Terre des Hommes: Child Protection in Europe - Newsletter #130

2011-08-16

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.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Methods for assessing the age of migrant children must be improved 9 Aug 2011 Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights published his new opinion on age assessment for migrant children. He summarizes the different available statements on the issue... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Announcement » .0. .0. .0. .0. Poland International Conference „Helping Children-Victims of Crime" 11 Aug 2011 The 8th International Conference „Helping Children-Victims of Crime" is currently being organized by Nobody's Children Foundation, the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Social Policy of Warsaw's City Hall. It ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK A safe place to call their own 13 Aug 2011 'The Guardian' published a long feature article about 'Baobab', a centre for refugee children, which is trying to provide psychological counselling as well as a safe community for unaccompanied minors who all have the... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova Moldova: The children left behind 12 Aug 2011 'BBC' published a blog on the work of Carmine Flamminio, a photographer who documented the lives of Moldovan children left behind by their parents, who are seeking jobs in Europe. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Norway Teenage pregnancy is 'contagious' 9 Aug 2011 BBC' reports of a study among 42,000 Norwegian teenage girls. The study found that if an older sister had a baby as teenager, the younger sister is more likely to become pregnant as well at younger age. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Carers need training to reduce suicide risk 9 Aug 2011 'Children and Young People Now' reports that foster carers and residential childcare workers need basic mental health training to stem the number of looked-after children and care leavers who take their own lives. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland 'No child protection issues' over gun photos 9 Aug 2011 'News Letter' reports that a Special EU Programme, which administers the Ti Chulainn Centre in south Armagh reported an incident which happened on a Sinn Fein event... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Parents told 'five a day' essentials for raising children 4 Aug 2011 'The Telegraph' reports that parents will be told the five daily essentials of raising children in a new national campaign to improve child development, under a plan that is winning ministerial support. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Germany Germany offers alarming statistics on children 4 Aug 2011 'Der Spiegel' reports that a recent federal government report found that 15% of German children live in poverty. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International International child pornography ring broken up 4 Aug 2011 According to 'SFGate' federal investigators said Wednesday that they had dismantled a sophisticated global network of pedophiles who traded pornographic videos and images of children using encryption and proxy servers... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Kicking the habit: How important are teen rehab centres? 4 Aug 2011 'BBC News' reports that the death of singer Amy Winehouse sparked a discussion about the need for rehabilitation centers for teenagers suffering from substance abuse. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International IJJO Newsletter July 2011 3 Aug 2011 The 79th edition of the International Juvenile Justice Observatory Newsletter reports that the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has issued its Annual Report Fundamental rights: challenges and achievement... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe Several hundred thousand people in Europe are stateless - they need extra protection 2 Aug 2011 The Human Rights Commissioner's website published the statement of Thomas Hammarberg on the protection of stateless people - including children. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Urgent cases neglected as carers only have time for emergencies 2 Aug 2011 'Irishtimes' reports that social workers have to ignore hundreds of potentially serious child protection concerns due to understaffing. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Italy Italy: In south 410,000 children live in 'absolute poverty' 2 Aug 2011 'Adnkronos' reports that according to organisation Save the Children, Italy's south is the home to more 410 thousand children who live in "absolute poverty". Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union Launching Event of the REVENI project 1 Aug 2011 July 27-28, 2011, Budapest, Hungary: The project REVENI - co-funded by the European Commission - and entitled „Transnational monitoring of return procedures for Romanian and Bulgarian children" was officially launched... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Poland Building capacity of professionals supporting children victims of trafficking 20 Jun 2011 Warsaw, Poland, May and June 2011: Nobody's Children Foundation conducted a short training program for 19 psychologists and teachers from a child care institution that have been designated to provide care and psycholo... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union Safe at Last? - Law and practice in selected EU Member States with respect to asylum-seekers fleeing indiscriminate violence 16 Aug 2011 The broad objective of this research was to investigate the extent to which implementation of the Qualification Directive delivers international protection to persons fleeing situations of indiscriminate violence, and... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Landing in the Kent: The experience of unaccompanied children arriving in the UK 8 Aug 2011 The Children's Commissioner and her team made an announced visit to Millbank Reception and Assessment Centre in Kent on 6 August 2010. Read More .0.