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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Queensland lifts time limits on child sexual abuse lawsuits The Guardian - November 08, 2016 Child sexual abuse survivors will be able to launch fresh lawsuits against churches and schools that forced them into unfair settlements under new … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: The Family Matters report Australian Policy Online - November 09, 2016 On 9 November 2016, the Family Matters campaign released its inaugural report. This report revealed shocking results on the state of child protection in Australia for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: After Bill Cosby, States Shift on Statutes of Limitations in Sexual Assault Cases New York Times - November 06, 2016 In Colorado, where lawmakers made a similar change this year, legislators had been lobbied hard on the bill by Beth Ferrier and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Helping military families at-risk of child abuse San Antonio Express - November 08, 2016 Fueling the need for such a program is new data that shows the incidence of child abuse and neglect among military families is rising. Historically, the rate … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Onondaga County reelects Mulroy for County Family Court Eagle News - November 09, 2016 According to her biography, from 2007 to 2014, Mulroy presided over and determined child welfare matters, including abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: A Thousand Days Of Missed Chances (Opinion) The Huffington Post UK - November 09, 2016 Today, the House of Lords will debate the Children and Social Work Bill. Tucked into it is a tiny amendment that will have a titanic impact on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Five arrested over Rotherham child abuse The Times - November 10, 2016 Five men have been arrested as part of the National Crime Agency's investigation into historical child sexual exploitation in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: RGG Special Report: Central America's Northern Triangle: Home Sweet Home Rio Grande Guardian - November 09, 2016 Tens of thousands of Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Hondurans, many of them unaccompanied minors, have arrived in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Swipe to report child abuse: App launched in India to rein in crime Thomson Reuters Foundation - November 10, 2016 The Maharashtra State Child Rights Protection Commission on Wednesday launched the Child Helpline for Information on Rights and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Fiji: Child Abuse Statistics Raise Alarm The Figi Times - November 10, 2016 A Child Welfare Decree report on child abuse over the past year revealed that most child abuse cases were reported on December 31 last year. Minister for Women, Children and … [Read more...]