Today, 18 May, we are celebrating Care Leavers Day, to raise awareness of the plight and needs of care leavers, young people coming out of care in the community or in foster care who, at the age of eighteen, often find...

In the first half of 2021, only a little more than one permanent job position in ten was held by women. In 2020 alone, more than 30,000 mothers resigned, often for family reasons, but also because they were not supported by local social...

The initial data from the survey "Children and young people: behaviour, attitudes, and future projects", carried out in 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics with the support of the Ministry of Education, are available...

The family plays a fundamental role in society and is a vital resource not only for the people who are part of it but for the whole community. The International Day of Families is celebrated on 15 May. This was established in 1993 by...

The Supervisory body for the fight against paedophilia and child pornography, meeting in plenary session in the presence of the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family, Elena Bonetti, approved the National Programme to...

The mother plays a fundamental role in a child's development, which does not become less important in adult life. The maternal figure has undergone considerable evolution over time, adapting to the continuous changes in increasingly...

The National Day against Paedophilia and Child Pornography is celebrated on 5 May, as established by Law 41/2009. An important event aimed at keeping the focus on an often neglected phenomenon that affects a lot of children and young...

The MiWorld Young Film Festival (MiWY), a film festival for schools entirely dedicated to intercultural education and knowledge of societies and cultures from Africa, Asia and Latin America, makes its return again this...

World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on 23 April. The celebration provides an occasion to reflect on the importance of reading – a fundamental activity for all that must be promoted and supported from childhood...

On 29 March the National Observatory for Children and Adolescents chaired by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family, Elena Bonetti, approved the Italian Action Plan on the European Guarantee System for Vulnerable...

Are children really learning? (Are children really learning?) is the new report by Unicef that explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the related school closures on children in 32 low- and middle-income countries...

April 7 is World Health Day and this year is dedicated to the theme Our planet, Our health. The aim is to focus global attention on the urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and...

The Intercultural Guidelines document is online on the Ministry of Education website. Ideas and proposals for the inclusion of pupils from migrant backgrounds, prepared by the National Observatory for the Integration of Foreign...

The National Day for the Promotion of Reading is held on 24 March. It was established by Presidential Decree of 15 July 2009 to raise awareness of the importance of reading among all citizens, especially the younger generations....

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a series of recommendations to local authorities, civil society organisations and volunteers on the observation of safeguards for girls and...

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, international book fair for children and teenagers, is back with a full calendar of initiatives kicking off today, 21 March, in the halls of BolognaFiere. The event programme includes meetings,...

The father plays an active role in the care and education of his children and is a central point of reference in their lives, just like the mother. Father's Day, which falls on 19 March, draws attention to the importance of the father...

The report The effect of the pandemic on childhood education services in Italy, prepared by a research group of the National Institute of Statistics and the Governance & Social Innovation Centre of the Ca...

The publication The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on birth rates and the condition of new generations, the second report of the Expert Group "Demography and Covid-19," established in April 2020 by Minister for Equal...

The decree ratifying the Fifth Children's Plan has been signed. On 25 January last, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella signed the decree to ratify the Fifth National Action Plan and measures for the protection of the rights...

Today, 8 February, we celebrate Safer Internet Day 2022, the World Day for Safer Internet established by the European Commission to make girls and boys reflect on how to consciously use the web and the active role they can play by using...

6 February is World Zero Tolerance Day against Female Genital Mutilation, established by the United Nations to raise awareness of a practice that violates human rights and has very serious consequences for the...

The closure of schools due to the pandemic had a huge impact on children's learning, but also on their mental health and other aspects of their lives. The recent report The state of the global education crisis - produced...

Cyberbullying, if you talk about it you'll get help, is the claim of the third edition of the communication campaign launched on 30 January and carried out by the Department for Family Policies of the Presidency of the Council...

On 21 January, the Council of Ministers approved the final version of the Fifth National Plan of Action and Interventions for the Protection of the Rights and Development of Children and Adolescents, adopted by the National Observatory...

Education - which many children are often denied, especially in the poorest countries - is fundamental, not only for the growth of individuals, but also for the development of society as a whole, because it is the most effective tool...

The campaign video on the Single and Universal Benefit for Dependent Children is now online on the Department for Family Policies' website. It briefly illustrates the main points of the new measure for families in simple and clear...

The national conference entitled Educazione Zerosei, took place on 18 January at the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence. Rights, quality and accessibility in the integrated system, organised by the historic Florentine...

Births in our country continue to decline. In fact, the recent Istat report on the birth rate and fertility of the resident population reveals that there will be 404,892 births in 2020, about 15,000 less than in 2019 (-3.6...

The report Levels and trends in child mortality 2021 is online on Unicef's website.

The world remains significantly behind in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to end preventable deaths of infants and...