New report sheds light on inclusive education
We are pleased to share a new comparative report from our member organisation UNAPEI, which examines how inclusive education for children with disabilities is progressing across Europe.
Here you will see news from Europe, from civil society, from research, highlighting emerging trends from local to international level relevant for families of today.
We are pleased to share a new comparative report from our member organisation UNAPEI, which examines how inclusive education for children with disabilities is progressing across Europe.
Joint letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament; António Costa, President of the European Council.
On 27 May 2025, after more than two years of work, the indicators sub-group of the Social Protection Committee has released its Monitoring Framework for the Council Recommendation on Access to Affordable High-Quality Long-Term Care (Council Recommendation on LTC). The monitoring framework includes indicators that will allow the European Union to better gather and compare data on long-term care at EU level, as well as to measure the Member States progress towards achieving the objectives of the Council Recommendation on LTC, which was adopted in 2022.
This research report focuses on the capacity of policies to attenuate the link between risks and poor outcomes.
As “resilience” is increasingly used in European policy circles, it is important to acknowledge structural inequalities that are present in the capacity of families to be resilient.
Our dedicated member, WOMEN FOR WOMEN is in charge of the project “Lunch for Kids” and in that context it had the opportunity to actively participated in the “Farm to Fork conference”. The programme focused on meals for the public, local produce and school lunches.
This report from the European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAN) shows that most EU countries have mechanisms in place to ensure that all children (or at least those from low-income households) have access to each of these six “services”. However, these mechanisms vary considerably in reach, and all 27 countries have challenges to meet which may only concern access to a few services or may relate to (almost) all of them.
The annual report by the Social Protection Committee examines social conditions and social protection policies across the EU. This year’s report - issued on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - focuses on the energy and cost of living crisis.
Members of the European Parliaments raise alarm over the addictive design features of certain digital services and call for fostering ethical design by default. MEPs believe that recent rules such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Artificial Intelligence Act are not enough to regulate the issue of addictive design.
Everywhere, organisations have been raising the alarm about the shortage of care services, professional care staff, insufficient support to informal carers, and the dangerous and immediate consequences for the entire society. On the first UN International Day of Care and Support, 17 European organisations call for urgent measures to address underinvestment and staff shortages in long-term care.