The young people who took part in the Forum entitled Let's Talk Young, Let's Talk About Climate Justice, held in Bilbao, Spain, from 28 to 30 June, tackled a very topical issue, climate justice. The Forum - the central event of the Enya project (European network of young advisors), supported by the European Network of Ombudspersons for...

The 12th Update Report on the monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Italy, produced by the hundred associations of the Group with the coordination of Arianna Saulini, of Save the Children, is online on the CRC Group website. The document takes into account the events of the past two years - the Covid-19 pandemic and the...

The number of hungry people in the world is growing, rising to 828 million in 2021. The recent report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022  – by five United Nations agencies (FAO, Ifad, Wfp, UNICEF, WHO) - reveals that this is an increase of approximately 46 million people by 2020 and 150 million since...

The publication Increasing achievement and motivation in mathematics and science learning in schools, a study by the Eurydice Network, is now online on the website of the National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research (Indire). This study examines how mathematics and science teaching is organised in Europe and...

On 28 June, the Observatory for the Prevention of Health Damage from Regular and Irregular Child Labour was set up in Rome (UNICEF's national headquarters), with the presence, among others, of Carmela Pace, president of UNICEF Italy, and Domenico Della Porta, extraordinary professor of occupational medicine and coordinator of the Observatory. "In Italy –...

On the 11th and 12th of June, the adolescents and young people of the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) met for the second time in Rome to discuss the ongoing processes with the institutions on the priority issues dictated by the implementation of the Child Guarantee, a European Commission initiative aimed at promoting equal opportunities and guaranteeing...

The Single and Universal Allowance for Dependent Children is an economic benefit for families, paid by INPS on the basis of the Equivalent Economic Situation Indicator (ISEE) of the household, which simplifies and replaces many of the current benefits for dependent children. In order to receive the allowance, families can apply to the INPS or social welfare...

In our country, absolute poverty is stable and largely confirms the historical highs reached in 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic began. According to the definitive estimates of the National Institute of Statistics, collected in the report released on 15 June last year, just over 1.9 million households in absolute poverty in 2021 (with an incidence of 7....

The Report to Parliament 2021 by the Guarantor Authority for Childhood and Adolescence Carla Garlatti, available online on the website of the Authority, a key figure for the promotion and protection of children's rights established by Law 112/2011, takes stock of the activities carried out and casts a glance at the future. "The beginning of my assignment...

Among refugees worldwide, there are many children and adolescents compelled to flee wars, persecution and human rights violations. Children and adolescents are more vulnerable because they are often alone, without parents or other relevant figures, and more exposed to the risk of violence and abuse. This year, a great emergency aggravated by the Ukrainian...

On 14 June, Rome (Centro Congressi Auditorium della Tecnica, viale Umberto Tupini 65) will host the event Nurseries and Early Childhood Education Services in Italy: the picture of supply and the effect of the pandemic, organised by the Department for Family Policies as part of the rich programme of ForumPA 2022, a national event dedicated to the theme of...

12 June marks the World Day against Child Labour, a phenomenon that comprises various forms of exploitation and abuse often caused by conditions of extreme poverty, lack of educational opportunities, and economic and political situations in which children's rights are not respected. A phenomenon of global dimensions that, according to data released by...