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Dear ENMCR network members and network interested, EUROPEAN NETWORK This year´s second edition of the alumni notes is now available with this OF MASTERS IN newsletter. I would like to thank Elise Serbaroli for editing the Alumni CHILDREN’S RIGHTS notes.

Inside this edition: If you have any suggestions, comments and / or ideas for improving the newsletter you can use our email address: [email protected] What´s new Sincerely,

• Freie Universität Berlin: Rita Nunes (Editor) Children Out-of-Place and Human Rights - An International Symposium in Memory of Judith Ennew General News Internal: page 2- 3 • Alumni Notes • Freie Universität Berlin: Children Out-of-Place and Human Rights -

An International Symposium in Memory of Judith Ennew Don´t miss the opportunity: • Participation, Experiences and Empowerment for Roma youth (PEER)

• University of Tartu: teaching module Children’s rights and Wellbeing 15/09/2014 to 25/09/2014 • Queen’s University, Belfast: Research Project for UNICEF

• UCM and GSIA: Rumbo a Puebla Problem behaviors in adolescent - • University of Vienna: Conference of the European Society of forms, conditions, prevention. International Law Warsaw, Poland.

CREAN: Children’s Prize for the Best Master Thesis: page 3

ENMCR Website: Alumni Notes: page 4-5

You will find all the information General News External: page 6 about ENMCR here • Bolivia: Working Children

• Israel-Palestine conflict • France: ECtHR • Netherlands: refugee families

Funding / Prizes / Research Opportunities: page 6 This newsletter is supported by: • CREAN 2nd International Conference: Call for presenters and manuscripts

Publications: page 7 • Tackling Tax and Saving Lives • The challenges of climate change: Children on the front line • UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Working Paper: Child Poverty and ENMCR Material Deprivation in the European Union during the Great c/o Internationale Akademie für Recession innovative Pädagogik, • Voicing the child? A case study in Finnish early childhood education Psychologie und Ökonomie • ‘Talking bodies’: Power and counter-power between children and gGmbH (INA) adults in day care an der Freien Universität Berlin Habelschwerdter Allee 45 Upcoming Events: page 8 D-14195 Berlin, Germany Job Opportunities and membership of the ENMCR: page 9 Fon: +49-(0)30-838-52734 [email protected]

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Freie Universität Berlin: Children positive change at local, regional or accepted as an elective part of the Out-of-Place and Human Rights - An national levels. Emphasis will be Social Work and Social Policy Master’s International Symposium in Memory placed on participation of Roma Programme at the Institute of Social of Judith Ennew children in the context of immediate Studies of the University of Tartu in life issues such as poverty, well being, Estonia in Spring 2014. This is the first The International Symposium schooling, and life chances. The time in Estonia of teaching "Children Out-of-Place and Human participatory research-action process systematically children’s rights Rights" - An International Symposium is set to involve Roma children as co- perspectives and is addressed to the in Memory of Judith Ennew will take researchers in reflection, learning and Master’s level students of different place on October 27-28, 2014 from action. The idea of the project was fields who in their future work will 9am-7pm in the Seminarzentrum, developed within a pre-existing need competence in children’s rights room L115 of the Freie Universität European network of partners and and wellbeing. Berlin. At the symposium, colleagues internationally renowned experts in The module was developed in close and friends from different continents children’s participation, action cooperation with the Faculty of Law will remember and appreciate Judith research and work with Roma of the University of Tartu, Child Ennew as a protagonist of children’s communities. Project partners with Welfare Society and practitioners rights and child rights-based research. established working relationships with from the Youth Police, Prosecutor’s The symposium is structured in Roma communities in the different Office and Child Support Centre. Its lectures, dialogues, discussions and countries have been part of the piloting started in spring semester small forums. It is open to the public, preparation of this project and will be 2014. Experts in children’s rights and particularly to colleagues, students key to implementing the project wellbeing from the ENMCR network and alumni in children’s rights from objectives. This project responds to and the CREAN will be welcome to universities across Europe. the European Commission’s directives share their knowledge. The teaching Please enroll until October 10, 2014 to give a voice to children in general materials and sourcebooks developed via e-mail here. and to Roma minority children in in the frames of the CREAN project Symposium fee is 40€; 15€ for special, and promote their right to will be integrated to teaching the students. participate in taking actions in areas module. For more information, please see the of life of interest to them. It also puts The structure of the module: flyer. at least 270 Roma children from 9 Introduction to Human Rights, We are looking forward meeting you countries in relation with each other, Introduction to the Protection of the at our symposium! giving them a sense of self Rights of the Child, Work Practices confidence, and increasing their with Children from Children's Rights Participation, Experiences and horizons of understanding and Perspective, Child Protection and Empowerment for Roma youth learning. As there is still a need to Social Work with Families, and Field (PEER) raise the awareness and Practicum. understanding of Roma children’s The coordinator of the module is The ENMCR members and CREAN rights to participate and be listened to Dagmar Kutsar. partners Siauliai University, University among national and European bodies, College Dublin and the Babes-Bolyai institutions and services, this project Queen’s University, Belfast: Research University together with other undertakes the role spread the Project for UNICEF universities and institutes have been culture of participation of vulnerable awarded with funding from the children in Eastern, Southern and Lee Jerome from the Centre for Fundamental rights and citizenship Western Europe. Children’s Rights has been leading a programme, for the project Students from participating research project for UNICEF, which Participation, Experiences and universities including the programs of aims to establish a baseline survey of Empowerment for Roma youth European Masters in Children’s Rights CRE implementation. Lee recently (PEER). The project aims to enhance (from Romania and Lithuania) will also attended the UNICEF Private the participation of Roma adolescents contribute to the European spread of Fundraising and Partnership Division's with 9 European partners. the gained knowledge. annual meeting of National This project will foster the Committee education officers in participation of Roma children by University of Tartu: teaching module Bratislava and updated participants involving them as co-researchers in Children’s rights and Wellbeing on the progress of this research. The exploring and developing ways in final report of the Centre's research which they can be more empowered Teaching module “Children’s rights will be available in Autumn 2014. to shape their lives and bring about and Wellbeing” (24 credits) was

