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Vietnam: Recording 1,000 child sexual abuse cases each year
Vietnam.net – April 14, 2017
More than 1,000 cases of sexual abuse against children occur in Vietnam each year and in the first quarter of 2017, 33 cases were reported, heard a forum in Hanoi on April 14. Organised by the Vietnam Association for Protection of Child Rights (VAPCR), Child Rights Working Group (CRWG) and child rights net (CRnet), the forum aimed to collect opinions from individuals and social organisations for preventing sexual abuse and physical violence against children.
http://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-records-1000-child-sexual-abuse-cases-each-year/110284.vnp

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US: Separate mothers and children: How a Trump threat deterred illegal migrants (Includes video)
Reuters – April 13, 2017
President Donald Trump has won the first major battle in his war on illegal immigration, and he did it without building his wall. The victory was announced last week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which released figures showing a 93 percent drop since December of parents and children caught trying to cross the Mexico border illegally.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mothers-insight-idUSKBN17F23M

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US: American Parents Are Adopting Fewer Children From Abroad
Associated Press – April 13, 2017
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped almost 5 percent last year, continuing a steady decline that’s now extended for 12 years, according to new State Department figures.
http://time.com/4739434/adoption-rates-international-children-decline/

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US: The Other Missing Children: Those Fleeing Abusive and Neglectful Homes
Chronicle of Social Change – April 14, 2017
Federal data suggests that nationwide over 20 percent of the youths who run away or are thrown out of their homes reported being physically or sexually abused at home in the prior year or fearing abuse upon returning home. Many of these children have been betrayed by a system that failed to protect them, leaving running away as their only option.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/blogger-co-op/missing-children-fleeing-abusive-neglectful-homes/26137

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US: CDC study: Half-million U.S. women, girls at risk for genital mutilation
Macomb Daily – April 14, 2017
The 2012 study estimates 513,000 females under age 18 are at risk for female genital mutilation, an increase more than four times that of a 1990 estimate. Another study, conducted by The Population Reference Bureau in February 2015, estimates up to 507,000 U.S. women and girls are at risk of undergoing the procedure.
The Study: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Humanitarian/Special%20Situations/fgmutilation.pdf
http://www.macombdaily.com/general-news/20170414/cdc-study-half-million-us-women-girls-at-risk-for-genital-mutilation

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US: Partnership to help foster youth attend, complete college
University Business – April 16, 2017
FosterClub, a national network for foster youth, announced a new partnership today with student success coaching leader InsideTrack to help close college attendance and achievement gaps among foster youth and children. The coaching initiative bridges the period between emancipation and college, where many foster youth abandon education due to a lack of support and guidance. It then continues to support them through their first year of postsecondary education to ensure they make a successful transition.
https://www.universitybusiness.com/news/partnership-help-foster-youth-attend-complete-college

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US: Adoption Fairness Bill: Bipartisan Legislation for Tribal Special Needs Children
Indian Country Today – April 16, 2017
Bill would give parents adopting tribal special needs children an adoption tax credit available to states.
Also: A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Trying to Bring Down the Indian Child Welfare Act. Why? (Opinion): https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/politics/right-wing-think-tank-trying-bring-indian-child-welfare-act/
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/politics/adoption-fairness-bill-bipartisan-legislation-tribal-special-needs-children/?mqsc=ED3881990

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NY: County Executive Mike Hein Announces That Ulster County Recognizes April As Child Abuse Prevention Month (Press release)
Ulster County, NY – April 14, 2017
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, Ulster County District Attorney D. Holley Carnright and Commissioner of Social Services Michael Iapoce, Esq., announce that Ulster County recognizes April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Ulster County. In order to raise awareness, Ulster County has arranged for the display of a banner in front of the Department of Social Services on Albany Avenue in Kingston during the month of April.
http://publicnow.com/view/EB0BECD70C381B1DCA2A220819D2218AE76A908A

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CT: Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges
New York Times – April 13, 2017
Choate Rosemary Hall, the elite Connecticut boarding school, said on Thursday that at least 12 former teachers had sexually molested – and, in at least one case, raped – students in a pattern of abuse dating to the 1960s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/nyregion/sexual-abuse-choate-connecticut-school.html?_r=0