Child Protection in Europe - Update #159

.0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. Switzerland Terre des hommes and the Inselspital: Helping children's hearts 7 Mar 2012 'AlertNet' reports that the Bern Inselspital hospital and the Terre des hommes (Tdh) are forming a humanitarian alliance known as "Helping children's hearts". Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Children leaving care say they are 'poorly prepared' for adult life 12 Mar 2012 'The Guardian' reports that almost half of young people leaving care think they are made to do so too early and say they receive very poor preparation for coping with adult life on their own, according to a new survey. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Live Q&A: Children's rights and business principles 12 Mar 2012 'The Guardian' reports that Children's Rights and Business Principles, a joint initiative between UNICEF, Save the Children and the United Nations Global Compact has been launched. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Sweden Children 'unprotected' after court ruling: agency 11 Mar 2012 'The Local' reports that Sweden's Migration Board can't stop children coming to Sweden, even when there's a risk that they'll be exposed to violence and assault from a step parent, according to a court ruling from the... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Private fostering to be promoted in Worcestershire this week 11 Mar 2012 'The Shuttle' reports that a campaign is being promoted across Worcestershire to raise awareness of private fostering. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Turkey Turkish women face discrimination, violence, illiteracy despite small gains 7 Mar 2012 'Today's Zaman' reports that discrimination, violence, unequal power relations, lack of education and child marriage are still problems that Turkish women face on this year's March 8 International Women's Day. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Russia Russia takes children under its protection 7 Mar 2012 'The Voice of Russia' reports that the Russian government has focused on the protection of children born in mixed marriages with foreigners and adopted by foreigners. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Bulgaria 1,560 out of 2,155 child abuse cases registered at home last year 6 Mar 2012 'Focus Information Agency' reports that 1,560 out of 2,155 child abuse cases for 2011 were registered in the children's families, Kalin Kamenov, acting chairperson of the State Agency for Child Protection, said at a d... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News from the field - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Hungary How to best protect non-asylum-seeking foreign unaccompanied minors in Hungary 13 Mar 2012 March 12, 2012, Budapest, Hungary: Terre des hommes – in the framework of the project Mario – organised a roundtable discussion on the situation and protection needs of non-asylum seeking foreign unaccompanied minors ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova Elaborating a new phase of the Transnational Project 13 Mar 2012 February 17, 2012, Chisinau, Moldova: The main partners of the Transnational project gathered on a Friday morning in the local office of Terre des hommes in order to discuss the procedures used in repatriating childre... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK After Care 13 Mar 2012 New Children's Rights report contains the views of care leavers and those about to leave care, both on the preparation for leaving care, their lives after care and, retrospectively, on the impact being in care has mad... Read More .0.