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The survey raises children and youths awareness regarding their rights and options to protect them.

Аn eight year old child bride died in Yemen on her wedding night after suffering internal injuries.

ChildPact, the Regional Coalition for Child Protection in the Wider Black Sea Area, hosted a special panel at the Black Sea NGO Forum.

Ministry of Justice in Estonia has launched a Bill providing punishment to pregnant women who deliberately harm the health of their future child.

The project envisages the receiving of monthly child support payments until the completion of secondary education, but not later than the age of 20 years to be bound by the regularly attending of preparatory classes in kindergartens or preparatory classes in schools for compulsory pre-school children preparation, unless it is impossible due to the child health condition.

The End Violence Against Children initiative emphasizes that violence against children exists in many forms – from child labour, armed conflict and sexual exploitation to violence in the home, at school and in the workplace.

NNC has specific suggestions and comments on certain passages of the plan.

Youth and volunteers from NNC will surprise people from Sofia with a flashmob to celebrate 23 years since the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the UN.

24 – 26 october – EUROCHILD’s annual conference 2012 in Sofia: “Promoting the rights of children in alternative care across Europe”.

“Promoting the rights of children in alternative care across Europe” Date: 24-26 October 2012 Venue: Princess Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria Co-host: National Network for Children (Eurochild member) Background Children growing up[…]

On 24 – 26 October NNC will host the Eurochild’s Annual Conference 2012 in Sofia “Promoting the rights of children in alternative care across Europe”.

A Case, concerning the announcement of HIV-positive children’s names from the institution Zlatarov in Sofia, will be referred to the prosecution by the Sofia municipality, the Deputy Mayor Albena Atanasova stated.

National Network for Children and in particular the Report ” School Card 2012: Assessment of the implementation of state commitments to children in Bulgaria “, prepared by NNC, was presented as an example for good practice in the Annual Report of the OAK Foundation, 2011.

Petromir Kanchev, deputy president of the organization “Hope for the Little Ones”, was elected for a member and official representative of the NNC in the Eurochild Expert Group on the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the Rights of the Child.

Over 200 children’s teachers from Veliko Tarnovo region will participate in a training on the topic “Children’s rights and using the methodology of the educational theatre”.

Statement of the National Network for Children with regard to the draft law for amendment and supplement of the Ombudsman Act.

The institutions in Bulgaria received annual score AVERAGE (3) for 2011 regarding their commitments to children and families. This was announced during the launch of the National Network for Children “School report 2012: Assessment of the state commitments to children in Bulgaria”

From 12 to 14 March Mariama Diallo, Attache for cooperation for child rights of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France for Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova, will visit member organizations of the Network in Northeastern Bulgaria. She will meet the mayors of the municipalities in which they working. The tour is an initiative of NNC.

‘REPORT CARD 2012: Assessment of The Implementation of State Commitments Towards The Children of Bulgaria’ is a unique report by the NNC – a full analysis of Bulgarian institutions work in key child-related areas – Child Rights, Family Environment, Education, Child Healthcare and Juvenile Justice.

From 7 to 9 February on NNC’s initiative Mariama Diallo, attache of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, will visit member organizations and partners of the Network in north-eastern Bulgaria.