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UCM and GSIA: Rumbo a Puebla Gaitán, presidenta de GSIA. University of Viena: Conference of La jornada de trabajo ha girado en the European Society of International Con motivo de la celebración en torno a los tres Derechos como Law otoño próximo del VI Congreso pilares a examen en el futuro Mundial por los Derechos de la Congreso de Puebla: derecho a vivir The 10th Anniversary Conference of Infancia y la Adolescencia en Puebla sin violencia, Internet como derecho the European Society of International (México), se ha celebrado el humano y redes sociales, y Migración Law will take place in Vienna, Austria, Seminario “Rumbo a Puebla” en infantil y derecho a vivir en familia. from 4 to 6 September 2014 hosted Madrid, preparatorio de las Sobre estos temas se han establecido by the University of Vienna and conclusiones para aportar al mismo debates, donde han participado organised by the Section for desde España, organizado por la GSIA, ponentes y asistentes, con el fin de International Law and International en colaboración con la UCM y la alcanzar las conclusiones que serán Relations in cooperation with the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. aportadas desde España. European Society of International En el acto, han intervenido entre No ha faltado la participación de la Law. otros profesionales Dña. Natalia Infancia. Los niños y niñas en The conference will feature plenary Basterrechea, Directora de Asuntos representación de los sessions, fora with invited speakers, Públicos de Facebook Iberia; D. Rufino Cibercorresponsales de la Plataforma and a number of agorae with speakers Gutiérrez, adjunto del Defensor del de Organizaciones de Infancia (POI), selected on the basis of calls for Pueblo; Dña. Margarita de la Rasilla, han presentado sus conclusiones tras papers. For the first time, this ESIL Asesora de ACNUR; D. José María las sesiones de trabajo que han tenido conference will also offer poster Sánchez Bursón, especialista en lugar en las redes sociales. sessions. Further information Derechos de la Infancia, y Lourdes available here.

