Child Abuse and Neglect

Macedonian organization First Children's Embassy in the World - Megjashi has issued next edition of Bristly Newsletter. The topics focused on include actions within the global campaign for including all children in the educational system and recommendations of the Committee on the Rights to the government of the Republic of Macedonia.

All citizens and organizations, especially those dealing with children's rights, are welcome to contribute to the consultation of European Commission's Communication on the Rights of the Child (2011-2014). The objective of the Communication is to further advance the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, first launched in 2006.

12th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect arranged by the University of Tampere and ISPCAN (International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect), together with NASPCAN (The Nordic Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) will take place on 17 - 21 September 2011 in Tampere, Finland. The conference will serve as a multiprofessional and multidisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, activists and decision-makers to share views and experiences.

In the period of October - November 2009 Child Well-Being Fund Ukraine conducted the informational campaign "The pain from strapping has passed. But it remains between us" in Kiev city. This campaign was directed to parents who use physical punishments as a method of child upbringing. According to the results of the research made by Child Well-Being Fund in July 2009 near one third of respondents in Ukraine believe that physical punishment of children is not only acceptably but necessary. The idea of the campaign is to inform parents that physical punishment is a physical abuse. It is almost always accompanied with verbal offence and mental trauma and it makes huge harm to physical and mental health of a child.