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Date: 19th October 2018
Category:
Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Scottish Government is looking to develop a Bill which aims to strengthen the existing legislative framework for protecting women and girls from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Bill seeks to introduce protection orders for women and girls at risk, and place guidance for professionals on a statutory footing.
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Date: 9th October 2018
Category:
Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new report published by Eurostat on poverty reduction targets reveals that more than one in four children in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
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Date: 9th October 2018
Category:
Child poverty, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Policies & procedures
The Local Government and Communities Committee seeks views on the Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill.
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Date: 25th September 2018
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Closing date: 23rd October 2018
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Date: 25th July 2018
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty
A new inquiry which aims to understand children's experiences of food and how it affects their lives has been launched under the leadership of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger and Food Poverty.
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Date: 25th July 2018
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new report which includes research undertaken with children and young people experiencing homelessness highlights the unsafe conditions that many children are living in whilst in temporary accommodation in England.
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Date: 27th June 2018
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A report examining the impact of the collection of personal data on children's social, mental and physical development calls on the technology industry to ensure services are designed to anticipate the rights and needs of children and young people.
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Date: 31st January 2018
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The RCPCH has published a 'scorecard' to assess the progress that has been made in policy relating to child health since the College's 2017 State of Child Health report.
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Date: 31st January 2018
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Following the recommendation from Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee to develop a national strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness, Scottish Government have launched a consultation on the issue as part of the strategy-development process.
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Date: 12th December 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new study, 'A Watershed Moment: Why it's Prime Time to Protect Children from Junk Food Adverts', finds that children in the UK are being "bombarded" by up to 12 adverts an hour for foods high in fat, sugar and salt during peak viewing times for family TV programmes.
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Date: 27th November 2017
Category:
General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Social security
Scottish Government has launched a public consultation on its new draft Fuel Poverty Strategy. The consultation seeks views on proposals to tackle and diminish fuel poverty in Scotland.
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Date: 21st September 2017
Category:
Health and health services, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new campaign run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will warn pregnant mothers of the risk of drinking during pregnancy and urge them to avoid drinking any alcohol at all while they are pregnant.
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Date: 21st September 2017
Category:
Right to life, survival and development, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The UN's Special Rapporteur on human rights related to toxic waste has criticised the UK for neglecting to protect vulnerable groups, such as children, from the harmful impact of air pollution.
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Date: 21st September 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development
The UN's Special Rapporteur on human rights related to toxic waste has criticised the UK for neglecting to protect vulnerable groups, such as children, from the harmful impact of air pollution.
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Date: 24th July 2017
Category:
General principles, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
In a report presented to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner looked at the relationship between climate change and the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of the child.
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Date: 24th July 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
Action for Sick Children have been active for 40 years. Taking into account the views of the children and young people they work with, the organisation will now be known as Children's Health Scotland.
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Date: 28th June 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
A new report on child health has found that child health outcomes in the UK are among some of the worst in Western Europe, particularly in area such as infant mortality.
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Date: 2nd May 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Hilal Elver, recently visited Scotland. Despite encouraging Scotland in its opportunities to lead on the right to food, Scottish charities report increasing hunger issues for children and families.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
SCPHRP and NHS Health Scotland have conducted a literature review to map what is known currently about how a broad range of factors influences health behaviour in adolescence.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
New figures have found that more than a quarter of children were living in relative poverty after housing costs in 2015-2016.
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