Sustainable development

Post-2015 Employment Think Piece

Real access to good jobs is necessary to tackle growing inequities and end extreme poverty. This is especially important for marginalised young people and must therefore be made a priority for the Post-2015 development framework. (2013)

Post-2015 Health Care Think Piece

Children and young people without adequate parental care often suffer from poor living conditions, abuse and neglect, malnutrition, and preventable diseases. Quality health care interventions can make the difference between a lifetime of compromised health or a foundation to thrive for these children. (2013)

Post-2015 Position Paper on Development

How can we ensure that all children, including the most disadvantaged and marginalised, are served by the new Post-2015 global development framework? Here is our proposal.(2013) Spanish French

Post-2015 Education Think Piece

For marginalised children access to quality education can mean the difference between a lifetime of exclusion and need, or inclusion and independence. This Think Piece presents how fair and equal access to education relates to decent jobs, living wages, and healthy, sustainable livelihoods. (2013) Spanish French

Working to Achieve Sustainable Development

This report outlines the actions taken by SOS Children’s Villages to help meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It provides a general overview of our approach to the MDGs, with data from field studies on our work helping children without parental care, families at risk, and communities. (2013) Spanish

Post-2015 Social Protection Think Piece

Social protections, like universal access to education and health care, play a key role in creating inclusive economies, relieving poverty, and ensuring that marginalised children's rights are respected. In the long run, social protections will be core to a Post-2015 framework for sustainable development.(2013) Spanish French

Post-2015 Equality Think Piece

This Think Piece documents how children without parental care, and children at risk of losing parental care, are highly vulnerable to various forms of poverty and inequality. Operational strategies for action, as well as targets and indicators designed to monitor progress among these children, are proposed. (2014)

Quality Care Counts

This paper from SOS Children's Villages makes the case for every child's right to quality care as a holistic way for state and non-state actors to understand their duties towards children who are without parental care or who are at risk of losing parental care. (2011) Spanish French

Care for Children is Care for Development

Children without parental care or at risk of losing it are most likely to suffer social injustice or miss out on human development. This brochure illustrates how SOS Children's Villages is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), putting disadvantaged children and young people at the centre of its actions. (2016)

A World That Cares - How to support children without parental care through the Sustainable Development Goals

This briefing paper is a tool that puts forward pragmatic recommendations on how policies, programmes and services around the Sustainable Development Goals can reach children who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care. (2017)

The Care of Children in Data - evidence, gaps and opportunities for change in the SDGs

Children and young people growing up outside of their family environment remain virtually invisible in official statistics, leaving governments without the necessary information to tackle the challenges they face and respond to their needs so that they can thrive. The paper provides initial thoughts on problems and solutions to achieve a real data revolution for these children.

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