➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: Hidden Children: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy Foreign Affairs - April 19, 2016 The recent gradual loosening of the one-child policy does not change the fact that "out of plan" children may be seized from … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: States With Punitive Justice Systems Have Higher Rates of Foster Care, Study Finds Newswise - April 19, 2016 The number of children in foster care across the country is driven not solely by child abuse and neglect, but by states' varying politics … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Preventing Child Abuse Before it Occurs US News & World Report - April 19, 2016 April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, an important time when concerned citizens and organizations host public awareness events and educational activities focused … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Solutions: Paging Captain Obvious (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - April 19, 2016 When foster parents tell me about their ill-treatment I always say the same thing: The system really needs you. If that's how they treat you, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: No winners among child abuse victims (Opinion) Bucks County Courier Times - April 20, 2016 Unless we face some uncomfortable truths, the Legislature will end up creating two classes of child victims in the name of emotional expedience. It will … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Experts question practices in Allegheny County contested adoption case Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - April 20, 2016 Monique Richards, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, said … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Viet Nam: Lack of protection, education causes child sex abuse Vietnam.net - April 19, 2016 The number of childhood sexual abuse cases in Viet Nam has been increasing in recent years. Many cases have been detected and denounced. But many cases of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Sneakers4Funds and American World Adoption Announce Their Partnership to Help Adoptive Families Raise Money on Earth Day and Beyond (Press release) PRNewswire - April 18, 2016 AWAA has recently formed One Orphan; a division tasked with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Working to stop women, child trafficking: Maneka Morung Express - April 18, 2016 Shillong, April 18 (IANS) India is in the process of finding a solution to thwart trafficking of women and children from Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, union Women … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: 'New IT enabled system would make child adoption easier' The Sentinel - April 18, 2016 Union Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi today said that the revised Child Adoption and the Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children … [Read more...]