Counting the Costs campaign calls for urgent action

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: Disabled children

Contact a Family are calling for urgent action to address the shocking findings of their Counting the Costs 2014 survey, including disabled children and their families being forced to go without food and heating because of rising bills and benefit cuts.

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Upcoming General Comment to UNCRC on public spending

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: General Comments

Together has received an update on the forthcoming General Comment to the UNCRC on 'Public Spending to Realize Children's Rights' from Professor Jorge Cardona Llorens, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Two new child rights briefings from SCCYP

Date: 9th December 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) has produced two new briefings on the connection between austerity measures and violations of children's rights and on exploring the issues of fracking from a children's rights perspective.

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Better public spending for better outcomes for children & families

Date: 28th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

The Eurochild Annual Conference 'Children First: Better Public Spending for Better Outcomes for Children & Families' took place in Bucharest on 26th-28th November 2014 and presentations and initial conclusions have now been published.

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Europe says austerity bites

Date: 25th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

The Commissioner's office has been involved in a major participative project to communicate the impacts of austerity policies, which formed part of an international conference last month.

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Survey of parents’ use of childcare

Date: 25th November 2014
Category: Social security

The Commission for Childcare Reform is seeking views on what childcare is really like in Scotland and has released a survey to help inform its work.

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Year One Report on Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights

Date: 24th November 2014
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, General measures of implementation

Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP) was launched on Human Rights Day 2013, and a report setting out the progress made in its first year has been published.

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Celebrating 25 years of the UNCRC in Scotland

Date: 20th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People coordinated celebrations of the UNCRC on its 25th anniversary - 20th November 2014, helping to raise awareness and understanding of children's rights.

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Recognising the rights of all children, all the time

Date: 18th November 2014
Category: Awareness-raising

A new article on Together's blog reflects on the 25th anniversary of the UNCRC and that it is time for all of us to recognise the rights of all children, all the time.

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National Campaign Launch - Read On. Get On.

Date: 17th November 2014
Category:

On 17th November 2014, organisations including Save the Children, Scottish Book Trust and Scottish Business in the Community launched a national mission to get every child reading well by age 11.

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