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.
Since the introduction of the current mobile phone restrictions in Greek schools, COFACE member KMOP has conducted research on the impact of these measures on educators.
Bringing together members from across Europe, COFACE organised an online Migration Working Group meeting which explored how family organisations can strengthen the rights and participation of migrant, refugee and transnational families.
Unapei brought the realities of people with intellectual disabilities and their families directly to the European Commission, and the need to consider them not only within disability-specific policies, but also across wider discussions on employment, social protection, economic participation and public services.
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.
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 report by the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) provides a detailed picture of the working lives and conditions of Europeans in that exceptional time.
The “Live Without Bullying” project, created by KMOP, organisation member of COFACE Families Europe, has been selected as one of the most impactful and scalable innovations in education in the HundrED Global Collection 2023. This international distinction comes to reward the most impactful innovations that are changing the face of education in a post-Covid world.
In September, COFACE Families Europe, represented by its President Annemie Drieksens, had the privilege to participate in a conference on inclusive families policies organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Commission has been tackling the issue of rising energy prices for the past year. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its further weaponisation of energy resources, the situation on the energy market has worsened considerably.
European lawmakers voted in favour of a non-binding report calling for increased spending on education and culture in order to combat the decline in the mental health of children and young people.
