➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Russia: Wrong-Headed Move to Decriminalize Domestic Violence (Opinion) Human Rights Watch - January 24, 2017 If hitting an adult is considered assault, should it be permissible to hit children? More and more countries recognize that the answer is … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
Netherlands: Dutch government mulls ban on international child adoption amid trafficking fears
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Netherlands: Dutch government mulls ban on international child adoption amid trafficking fears Thomson Reuters Foundation - January 23, 2017 The Dutch government is expected to vote on whether to ban international child adoption amid concerns over … [Read more...]
Ethiopia: UNHCR Ethiopia: Child Protection Factsheet (October 2016)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ethiopia: UNHCR Ethiopia: Child Protection Factsheet (October 2016) Relief Web - October 31, 2016 Ethiopia is one of the countries selected for the roll-out of the global UNHCR Strategy on the Protection of Children. The National Child Protection … [Read more...]
US: Kickstarter pulls plug on adoption app campaign Adoptly (Includes video)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Kickstarter pulls plug on adoption app campaign Adoptly (Includes video) Yahoo Finance - January 21, 2017 Initially, the whole point of launching on Kickstarter, Nawrocki told us, would be to get a "good gauge on whether people are actually … [Read more...]
US: Federal Child Abuse Numbers Climb Again
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Federal Child Abuse Numbers Climb Again Chronicle of Social Change - January 23, 2017 A federal report published today by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) showed that the number of children in the United States who … [Read more...]
PA: Grace Packer case raises questions about 2-year-old Pennsylvania child abuse law
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Grace Packer case raises questions about 2-year-old Pennsylvania child abuse law News Works - January 24, 2017 It's been a bit more than two years since Pennsylvania created a new law to protect kids from child abuse. The law requires background … [Read more...]
CT: DCF and the poor: Is the system fair?
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: DCF and the poor: Is the system fair? Day - January 21, 2017 Once poor parents become involved with DCF, they don't have the legal resources to fight; they're required to fix housing and financial problems to get their children back and there's … [Read more...]
CT: Overwhelming number of lawmakers unhappy with DCF settlement
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Overwhelming number of lawmakers unhappy with DCF settlement Register Citizen - January 24, 2017 The settlement would allow the child welfare agency to get out from under federal oversight its been under for more than two decades. The lawsuit … [Read more...]
Serbia: Committee on the Rights of the Child Considers the Report of Serbia
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Serbia: Committee on the Rights of the Child Considers the Report of Serbia United Nations Office at Geneva - January 24, 2017 Introducing the report, Suzana Paunovic, Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights of Serbia, said that Serbia … [Read more...]
Australia: Child Protections Systems Royal Commission: Draft legislation needs ‘greater emphasis on prevention’
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Child Protections Systems Royal Commission: Draft legislation needs 'greater emphasis on prevention' ABC News Australia - January 24, 2017 The Children and Young People Safety Bill is being drafted to guide the Government's response to the … [Read more...]
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