15 December 2022
Dear all,
As we usher in the New Year, and before we all go on well-deserved winter holidays, we’d like to share some key updates with you:
- In the run-up to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd, the COFACE Disability Platform released a policy brief to look at how children with disabilities are included in recent EU Social Policy Frameworks which you can read here.
- Last week, EU ministers adopted recommendations on early childhood and long-term care encouraging Member States to make these care sectors more accessible, affordable, and of quality.
Read on for other news for families across Europe.
Happy reading,
Bettina
Communication Officer
COFACE Families Europe
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Working conditions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for the future
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The strict public health restrictions implemented by governments in 2020 to control the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed working life and continued to shape it over the two years that followed. This Eurofound report provides a detailed picture of the working lives and conditions of Europeans in that exceptional time. [...]
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COFACE-Families Europe welcomes the agreement on the revision of the Consumer Credit Directive
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On the 2nd of December, the Commission, Council, and European Parliament agreed on the final text of the Consumer Credit Directive revision. Consumers will benefit from several improvements, but there is still room for future improvements. [...]
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Kick-off new Horizon Europe project to study resilience of European families (rEUsilience)
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Will a better understanding of families lead to improved welfare states? That’s the hope of a big new Horizon Europe research project, rEUsilience, in six European countries, coordinated by sociologist Rense Nieuwenhuis at SOFI of Stockholm University, together with Mary Daly from the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University, and the universities of Barcelona, KULeuven, Warsaw and Zagreb.[...]
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The Right to Decide – Ensuring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons with Disabilities
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights belong as much to persons with disabilities as to everyone else. Yet lack of knowledge and information often create barriers to access. Women and girls with disabilities also have a clearly higher risk of facing human rights violations such as forced sterilization or denied access to contraception. [...]
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Register for a free online bullying prevention course and create an inclusive school climate!
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Positive and inclusive classroom dynamics are every educator’s dream and what every student deserves. Through this e-learning course, discover useful insights into the causes, expression, and effects of bullying, as well as clear guidelines on how to prevent and tackle bullying in school communities. [...]
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OPINION: How inclusive toys can help to represent and raise awareness of disabilities
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As a purpose-driven company, Mattel strives to create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain, and develop children through play. As part of that, we want to make the faces of all children light up, not only with the joy of play, but with that spark of seeing themselves and others represented. [...]
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