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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Fight over religious liberty vs. LGBT rights expands to adoption (Commentary) Washington Examiner - November 28, 2017 Though adoption by same-sex couples became legal nationwide in 2016, faith-based agencies have sought exemptions, saying that they … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Mexico: Why Child Marriage Persists In Mexico (Includes audio) National Public Radio - November 23, 2017 Child marriage was banned in Mexico in 2014, and while rates of child marriage around the world have fallen in recent decades, the numbers in Mexico … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Mexico: Struggles To Integrate Foreign Students, Including U.S.-Born Children (Audio) National Public Radio - November 28, 2017 More American youth are moving to Mexico than there are Mexican youth coming to the U.S. More than half a million American … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: New Numbers On Child Labor Are Not Encouraging National Public Radio - November 17, 2017 The latest statistics on child labor are in - and they're not encouraging. An estimated 152 million children around the globe are doing work that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway India: DCW issues notice to police over sending back 13 girls to Brothels Press Trust of India - November 28, 2017 Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) has issued a notice to police's crime branch in connection with the incident in which 13 girls were first … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Germany: Government Trying To Bring Back Children Who Ended Up With ISIS (Includes audio) National Public Radio - November 24, 2017 The German Foreign Ministry is trying to negotiate the return of German children who ended up with ISIS through no fault … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway France: Médecins Sans Frontières to open day centre for unaccompanied minors in Pantin, Paris (Press release) Médecins Sans Frontières - November 28, 2017 On 5 December, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will open a day centre in Pantin, Paris, to offer … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: 'More than a tragedy' Ontario child advocate says of youth who die when taken into care CBC News - November 28, 2017 The review to explore the deaths of 11 young people in Ontario who died while in the care of child welfare agencies must, at its … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Preparing for HHS' digital disruption: Thoughts from ISM 2017 (Commentary) American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) - November 28, 2017 Aside from policy - which is always critical in any discussion of state health and human services - … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Feinstein Statement on National Adoption Month (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for California Dianne Feinstein - November 28, 2017 Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released a statement on the importance of National Adoption Month: … [Read more...]