CREAN Children’s Rights Prize

APPLICATION CRITERIA The paper submitted for the Prize has to be: • pre-selected by the Programme ABOUT THE PRIZE Director of a Master programme The Children’s Rights Prize for Best at an ENMCR or CREAN member Master’s Dissertation aims to university; promote early career researchers’ • an article of 8,000 to 9,000 words work for graduate students from (inclusive of references and ENMCR or CREAN partner/member abstract); participate in the competition by universities. • written by a student graduated in writing an article (not an abstract!) 2013 or 2014 at an ENMCR or based on her/his thesis. This paper THE PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED FOR CREAN member university, based will be the core subject of judgment The Prize will be awarded in June on her/his master thesis; in the selection procedure for the 2015, and includes the facilitation of • written in, or translated to English. Children’s Rights Prize for Best publication of the Prize winning PRE-SELECTION PROCEDURE Master’s Dissertation. article(s) in a peer reviewed journal. Programme Directors are entitled to APPLICATION Excellent academic articles written on pre-select a maximum of two The paper should be submitted the basis of Master‘s theses/ submitted master theses for the electronically to the Secretariat of the dissertations that advance knowledge competition. It is advisable to pre- Prize ([email protected]) by the on children’s rights, with a particular select the thesis that is evaluated as Programme Directors, who are emphasis on: the "highest quality". requested to supplement the paper • the applicability and relevance of However, grades/scores given for the with a brief recommendation the work for practice and/ or thesis will be not taken into (justification), explaining why they policy; consideration by the Jury in the selected this paper for the • and/ or the involvement of selection process. competition. children in the research. The author of the pre-selected thesis Deadline for submission: 1 October will be provided the opportunity to 2014. Further information here.

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Since 2003, almost 100 students have been awarded the Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (MCR). From 2015 onwards, the MCR will be organised by the University of Geneva, in continuation of the MCR Programme which has been organized between 2003 and 2014 by the University Institute Kurt Bösch (IUKB) and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The 2015-2016 cycle of this two-year programme will begin on 2 February 2015 and the deadline for applications is 30 September 2014.

Master of Advanced Studies in the topic of "Children's rights to share with the ENMCR network that Children’s Rights (MCR) | Sion participate in international climate she is willing and excited to travel for change policy-making". conferences on her topics of Rachel Bentley continues to head the expertise. She is a skilled trainer, able organisation Children on the Edge in Carol Gachet finished the MCR in to convey information with clarity and the UK. She says that her organisation 2006 with her master thesis "Child using terminology appropriate to has become more focused, thanks to Participation Rights Within the specific audiences and contexts. She’s her MCR studies, expanding its global Family". She was very pleased with fluent in French and English and reach and truly working with some of the two-year MCR, describing it as conversational in German. the most ‘on the edge’ marginalised high level academic teaching and an children worldwide. The intercultural group who knew how to Since finishing the MCR in late 2011, organisation’s work ranges from work hard and laugh during those Laurene Grazini has been working on persecuted, displaced and refugee intensive weeks! She is currently the her PhD. Her topic is on "Access to Rohingya and Kachin children from head of ICP (Crisis Intervention and Justice for Children at the to the Musahar (rat eating) Prevention) in Lausanne, Switzerland. International Level", which is being children of , to refugee and She is an experienced psychologist supervised by Prof. Yann Kerbrat (Aix- displaced children in Uganda, to and project manager with more than Marseille University, France) and Prof. Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. 20 years experience in developing and Karl Hanson (IUKB, Switzerland). In They are also currently researching a directing prevention, recovery, and the meantime, she has had the situation in North Korea. The training programs on sexual abuse opportunity to work on several organisation always works with issues and other trauma, crisis projects related to children's rights, National partners, strengthening and intervention, recruiting professional for example, organizing a Summer developing their capacity. Much of and volunteer personnel, building School on Children's Rights and Media the work is improving displaced and networks, conducting awareness in 2011. The Summer School was held refugee children’s access to raising and fund raising campaigns at the University of Louvain La Neuve education, as well as creating safe and managing personnel. in Belgium, organized by DCI-Belgium, places where, in addition to receiving In the area of Children's Rights, her CIDE, IUKB and IDE. She also worked essential services, they can play and focus is on implementing Art 12 in on a Child's Participation Project with be children in the midst of very different structures and institutions. children in , concerning volatile situations. She gave two conferences in their participation through social Montpellier and Avignon in Spring networks. The project was supported Kata Dozsa is currently a 2nd year 2014 to a large audience of early by UNICEF and IOM. She was also PhD student in law at the University childhood professionals, focusing on working on a children’s rights of Antwerp, supervised by Prof. how to integrate Art 12 and Art 31 in education project with DCI-Belgium Wouter Vandenhole, and researching day care facilities. She would like to

The MSc/Diploma in Childhood Studies is an established and intensive interdisciplinary degree at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

MSc/Diploma in Childhood Studies | services. She is from Indonesia and for 8 years as a researcher in the Edinburgh has presented several academic Action Research & Training Institute articles about her country’s children’s Jakarta and she particularly loved Harla Sara Octarra is currently a PhD rights situation in international working with street children in some student in Social Policy at the conferences. Her upcoming paper will of the projects. Harla is now University of Edinburgh, continuing be presented at the ‘25 Years CRC’ interested in learning more about from her 2013 Masters Degree in Conference organized by the Leiden children’s policies, with a hope to Childhood Studies. She is currently Law School (Netherlands) in contribute to her country’s progress researching practices of “working November 2014. Before coming to in that area after completing her together”in Scotland’s children’s Edinburgh, Harla had been working studies.

