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In February 2020 the COVID-19 virus started to spread in Europe. Since then our economies, societies, and daily lives have been turned upside down. This report reflects on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on children. It compiles information gathered from 25 countries across Europe, and provides recommendations for improving public policies in the short and long-term to support better outcomes for children and families. The assessment is accompanied by reflections on the 2020 European Semester. This report is based on information gathered until August/September 2020, and was released…
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This article is written as part of the FORUM project (FOR Unaccompanied Minors: transfer of knowledge for professionals to increase foster care), an EU funded project which sought to enhance the capacity of professionals to provide quality foster care for unaccompanied migrant children, primarily through the transfer of knowledge. The article aims to contribute to this transfer of knowledge by bringing together literature which is of relevance to professionals developing or enhancing foster care services for unaccompanied migrant children (such as social workers), other…
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This study focuses on the impact of abuse on the child’s education while it explores how these children are being supported in care institutions to minimize and overcome the effects of abuse on their educational journey.
This paper starts by determining the need for this study, the definition of child abuse and then explores the effects of child abuse on the child’s behavioural and psychological well-being. This is supported through different studies where the effects of child abuse on the child’s academic level are looked into. Support from the legal aspect is examined as…
This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.
This is an article discussing a research study performed to determine the best forms of out of home care for children. In particular, the study aimed to obtain in-depth knowledge of the factors that contribute to meet the holistic needs of the fostered child and factors that may contribute to foster care placement breakdown in Malta. The results found that foster care was the form of out of home care that worked in the best interest of the child.
The theorhetical framework of this study is formed by children's rights and the UNCRC. The Center for Children's Rights at Queen's…
During the launch of Malta's public consultation on standards of adoption, the Minister of Family Affairs announced that adoptive families will benefit from up to €10,000 and be partially refunded for travel expenses.