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 WORLWIDE - innovative 15 session "FAIRSTART TRAINING" programme is FREE & is now available in 24 languages & in use in many countries worldwide
17.01.2012
WHO CAN USE IT? Anybody who wishes to enhance their caregiving skills for young children in public care - a programme for both workers in residential settings & foster families. Accessible by anybody with an internet connection. Funded with support from the European Commission & FREE. http...
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 WORLDWIDE - Interview with Dr. Susan Bissell - Associate Director and Programmes Chief Child Protection, UNICEF
15.01.2012
"The biggest misperception is that UNICEF is against inter-country adoption. We are most certainly not against inter-country adoption. I think that there is some very deliberate and misleading journalism in this area. We support the continuum of care: everything from trying to support vulnerable...
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 AUSTRALIA – Victoria Department of Human Services lashed by Children’s Court as foster mother regains children
12.01.2012
A FOSTER mother wept in court yesterday as a magistrate ordered she be reunited with her long-term foster children and berated the Department of Human Services, which he said psychologically harmed the children by removing them against their will almost 11 months ago.
The Children's Court...
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 WORLDWIDE >>> The new Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure is officially adopted by the UN.
05.01.2012
The UN General Assembly took a landmark step for children's rights as it adopted the new Optional Protocol and finalised the adoption process of this new treaty at the UN level.
An official signing ceremony will be held in 2012 where States will be able to sign and ratify the new Protocol. The new...
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 USA - NFPA's 42nd National Education Conference in CHICAGO - Friday June 15 - Monday June 18, 2012
05.01.2012
January 15 is the new Call for Presenters deadline + full conference details: http://www.nfpainc.org/conference2012
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 CRIN has launched its “Children’s Rights Wiki”, which brings together the huge volume of information that exists about children’s rights.
05.01.2012
CRIN's “Children’s Rights Wiki” >>> The aim of this ongoing project is to build a clearer picture of the persistent violations of children's rights in a given country, and ultimately to use this as a basis for exploring possible avenues of redress. CLICK to choose a country > http://...
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 UK > "Fostering Network" says that a crisis looms for foster care in 2012 / at least 8,750 new foster families need to be found in the next 12 months
20.12.2011
At least 8,750 new foster families need to be found across the UK in the next 12 months to avoid a crisis in foster care in 2012, the Fostering Network has warned today (20 December).
The new figures show the scale of the challenge for fostering services as they struggle to provide the right foster...
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 USA - The Future of Foster Care: A Revolution for Change
14.12.2011
Released by a group of former United States foster youth as a comprehensive report on the system in which they were raised, this report details the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) Foster Youth Internship (FYI) recommendations on improving hot-button issues ranging from...
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