Archives for August 2016

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: DCF offers few details on closing controversial jail for juveniles Connecticut Mirror - August 15, 2016 The report may be titled "Plan for the Closure of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School," but the state's child welfare agency provides few … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Romania: Gov't approved norms modified and completed to enforce the Law on Adoptions ActMedia - August 12, 2016 The norms establish, among other things, that the lawfulness of the certificate of adoptive family is prolonged to two years, from one, as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Kenya: In order to progress as a nation, we must all fight violence against women (Opinion) Daily Nation - August 14, 2016 Gender violence knows no cultural, religion, class, or geographical boundaries. It impacts women in developed as well as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ghana: Journalists trained on child protection Ghana News Agency - August 12, 2016 The Upper East Regional Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has been equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills to report on child protection and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ghana: Ghana should implement child protection laws - Specialist Ghana News Agency - August 14, 2016 Mr Emmanuel Nyarko Tetteh, a child protection specialist with the Compassion International Ghana (CIGH), has called for the implementation of all … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Born Before 1970? You're Older Than 9 Native Civil Rights Indian Country Today Media Network - August 11, 2016 The wrongs of the past have become institutionalized-they are said to be structural. And because they are systemically embedded, since … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: With Push From Adoptees, States Open Access to Birth Records Stateline - August 12, 2016 For many years, adults adopted as children who wanted to find out who their birth parents were ran up against a brick wall because they had no legal right to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Supreme Court History in 'More Perfect': Baby Veronica (Opinion) FindLaw - August 12, 2016 The case "puts one little girl at the center of a storm of legal intricacies, Native American tribal culture, and heart-wrenching personal stakes," … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Number Of Women, Girls At Risk Of, Survivors Of FGM In U.S. Triples Since 1990, GAO Report Shows Kaiser Family Foundation - August 12, 2016 Government Accountability Office report reveals an alarming trend: the number of women and girls in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Inside the administration's $1 billion deal to detain Central American asylum seekers Washington Post - August 14, 2016 "For the most part, what I see is a very expensive incarceration scheme," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.), the top Democrat on … [Read more...]