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At the Free University Berlin, approximately 120 students have graduated in the field of Children’s Rights since 2007.

European Master in Childhood Anne Hinrichs (previously Koch) is Studies and Children’s Rights (MCR) | editor and freelance author at Hilker At the local sites, children and young Berlin Medien in Berlin. She’s happy to also people have decision-making power report being the mother to a six- and play an active role in the After graduating, Karoly Beres month-old son. development of their communities. continued working for Children's With other stakeholders such as the Services in Covasna County, Romania. Katia Narzisi completed her Master in local municipality, NGOs, the private In 2010, he engaged in two projects 2009, and is about to finish a PhD at sector and civil society, they work funded by the European Comission: the Open University in Milton Keynes, together on solutions for bringing an after-school project for UK. Her research topic is “Families' about positive change. They plan and disadvantaged children and an perspectives on international implement projects and evaluate educational project for Roma adoptions in Italy”. She’s also them themselves through the children. In 2012, he moved to lecturing on research methods in the Participatory YEPP Monitoring & Greenwich and has been working for social sciences. She is exploring Evaluation method (PYME). Jochen the Children's Services Department of opportunities to work with Schell writes “as the director, I am the Local Authority ever since. international organisations on topics responsible for the coordination and of adoptions, possibly in sending management of the YEPP IRC, which is Angelika Gyftopoulou continues to countries. at the centre of the YEPP Community work at a "semi-public" organisation Network and acts as a service called the Institute of Child Health, in Andrea Reitze has been working at provider to the YEPP Local Sites. We the Department of Mental Health and World Vision Switzerland, provide training and coaching in the Social Welfare, which actually Kinderhilfswerk since August 2011, YEPP approach and methodology and operates as the Centre for the Study responsible for the programmes in other specific fields of expertise such and Prevention of Child Abuse and Mali, Mauretania, Senegal, and as Media Work, Advocacy and (Social) Neglect. She is currently working on a Romania. She’s also responsible for Entrepreneurship. We are also project for the development of a the topics of Children’s Rights and responsible for the expansion of the national (Greek) protocol for FGM. After completing her Master in network through new YEPP Local Sites professionals for the diagnosis, 2009, she worked one more year for and YEPP Affiliates and for investigation and management of CJD (Christliches Jugenddorfwerk fundraising. I enjoy the diversified child abuse and neglect cases. The Deutschland) in Bodensee as a case tasks and responsibilities of my work, project is called "A holistic approach manager in the joint German in particular the fact that I interact for the inquiry, diagnosis and Education Ministry-EU project, with people and organisations at management of cases of child abuse “Truancy – A 2. Chance” various levels. I work with donors and neglect” and she is focusing on ("Schulverweigerung - Die 2. such as the European Commission the legal and children’s rights aspects. Chance"). and international foundations, as well Her second project involves as international partner organisations identifying child victims of trafficking Since finishing the for the development of new training and protecting unaccompanied EMCR in early 2012, and coaching solutions for young minors on the Greek-Turkish borders. Jochen Schell people. In addition, I’m often in In this project she will be conducting joined the YEPP contact with the community awareness-raising workshops on the International Resource stakeholders at YEPP Local Sites, existing legal framework for Centre (YEPP IRC) of children and young activists”. trafficking and unaccompanied INA gGmbH at the You can subscribe YEPP newsletter minors for the border officers, in Free University of here and follow their work on addition to preparing children's rights Berlin. facebook workshops that social workers will be YEPP stands for "Youth https://www.facebook.com/YEPPIRC conducting with unaccompanied Empowerment Partnership and twitter . minors and staff at the "shelters" Programme”. Today, the YEPP where the children stay. They are Community Network is composed of both european co-funded projects. 18 YEPP Local Sites (more than 70 She enjoys working there, not only for communities with fewer her project, but because they run opportunities) in 7 European many other interesting projects. countries.

