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Join our official World Social Summit Solutions session (side-event)
The Second World Summit for Social Development (World Social Summit) taking place on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar, will convene Heads of State and Governments and senior stakeholders to renew political commitment to social development objectives such as poverty eradication, decent work and social inclusion. Our dedicated side event titled ‘Catalysing Social Development through Care Reform for Children’ will take place in Doha on 3 November 2025 from 17.00 to 18.30 Qatar time (14.00-15.30 UK time). Convened by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Hope and Homes for Children, the session will feature special guests, including celebrity Ambassador Natalie Pinkham, high-level FCDO and Hope and Homes for Children representatives, self-advocates with lived experience, national governments endorsing the Global Charter on Care Reform for Children, regional experts, and civil society stakeholders. Panels will showcase national commitments, practical progress and civil society recommendations. EN-FR live interpretation will be provided.
The World Social Summit as a Turning Point for Child Care Reform
At a moment when progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is faltering and development budgets remain incredibly constrained, the Summit’s role in galvanising collective resolve and directing scarce resources to the most impactful interventions is especially critical. Without this renewed political leadership and coordination, the risk is that the most vulnerable will be further marginalised as development priorities are reprioritised or underfunded. The Summit has the potential to become a pivotal moment to renew international resolve on social development, and can accelerate care reform for children worldwide, offering Member States, policymakers, civil society and other stakeholders a concentrated platform to align commitments, mobilise resources and embed family-centred child welfare within the broader Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
At the Summit, Member States will formally adopt the Doha Declaration, a concise and action-oriented Political Declaration, which can serve as a robust platform to advance the rights and welfare of children without parental care and to catalyse comprehensive child care reform. The Doha Political Declaration offers a rare, high-level opportunity to reframe child care from a series of isolated protection programs into a coherent, system-wide policy agenda. By explicitly recognising the family as central to social development and calling for child-sensitive social protection, universal child benefits, and investments in nutrition, early childhood development and school meal programmes, the Declaration gives governments concrete levers to prioritise children without parental care and to reduce the drivers of family separation.
Scaling up inclusive education, universal health (including mental health), safeguarding, and measures to eliminate child labour and homelessness creates an integrated framework that can secure stable family-based pathways, strengthen transition supports for older children, and embed prevention and rehabilitation services. If translated into national strategies, finance commitments and cross‑sector cooperation, the Summit can accelerate care reform, improve long-term outcomes for vulnerable children, and ensure public resources deliver greater social inclusion and efficiency into the long-term.
For further information contact Marie Raverdeau, Advocacy Adviser, Hope and Homes for Children: [email protected]
