Projects
Human Rights in Alternative Care
We are working to generate new insights into rights-respecting, community-based alternative care for children’s human rights and well-being.
Despite important work to help prevent children being placed in alternative care and the closure of residential institutions, we know that urgent actions are also needed to ensure those children living in family and community-based alternative care are not denied their human rights.
Evidence and data can be a strategic lever to drive change in this area. However, there remain serious gaps in our knowledge about children living in alternative care globally. Most importantly, we must respond to the views of children and young people around the world who have spoken out loud and clear about our duty to ensure their human rights are respected and met at all times.
To support this drive for evidence, we’re working in partnership with UNICEF, Child Identity Protection and SOS Children’s Villages in a Taskforce to help develop international innovative research that is contextualised and rigorous. Most importantly, this is research that will incorporate a process that guarantees meaningful and creative participation of care experienced children and young people in its design and implementation.