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General News External

Bolivia: Working Children however, the public ombudsperson between children born as a result of must first verify that the request to surrogacy arrangements in the United Bolivia has enacted legal guarantees work is a voluntary decision from the States violated the rights of the for working children. There are an child and includes consent from the children to respect for private life. In estimated 850,000 working children parent of guardian, and that the both cases, married couples of French in Bolivia, where members of the nature of the work not be hazardous nationality had travelled to the United country’s largest union of child to the health and development of a States for fertility treatment but were workers, UNATSBO, have for several child or interfere with their education. unable to register the births upon years been lobbying the government their return to France. In 2011, the to lower the legal working age and Israel-Palestine conflict French Court of Cassation ruled that have their rights as workers legally such births could not be recorded on recognised. The previous law allowed A UN-run school in the Gaza Strip that the register of births, deaths and no exception to the minimum age of was being used as a shelter by marriages as to do so would be to give 14, which critics said did not reflect Palestinian families was hit by Israeli effect to surrogacy arrangements the economic reality of families, with tank fire this week. At least 15 people which are null and void under the children starting work at a much were killed in the attack. Another UN French Civil Code. younger age. The new Code for school was hit by an Israeli missile, Children and Adolescents sets out killing at least 15 people and injuring Netherlands: refugee families rules for two groups of working 200 others. Since the start of the children. The first, keeps 14 as the conflict, Israel’s death toll stands at In the Netherlands, refugee families minimum working age for children 56, including three civilians, while with children arriving in the country employed by others, and stipulates 1,137 Palestinians, including more will no longer be placed in detention that their salaries be no lower than than 200 children, have been killed. while they wait assessment or the national minimum wage, and that deportation. Every year, around 70 their working day must not exceed six France: ECtHR families are placed in border prison hours to leave time for study. Twelve- accommodation for periods of up to to 13-year-olds will also be allowed to France has violated the rights of two weeks. But under the new work with prior approval from the children born as a result of surrogacy regulations, they will be housed in a public ombudsperson through a by refusing to legally recognise their special secure housing unit where needs evaluation. The second set of parentage, according to the European they will have their own living space rules applies to children who are self- Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Ruling and cooking facilities. In addition, staff employed, with the minimum age in two related cases, the Court held will not wear uniforms and there will being lowered in such cases to 10 that the failure to recognise the be outdoor play areas for children. years. To be able to work legally, parent-child relationship in France

Funding / Prizes / Research Opportunities practices in the diverse field of Proposals are due by October 1, 2014. children’s rights. We anticipate this Selected papers and research articles year’s conference will host an will be published in International international audience of over 200 Scientific Journal “Teacher participants. The Organization Education”. Article manuscripts are to CREAN 2nd International Conference: Committee of the Conference invites be submitted by December 1, 2014. Call for presenters and manuscripts you to submit presentation, workshop Please send completed proposals or poster session proposals as well as and/or manuscripts via e-mail to Dr. CREAN is pleased to announce a Call research manuscripts. Ruta Siauciuliene, Chairperson of for Presenters and Manuscripts for We will be accepting proposals and Conference Committee the 2nd International Conference manuscripts for the journal of Teacher ([email protected]) and to scheduled to take place on December Education on all relevant topics and conferencenondiscrimination@crean- 4-5, 2014. highly encourage researchers, home.net The conference is designed for educators, practitioners and students Further information at the CREAN researchers, policy makers, educators, to apply. website. professionals and students to share Official conference languages are their latest findings, ideas and English and Lithuanian.

