TdH: Child Protection in Europe - Update #155

.0. .0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. International Germany Anniversary of the Red Hand Campaign 2012 – A call to action 13 Feb 2012 February 12, 2012, Berlin, Germany: Ten years have passed since the UN-treaty came into effect banning the use of children under the age of 18 in war. However, it is a sad fact that there are still about 250,000 child... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Turkey XIX ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Istanbul, Turkey, 9th - 12th of September 2012 12 Feb 2012 'Child Center' published on its website an invitation of an upcoming conference of ISCPAN held in Istanbul this year. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Switzerland Roma travel in search of winter asylum 12 Feb 2012 'Swissinfo' reports that the number of Serbian asylum seekers, generally Roma, has peaked in Switzerland in recent months. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK New support for young victims of sexual violence and gangs 10 Feb 2012 The Home Office of the United Kingdom issued a press release, which announced that organisations that support young people who have been victims of sexual violence or exploitation are being invited to apply for fundin... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK CEOP child safety version of Internet Explorer upgraded 8 Feb 2012 'Computer Active' reports that to mark Safer Internet Day, Microsoft and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) have released a new customised version of the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Study into Scots child sexual exploitation 8 Feb 2012 'Scotsman' reports that the Scottish Government has commissioned research to examine the scale of child sexual exploitation. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania Lithuania NGOs call for end to forced evictions of Roma in freezing temperatures 7 Feb 2012 European Roma Rights Centre reports on its website that the ERRC and national partners sent letters to Albanian and Lithuanian authorities expressing grave concerns over the forced evictions of Romani individuals duri... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Cyprus Cyprus lags on child rights 7 Feb 2012 'Cyprus Mail' reports that Cyprus has still not ratified the Council of Europe's (CoE) Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Albania Call for increased government support for Child Protection Units 13 Feb 2012 Albania, January-February 2012: Since the first week of January a series of informal public fora have been organized nationwide on topics concerning children's issues. Initiated by Child Protection Unit Workers in co... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Press Reviews » .0. .0. .0. .0. Child Poverty is receding 26 Jan 2012 The German article covers an analysis by the German Federal Employment Agency which shows that the number of German children under the age of 15 who receive the basic financial support by the state (so-called Hartz IV... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. Romania Impacts of the international economic crisis in Romania 2009-2010 14 Feb 2012 The report has been developed as a panel study based on qualitative research techniques (focus group discussions and interviews) for gathering information that illustrate the diversity of crisis impacts within househo... Read More .0.