Imagining Aberdeen series

Date: 1st June 2016
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Children at four Aberdeen schools are Imagining Aberdeen as a place where all children are healthy, happy, safe and doing their best at school. The Imagining Aberdeen blog was updated every day during Mural Week with pictures and ideas from the participating children.

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Insights into Key Equality Outcomes Across Scotland

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Non-discrimination

Scotland's Chief Statistician has released figures for local areas and equality groups analysed over a three year period.

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New paper: Managing Risk in Schools and Other Settings

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Restraint, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

This paper offers support for Named Persons and other professionals when making decisions about Risk Management with young people involved in offending behaviour.

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New report on access to higher education in Scotland

Date: 1st June 2016
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Scotland is the worst in the UK for poorest children going straight to university, new research from the Sutton Trust has revealed.

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MOD Increases Targeting Of 16-Year-Olds

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Armed conflict

The armed forces should stop recruiting children under the age of 18, according to an open letter to the Ministry of Defence from national children's organisations and rights groups, including Together.

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New Father-Friendly resource published

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Parental responsibilities

What does father-proofing mean in practice? As part of Year of the Dad, two major new papers have been presented showing exactly how organisations often unconsciously exclude dads - and the huge growth in those who have turned 'father-friendly'.

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Together stands against Human Rights Act repeal

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Together has joined with the British Institute for Human Rights, Liberty, Amnesty International and many other prominent human rights organisations to publicly commit to oppose any attempt to repeal the Human Rights Act (HRA).

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Protecting children from exposure to alcohol marketing

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Children affected by substance misuse

Together have recently supported this joint campaign to protect children from exposure to alcohol marketing.

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Children’s Parliament publish new Project Blogs

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Awareness-raising

Children's Parliament are currently running several different projects in several communities across Scotland. To keep track of so much activity, they have taken to the blogosphere.

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Report to UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights – the Right to Food

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, Right to life, survival and development

Nourish Scotland is participating in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) review of the UK's performance of rights. Responding to the Committee's List of Issues, this report reviews the obligations of the UK Government, and the Scottish Government where the matter concerned is devolved, under Article 11 of ICESCR, specifically in relation to the right to food.

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