenny Cai, Iris Zhao - ABC News 18 Mar 2022
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Naomi Angell - The Law Society Gazette 18 Mar 2022
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Kim Sengupta - The Independent 18 Mar 2022
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Jo Harper - BBC News 18 Mar 2022
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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Isaac Stanley-Becker, William Noah Glucroft - Washington Post 17 Mar 2022
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Ghana News Agency 17 Mar 2022
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Juliette Rodriguez, Rahmeth Radjack, Marie Rose Moro, Jonathan Lachal 17 Mar 2022
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Simon Schlegel - International Crisis Group 16 Mar 2022
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Associated Press 16 Mar 2022
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Rachel Collier - peicanada.com 16 Mar 2022
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Lorenzo Tond - The Guardian 15 Mar 2022
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Peter de Kruijff, Hamish Hastie - WA Today 15 Mar 2022
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Agence France-Presse 15 Mar 2022
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New York Times 15 Mar 2022
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Belfast Telegraph 14 Mar 2022
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Interfax Ukraine 14 Mar 2022
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Andrew E. Kramer, Maria Varenikova - New York Times 13 Mar 2022
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Sue Mitchell - BBC News 11 Mar 2022
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Melody Schreiber - The Guardian 11 Mar 2022
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Adrienne Murray - BBC News, Copenhagen 09 Mar 2022
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Caelainn Hogan - The Guardian 09 Mar 2022
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Mithran Samuel - Community Care 09 Mar 2022
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Ashley Southall - The New York Times 09 Mar 2022
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Save the Children 08 Mar 2022
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Brigid Kennedy - The Week 08 Mar 2022
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Nikolai Kuleba - The Guardian 07 Mar 2022
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Rebecca Wright, Olha Konovalova - CNN 07 Mar 2022
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Andrei Popoviciu - Al Jazeer 07 Mar 2022
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Agence France-Presse 07 Mar 2022
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International Rescue Committee 07 Mar 2022
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Yaroslav Trofimov - Wall Street Journal 01 Mar 2022
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Newsletter participants, currently 5,260 in total, work on issues related to the care and support of vulnerable children across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. The purpose of the newsletter is to enable members to exchange information on matters of mutual concern. If you would like to share a document, raise a specific issue, request a newsletter subscription, or reach out in any other way to the Network, please send the information to us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.bettercarenetwork.org.
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