20 April 2023
Dear all,
COFACE Families Europe was happy to connect with its members, partners, and allies in Italy during a recent conference on Inclusive education. We exchanged valuable insights on the needs, challenges, and opportunities for persons with disabilities and family carers. You can find the presentations here.
Scroll down to read more about key issues impacting families across Europe including topics such as EU minimum income schemes, promoting anti-racism and protecting the rights of children with imprisoned parents.
Looking forward to seeing many of you on 16th May for the next COFACE Breakfast Byte webinar on high quality early childhood education and care. You can join us here.
Stay safe,
Bettina
Communication Officer
COFACE Families Europe
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European Parliament Takes Action on Minimum Income and Pay Transparency
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In March 2023, the European Parliament passed the resolution on Minimum Income ensuring active inclusion and approved the Pay Transparency directive. COFACE Families Europe welcomes both initiatives as they both promote non-discrimination and address the gender pay gap. [...]
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ENAR Open Letter to EU institutions: Take a Stand Against Attacks on Anti-Racist Civil Society
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The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) along with 50+ other civil society organisations have written an open letter to European Commission President and European Parliament President condemning attacks on anti-racist civil society organizations in Europe. The letter highlights the importance of protecting and supporting anti-racist efforts and organisations, especially in the midst of rising hate speech and racism in society. [...]
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Increasing Early Childhood Education and Care participation can promote women’s employment
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Fostering early childhood education can boost women’s employment. According to an assessment conducted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), providing formal childcare to 40%, 50%, 60% and 65% of children under 3 would lead to remarkable increases in the labour supply of mothers. [...] |
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COFACE Member Familles Rurales and several French Consumer associations call for curbing the explosion of food prices
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Familles Rurales joins UFC Que Choisir and CLCV in an open letter addressed to the French Prime Minister. These three consumer associations are asking to curb the explosion of food prices by ceasing to guarantee a minimum margin of 10% to large-scale distribution. [...] |
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European LGBTIQ* Families Associations advocate for parenthood recognition and inclusive education
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The Network of European LGBTIQ* Families Associations (NELFA), a COFACE member, is very worried about the recent developments in Bulgaria and Italy. The Supreme Administrative Court in Sofia decided to leave “Baby Sara” at risk – against the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in December 2021. And the government in Rome forces liberal cities to stop their co-mother recognition. [...]
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Calls from Väestöliitto to put sexual rights at the forefront of Finnish development policy
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Finland is known around the world as a champion of sexual and reproductive health and rights. As the anti-sexual rights movement gains momentum around the world, COFACE Member Väestöliitto (the Family Federation of Finland) calls on the Finnish government to strengthen its role and put sexual rights at the forefront of its development policy. [...]
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Research by COFACE member KMOP sheds light on bullying dynamics and parental needs in 6 countries
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KMOP, a COFACE Greek member, along with six other organisations from Italy, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, and the Netherlands, have conducted desk and field research on the subject of bullying as part of the Erasmus+ project “Like father, like son.” The initiative aims to equip parents and guardians of children aged between 10 and 15 with knowledge and tools to help them explain the various aspects of diversity to children and young people. [...]
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OPINION – Children with imprisoned parents: ‘forgotten victims’ of the criminal justice system
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Have you ever been inside a prison? For many children in Europe the inside of a prison is a reality when they go visit their imprisoned parent, some children even live together with their parent inside the prison. Children with imprisoned parents are often ‘invisible’ or ‘forgotten victims’ of the criminal justice system. [...]
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