Terre des Hommes: Child Protection in Europe - Update #119

2011-05-24

0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union Improving the situation of Roma 21 May 2011 'Consilium Europa' reports that an EU framework for National Roma Integration up to 2020 was adopted in the areas of education, employment, healthcare and housing. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union EU putting victims first - Minimum rights for crime  victims 22 May 2011 'Gozo News.com' reports that the European Commission has proposed a package of minimum rights for crime victims Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Kosovo Kosovo Roma activist: Albanian children won't play with  Roma children any time soon 22 May 2011 'Romea.cz' published an interview with a Roma activist woman about the changes that took place in Kosovo. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Minister sets up new children's agency 21 May 2011 'The Irish Times' reports that the Minister for Children announced that a new agency will be established with responsibility for children and family services.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Huge rise in web sex grooming incidents 20 May 2011 'Lancashire Evening Post' reports that the number of child exploitation cases reported increased from 525 in 2008 to 1341. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Damages for women 'held in slavery' 20 May 2011 'The Independent' reports that four Nigerian women - trafficked into the UK as minors and exploited as domestic servants - were awarded £20,000 in  damages. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. The Netherlands Terre des hommes becomes campaign partner  for Snow White 19 May 2011 'Screen Daily' reports that Terre des hommes (NL) has become the campaign  partner for the film 'Snow White (aka Lilet Never Happened)'. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Privately fostered children face increased risk of sexual  exploitation 19 May 2011 'Community Care' reports that according to child protection professionals children in private foster care are at the biggest risk of being sexually exploited.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK MPs urge action over human trafficking trade 18 May 2011 BBC' reports - and provides video footing - of the Parliamentary discussion on human trafficking, during which British MPs are pressing their government  to take action to stop the exploitation and trafficking of child... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Facebook & Stop Child Trafficking Now  partner in the fight against internet child pornography 18 May 2011 'PRWeb' reports that Facebook is taking the lead in targeting child sexual predators online. It has developed strategic alliance with the NGO  Stop Child Trafficking Now to police any photos, videos and content that ex... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Schools must do more on forced marriage, say MPs 17 May 2011 Children and Young People Now' reports that the Parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee discussed the issue of forced marriages. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Sexual grooming of children far worse than thought, says  minister 17 May 2011 'The Guardian' reports that UK children's minister announced that an action plan will be launched to tackle child sexual exploitation. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania UK Suspected member of child trafficking gang jailed  for £800,000 benefits fraud 17 May 2011 'U TV' reports that the leading member of the Romanian criminal gang that is  believed by police to have trafficked 181 children to Britain was jailed for benefit  fraud. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. The Vatican Boost cooperation on paedophilia says Vatican 16 May 2011 'Ansa' reports that the "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith" has appealed to all bishops of the Catholic church to give an "adequate response"  to cases of sexual abuse of minors by priests. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Roundtable in Moscow put children's best interests on  the agenda 24 May 2011 Moscow, May 18th 2011: In partnership with the Russian organization "Children's society" and the Department of the Family and Youth Policy of Moscow, the Tdh office in Moscow organized a roundtable in the premises of ...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova "Our children have more opportunities to develop  themselves" 19 May 2011 Ungheni, Moldova, 15, May, 2011: The MOVE Fair Play event this year was organized on the International Day of Family in Moldova. Over  100 people from 6 villages participated at this third Fair Play Event.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova Interview: Integrating MOVE and CPSN 19 May 2011 Michèle Meuwly (MOVE resource person) visited Moldova the first week of April to broaden the animators' toolkit of games and sport by adding creative activities with the same psychosocial methodology of learning  by do... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania Pursuing social policies based on community needs 19 May 2011 Fier, Albania, 29 April 2011: Children's issues cannot be addressed in isolation  from other local issues. For example, a program that addresses the issue of domestic violence against women will quite likely have an im... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. South Eastern Europe Social Inclusion and Cultural Identity of  Roma Communities in South-Eastern Europe 20 May 2011 Emerging from a series of KOFF roundtables on "Social Inclusion and Cultural Identity of Roma Communities in South-Eastern Europe", the publication  attempts to shed new light on some essential elements related to th...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Slovakia Breaking  the Silence 20 May 2011 The research conducted by the ERRC and PiN in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,  Hungary, Romania and Slovakia indicates that trafficking in persons affects Roma disproportionately. Although relevant official data does not...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Image Galleries » .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova "Creative Activities" Workshop for trainers and animators,  Vadul-lui-Voda, Moldova, April 2011 20 May 2011 Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova MOVE Project: 3rd Fairplay Event, Ungheni, Moldova,  May 2011 19 May 2011 Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova MOVE Project: Training Animators in Tiraspol, Moldova,  April 2011 20 May 2011 Read More .0.