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Tackling Tax and accomplished experts - scientists, Voicing the child? A case study in Saving Lives development practitioners and Finnish early childhood education specialists in health, nutrition and Tackling Tax and Saving Lives presents child rights - the report details both Contemporary Nordic early childhood new research on illicit financial flows the accelerating global threats to education and care takes as its (IFFs) – the illegal flows of money out children, as well as the urgent need to starting point the individual and of developing countries via tax incorporate a comprehensive child ‘competent’ child and emphasizes the evasion, bribery, money laundering rights approach, including directly aim to take account of children’s and manipulation of trade prices. involving children, in adaptation and views. It is also common in mitigation efforts. educational settings that the child’s In particular, it reveals the links The report highlights the imperative views are documented and thus between IFFs, taxation, public for informed engagement of children transformed into contexts in which spending and children’s well-being (in and youth, not only because of the they are discussed between the terms of child mortality and access to child’s right to participate, but adults. In light of a case study of 22 clean water). Improving tax-take and because young people may be parent–teacher meetings in Finnish tackling IFFs, this report uniquely able to sustain focus of their early childhood education and care demonstrates, can help us to get to communities and nations on the issue the article discusses the position of zero preventable child deaths. better than adults who have the child’s voice in this context. The Save the Children’s proposals for repeatedly postponed politically theoretical framework is based on a improving tax collection and challenging policy realities. relational view of childhood and the addressing IFFs include support to tax Other child rights implications of child’s voice, on theories of face-to- authorities in developing countries, climate change include the moral face and institutional interaction and and action in richer countries to challenge posed by the concept of on discursive psychology. The article improve transparency and to clamp inter-generational justice; asking authored by Maarit Alasuutari down on financial secrecy – which risks people who are currently highlights the multifaceted relational particularly in so-called tax havens. living are allowed to impose on future processes in which the child’s This report puts forward a set of generations. participation is embedded in adult-led concrete recommendations to Available here. institutional practices. governments, businesses and In Childhood May 2014 vol. 21 no. 2 multilateral institutions. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre 242-259 . Available here. Working Paper: Child Poverty and Material Deprivation in the European The challenges of climate change: Union during the Great Recession ‘Talking bodies’: Power and counter- Children on the front line power between children and adults The 2008 financial crisis triggered the in day care As evidence of the increase in first contraction of the world greenhouse gasses mounts, children - economy in the post-war era. This The article authored by Borgunn the most vulnerable and largest paper investigates the effect of the Ytterhus and Ingvild Åmot examines population affected by climate change economic crisis on child poverty and how children use bodily expressions - continue to be ignored in high level material deprivation across the EU-28 as an instrument of power and a climate negotiations. In response, top plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. method of being heard when adults climate change thinkers have joined First, it examines if children were place them in positions of forces to analyze a range of dilemmas affected by the crisis to a greater powerlessness in everyday life and challenges for children thrown up extent than the population as a practice. The main focus is on children by the unabated warming of the whole. Second, it analyses inequities with social difficulties. The article world. among households with children and focuses on children and adults in The Challenges of Climate Change: the degree to which those in workless situations during time spent outdoors. Children on the front line, a new households, migrant households, lone The findings show that children and publication produced by the UNICEF parent families and large families staff have different perceptions of Office of Research - Innocenti, seeks were at a greater risk of poverty and what is desirable, and that they use to broaden and deepen deprivation. Finally, it studies the different power mechanisms to understanding of child rights extent to which social safety nets may change or maintain the power of dimensions in the climate change have softened the negative impact of definition. discourse. the economic crisis. In Childhood May 2014 vol. 21 no. 2 Comprised of articles from 40 Available online here. 260-273

