➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Senegal: Authorities sweeping child beggars off streets The Phuket News - August 21, 2016 In recent weeks, packs of shoeless boys and girls have been coaxed off the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar where they have spent their childhoods, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: In Immigration Court, Children Must Serve as Their Own Lawyers New York Times - August 20, 2016 After a long, scary trek through three countries to escape the gang violence in El Salvador, a 15-year-old boy found himself scared again a few months … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Former foster kids tell Congress what policies they needed News OK - August 20, 2016 Each year, a dozen former foster youths serve Congressional internships as part of the Foster Youth Internship Program. While in Washington, D.C., they research … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Are There So Many Women in Jail? The Nation - August 22, 2016 There are 14 times more women in jail in this country today than there were in the 1970s. That's not a typo. Even a few days in jail could trigger a child welfare agency … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: We Know Enough to Act: What Research Says (Again) About Effectively Supporting Youth Opinion) Youth Today - August 22, 2016 When Congress reauthorized the Job Training Partnership Act in 1997 (which became the Workforce Investment Act), they … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Judge Blocks Bathroom Rules for Transgender Students (Includes audio) Public News Service - August 23, 2016 A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking the Obama administration's guidelines for public schools to allow transgender … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: State says DHS should trim staff Philadelphia Inquirer - August 23, 2016 The state's head of child welfare has called on the Philadelphia Department of Human Services to reduce staff to further shift resources to private contractors who now … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Another Voice: Maternal programs can help prevent child abuse (Opinion) Buffalo News - August 23, 2016 It is fairly easy to determine whether or not a new mother is "equipped" for motherhood, based on her own childhood and the resources and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: This Exhibit Wants to Break the Silence Around Female Genital Mutilation Take Part - August 21, 2016 It's a procedure that at least 200 million women and girls around the world have endured, but the culture of silence and shame around … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Russia: Bill drafted by United Russian MP orders up to 10 years prison sentence for female genital mutilation SOTT - August 19, 2016 "Discrimination of women based on religious motives manifested in full or partial amputation of external sex organs … [Read more...]