Juvenile justice is Human Rights Council’s Annual Day next year

Date: 2nd April 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Next year's Human Rights Council's Annual Day on the Rights of the Child will be on access to justice for children. This is terrific news as it is an important issue so often ignored.

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Charity announces £100k funding boost for Scotland's minority ethnic communities

Date: 2nd April 2013
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Funding that will see an unprecedented £100k investment in grassroots projects for Scotland's minority ethnic communities was announced on 29th March 2013 by the Scottish charity 'roshni'.

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MSP Hume proposes smoke ban in cars with children

Date: 2nd April 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

MSP for South Scotland, Jim Hume, has announced his intention to consult on a proposal for a Member's Bill which would ban passive smoking in cars with children.

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Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals Consultation

Date: 2nd April 2013
Category: Respect for the views of the child

UNICEF UK consulted children and young people in the UK to understand more about the kind of world they want to live in, and the issues they view as important, as part of the global conversation regarding the development agenda after the Millennium Development Goals reach their deadline in 2015.

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Raising children with confidence: training parents, carers and staff

Date: 27th March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Growing Confidence initiative aims to promote positive mental health and emotional wellbeing by training parents, carers and practitioners to run Raising Children With Confidence courses, and will now run Scotland-wide.

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Babies and bathwater: valuing the early years

Date: 27th March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A recent evaluation in Glasgow and a systemic review and meta-analysis of Triple P (positive parenting programme) more generally indicate that the long-term effectiveness of the programme is unclear.

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Monitoring and evaluating reintegration programmes for children in Scotland

Date: 25th March 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

The Centre for Rural Childhood, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in Scotland is developing a toolkit to help organisations monitor and evaluate reintegration programmes for children.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child adopt 4 new General Comments

Date: 21st March 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The Committee on the Rights of the Child closed its 62nd session on 1st February 2013, adopting 4 new General Comments.

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Launch of the first Respectme anti-bullying awards

Date: 20th March 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Respectme are looking for nominations for groups and individuals who deserve to be recognised for their anti-bullying work in Scotland.

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Presentation slides available from the GUS annual conference

Date: 19th March 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

The presentation slides from the GUS Annual Conference held in Glasgow on 19th February 2013 are now available.

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