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Lunch as a ticket into the classroom: new survey in Czechia shows children risk social exclusion without shared school meals

Lunch as a ticket into the classroom: new survey in Czechia shows children risk social exclusion without shared school meals

A new survey by COFACE member organisation Women for Women highlights how access to school lunches goes beyond nutrition, playing a key role in children’s social inclusion and sense of belonging in the classroom.

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OPINION – Full-time family carers should be recognised as workers

OPINION – Full-time family carers should be recognised as workers

In Italy, those who care for a family member with a disability living with them 24 hours a day are neither recognised nor supported. They find themselves alone, poor (having given up work to provide care) and at risk of depression. The law in Italy has been awaited for 30 years and has been under discussion in parliament for 15 years. Read more in this opinion piece by Alessandra Corradi, President of Genitori Tosti in Italy.

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