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Africa

New report shows an estimated 35 million children in Africa are without parental care

November 10 2023 - An estimated 35 million children are without parental care in Africa, a report released by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, part of the African Union, has shown.

Safeguarding

Progress Update: Implementing ISC Recommendations

November 2 2023 - The final report of the Independent Special Commission (ISC) was published in June 2023, the culmination of more than a year and a half of collaboration between the ISC and SOS Children’s Villages, which also included an interim report from the ISC provided in summer 2022.

ETHIOPIA

Selam fights against FGM for herself and other girls in her community

October 31 2023 - Selam*, 11, arrived at home from school one day and found her mother with an older woman waiting for her. Her mother said they wanted “a tiny part” of her body cut off. Selam knew what the two women meant.