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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Wales: application of the UNCRC to 18 to 24 year olds

Date: 19th March 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Following a public consultation on section 7 of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure, the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty (Huw Lewis) has decided that applying the articles of UNCRC to the 18-24 age group will not go forward.

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Children's participation report published

Date: 14th March 2013
Category: Respect for the views of the child

A new report, Children and Young People's Views on Participation and Principles for Practice , is available from the Commissioner's website.

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Diet and nutrition report of infants and young children now available

Date: 13th March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A report providing detailed information of food consumption and the nutrient intakes of infants and young children (four to 18 months) in Scotland is now available on the Scottish Government website.

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