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Learning at a Distance: Children’s remote learning experiences in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Italy was the first country to implement a nationwide lockdown, in Europe. For almost two months, children and their families lived in nearly complete isolation and students missed 65 days of school. Schooling breaks can cause significant loss of learning
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Prevention and Early Intervention Services to Address Children at Risk of Poverty: Peer review in social protection and social inclusion 2015-2016
As of March 2016, Ireland is in the process of developing a more coordinated and integrated approach to children’s services, aimed at tackling the complex problems of disadvantaged families in a more joined-up and holistic way. This Peer Review looked at
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Operational Guidance and Toolkit for Multipurpose Cash Grants
Comprehensive guide and reference useful for designing and implementing a multipurpose cash grant intervention during an emergency response. The guide provides detailed step-by-step guidance after the onset of an emergency from the initial needs assessmen
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Missing children in the European Union: Mapping, data collection and statistics
The study on missing children was conducted by Ecorys on behalf of DG Justice from July 2012 to June 2013 and had two main objectives: to collect and analyse data and to develop the basis to improve the mechanisms involved when children go missing in the
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European Commission Recommendation: Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage- 20 February 2013
On 20 February 2013, the European Commission issued a recommendation on “ Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage" for tackling poverty and social exclusion of young people in Europe. It encourages Member States to organize and implemen
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Trafficking in human beings-2013- European Commission
This publication presents the first report at the EU level on statistics on trafficking in human beings. It includes data for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. The data have been collected from different authorities working in the field of trafficking in hum
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Disaster risk reduction (DRR)- Educational Animation Cartoon
This child-friendly animated video provides information on what do do in case of an earthquake.
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An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
An agenda for reinforcing children's rights in the EU by putting the principles included in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights into action. It lists 11 actions that the Commission will take over the next years to protect children’s rights, including p
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Commission Staff Working Document- Combating Child Labour
This staff working document from the European Commission presents the subject of "Combating Child Labour", which is to identify and assess current efforts to combat child labour in general and eliminate the worst forms of child labour in particular. The p
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Children's rights- as they see them
Children have good ideas. They can think of things that adults would not. Furthermore, full respect of the best interests of the child, which is among the key principles in child rights protection, requires that children are given opportunities to voice t
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The Rights of the Child. Qualitative Study. Aggregate Report October 2010
In February 2010 TNS Qual+ conducted a Qualitative Eurobarometer study on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice amongst young people in all 27 Member States of the EU. The study consisted of 170 focus groups and looked at the
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EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development
The ‘EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development, 2010-2015’ aims to speed up the progress of the EU and its 27 Member States on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on equality and maternal health which are lagging behind.