National Youth Work Awards 2018 – nominations now open

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Nominations for the National Youth Work Awards 2018 are now open. The National Youth Work Awards will celebrate youth work and the youth workers who make a difference every year in the lives of young people.

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Equally Safe Delivery Plan published

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect

Scottish Government have published a Delivery Plan to support Equally Safe, Scotland's Strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls, which was published in 2014 and updated in 2016.

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The EU Withdrawal Bill and the Charter of Fundamental Rights: Committee Stage Debate, 21st November 2017

Date: 20th November 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Tomorrow MPs debating the EU (Withdrawal) Bill will decide the fate of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. In its current form the Bill proposes abandoning the Charter despite "copying and pasting" the rest of EU law onto the UK statute book. Several amendments have been proposed which aim to save the Charter and it is these which shall form the core of tomorrow's debates.

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New Together briefings on Brexit

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms, General measures of implementation

Together has been continuing its work on Brexit and its implications for children's rights protection.

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New Minister for Childcare and Early Years appointed

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: General measures of implementation

Maree Todd MSP has been appointed the new Minister for Childcare and Early Years by the First Minister.

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CYCJ publish reports on youth justice and secure care in Scotland

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: Child justice system

The CYCJ have released two new reports, one written by their Youth Improvement Board on young people and custody and another which features the voices of young people with direct experience of secure care.

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Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill passed unanimously by MSPs

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: Child poverty

Campaigners have welcomed a unanimous vote by Scottish Parliament to introduce statutory targets to reduce child poverty.

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Education and Skills Committee hold final evidence session on Information Sharing Bill

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: General measures of implementation

Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee have held their final evidence session on the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill, with Deputy First Minister John Swinney giving evidence.

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UN High Commissioner writes to UK Government regarding UPR

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: UK 3rd periodic review

The UN High Commissioner has written to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson about the recent Universal Periodic Review of the UK that took place this year.

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A familiar face: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents

Date: 17th November 2017
Category: Equal protection from violence

About three-quarters of the world's children aged two to four years old experience physical or verbal violence, or both, by their caregivers at home, according to a new UNICEF report.

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