Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Child poverty

There is overwhelming support for the government's ambition to tackle the deep-rooted causes of child poverty says Equalities Secretary Angela Constance, but the Scottish Greens argue that the latest government report shows the need for a budget to tackle the 'scandal' of child poverty.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Funding

Funded organisations recently completed a self-evaluation survey as part of the Scottish Government's evaluation of the Fund to assess whether the overall vision for the Fund is achieved and to help inform future decisions around this area of funding. The initial finds from this work have now been published.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The government is under growing pressure to make sex education compulsory in Catholic schools amid growing alarm about the impact that online pornography and "sexting" is having on children in Scotland.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: England-specific monitoring and reporting

A new report by the Children's Rights for Alliance for England (CRAE) concludes that increasing numbers of children have been let down in 2016 and denied the basic needs to develop and thrive.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Mental health

The 2017 Prince's Trust Macquarie Youth Index warns that more than a quarter of young people (28%) don't feel in control of their lives, with concerns about job prospects, self-confidence and recent political events playing on young minds.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Armed conflict

A series of short films have been published which feature a young British veteran who, enlisted at 17, talking frankly and graphically about all aspects of army life.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Theresa May plans to take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), according to new reports which claim that the Prime Minister plans to fight the 2020 election on a platform of leaving the ECHR.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Children in situations of exploitation

The UK has been condemned for its treatment of British victims of forced marriage overseas after it was revealed that it confiscates victims' passports until they pay off a loan for their own repatriation.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A group of 36 teenage asylum seekers, who previously lived in the Calais refugee camps and currently reside in French reception centres, have taken legal action against the government of the UK.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Equal protection from violence

The French parliament has passed the Equality and Citizenship bill which promotes the ending of violence against children including corporal punishment.

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This consultation seeks views on ways in which the number of organ and tissue donors in Scotland can be increased.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Age of criminal responsibility

As repeatedly called for in Together's annual State of Children's Rights reports, the age of criminal responsibility is to be increased from 8 to 12 years old.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Disabled children

Enable Scotland have published the findings from its large Scotland-wide survey on the 22 steps on the journey to inclusion for every pupil who has a learning disability.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

The 'Playing Together' Symposium was a multi-sectoral event which aimed to bring together the play and youth work strategies. This report is intended to give an overview of the symposium's themes and to prompt further meaningful debate, dialogue and collaboration between the two sectors.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Health and health services

ASH Scotland's vision is of a healthier Scotland, free from the harm and inequality caused by tobacco. In this annual report, ASH Scotland discuss its actions and achievements up to March 2016.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new law which makes it illegal to smoke in a vehicle carrying anyone under 18 came into force on 5th December. It was introduced to give extra protection for children and young people from the harm caused by second-hand smoke.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category:

Scottish schools have recorded their worst ever performance in an international study of pupil performance. Singapore came top of the survey, outperforming the rest of the world.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Mental health

A call for urgent action from the Scottish Children's Services Coalition (SCSC) comes as new waiting time figures are published from the Information Services Division of National Services Scotland, part of NHS Scotland.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Disabled children

A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People has been published, outlining the Scottish Government's Delivery Plan to 2021 for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Evidence submitted by the Scottish Human Rights Commission to the latest United Nations (UN) review of human rights across the UK, shows that a number of international human rights standards and recommendations have not yet been met in Scotland.