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OCTOBER 27/10 to 28/10 AUGUST 2014 "Children Out- 26/07 to 02/08: Children as Actors Transforming Society, Caux Palace, Switzerland. of-Place and 28/07 to 22/08: Human Rights for Development' (HR4DEV), Ghent, Belgium. Human Rights" - 25/08 to 27/08: Transitions in Teacher Education and Professional Identities, An International Braga, Portugal. Symposium in Memory of 26/08 to 29/08: Ensuring the Rights of the Child, and Family-based Services, Judith Ennew Waterford, Ireland. SEPTEMBER 2014 03/09 to 04/09: EUSARF 2014 - 13th European Scientific Association for Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. 03/09 to 05/09: Keeping Children Safe in Africa - Identifying and addressing the challenges, Cape Town, South Africa. 11/09 to 13/09: Access to justice for children - Legal clinics & other instruments for the promotion of children's rights, Pisa, Italy. 12/09: Children and Young People Now: Policy and practice, London, United Kingdom. 15/09 to 17/09: Global Forum on Statelessness, The Hague, Netherlands . 23/09: Young People and Sexual Health: Reducing Risky Behaviour through Education and Empowerment, Brussels, Belgium. 25/09 to 26/09: Congresso Nacional: Realidades e Desafios no 25ª Aniversário da Convenção sobre os Direitos da Criança: o caso português, Braga, Portugal. 29/09 to 01/10: 7th Child in the City Conference, Odense, Denmark. OCTOBER 2014 02/10: Developing Child-Centred Practice in Law, Social Work and Policy for Cross-Border Families, Baltimore, United States. DECEMBER 13/10 to 15/10: 7th African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Nairobi, 04/12 to 05/12 Kenya. CREAN 16/10 to 17/10: Seminar on Professional Higher Education, Otočec Castle, Conference Slovenia. Children´s Rights 27/10 to 28/10: Sixth International Policy Conference on the African Child, Addis to non- Ababa, Ethiopia. discrimination, 30/10 to 31/10: The role of child helplines in protecting children and young people Vilnius, online, London, United Kingdom. Lithuania. NOVEMBER 2014 01/11: Understanding child and youth poverty - Beyond ‘business as usual’, London, United Kingdom. 05/11 to 06/11: Deprivation of Children’s Liberty a Last Resort - Towards Juvenile Justice Guidelines in Pacific and Beyond, Bangkok, . 06/11: The future of the Foundation Phase and childcare in Wales. 12/11 to 14/11: VI Congreso Mundial por los derechos de la infancia y adolescencia, Puebla, Mexico. 17/11 to 19/11: International Conference 25 Years CRC, Leiden, The Netherlands. 26/11 to 28/11: Eurochild's Annual Conference 2014 - Better Public Spending for Better Outcomes for Children & Families, Bucharest, Romania. DECEMBER 2014 03/12 to 04/12: Making deprivation of children’s liberty a last resort - Towards evidence-based policies & alternatives, Brussels, Belgium.

Children's Rights Newsletter July 2014 8 CR news 14 Job Opportunities and membership

Job and Internship Opportunities: Dear Network Members, 1. CRIN: Journalism Internship at CRIN - Deadline: 10 August, 2014 Please send us your agendas for 2. Child Protection Advisor at Save the Children Sweden - Deadline: 10 the coming months as well as August, 2014 publications, funding and prizes 3. Human Rights Monitor at European Roma Rights Centre - Deadline: 31 or any other topic so we can August, 2014 include them in our newsletter 4. EU-FP7 ENCCA Network Manager at CCRI - Children' s Cancer Research ([email protected]). Institute- No Deadline.

SAVE THE CHILDREN RESOURCE CENTRE How to join ENMCR?

Save the Children’s Resource It is possible to join the European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights as a Centre is an online portal, with member at any time. ENMCR was established in 2004 by five European updated and reliable Universities with the support of Save the Children Sweden (SCS). In the information on Child Protection meantime 31 universities are members of ENMCR. ENMCR is collaborating with and Child Rights governance. the Latin American Network of Masters in Children´s Rights, which currently The portal is available to the comprises nine universities in eight Latin American countries and is also public and gives access to over supported by SCS. Furthermore, ENMCR is in contact with academic study 4.000 quality assured programmes on children’s rights in other parts of the world, e.g. in the MENA publications, articles and other region. materials in one convenient location. The Resource Centre Why is it worthwhile joining our network? also give you the possibility to upload and publish your own In becoming a member you will work with children’s rights experts from all materials. Usage is free of over Europe (and Latin America). We have been cooperating as a network for charge. almost ten years and you will be able to build on the longstanding experience Visit the resource centre here of our members. You will get an insight into children’s rights from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. The member universities offer higher education in childhood studies and children’s rights, at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels. Some members offer full study programmes in children’s rights, others offer modules, seminars or intensive courses. You will have access to knowledge in establishing study programmes, as well as to teaching materials developed in the network. We have implemented several European Union funded projects on children’s rights themes and organize conferences, workshops and short intensive programmes in the same field. You will have access to all materials published in the frame of ENMCR, such as the monthly electronic newsletter Children’s Rights news (CRnews), reports from projects, materials from conferences and workshops, etc. Save the Children, thank you for To become a member of ENMCR, simply send us a letter of intent, in which you making this newsletter possible! name what you believe you and your institution can contribute to and gain from our network. In addition, please include an outline of your child rights related programme and/or courses. It is important that you name a contact person at your institution for correspondence purposes. Our members contribute to ENMCR’s work with an annual membership fee of 300€ which covers the daily expenses of the network.

Please send the letter to: European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights (ENMCR) c/o European Master in Childhood Studies and Children's Rights Freie Universität Berlin Habelschwerdter Allee 45 D- 14195 Berlin, Germany

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