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Italy - December 2009

Bambinisenzasbarre awarded “Special Merit”

Eurochips Partner Bambinisenzasbarre has been awarded the mention of "Special Merit" within the “Premio Amico della Famiglia 2008” (2008 Friend of the Family Prize)

Norway - December 2009

Schools Workshops on having an imprisoned family member

FFP and the company Splint have developed a workshop for youth on being a young person with an imprisoned family member.

Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Norwegian Forum for the Convention of the Rights of the Child has submitted a shadow report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. FFP has contributed to this work. Among other issues, attention is drawn to the situation of children with imprisoned parents and children whose parents risk deportation after serving their sentence.

Ireland - 10th December 2009

Effects of parental imprisonment on children

The Centre for Social and Educational Research, DIT, was commissioned by the Management Committee of the Visitors’ Centre in the Mountjoy Prison Complex to carry out research into the effects of parental imprisonment on children

Norway - Winter 2009

Children’s Ombudsman’s Expert Group

The Children’s Ombudsman has set up an expert group to learn more about the situation of children with imprisoned parents.

Cameroon - 21st November 2009

Children and Imprisoned Parents conference

Relais Enfants-Parents Cameroun (REPCAM) organized a two-day conference in June in Yaoundé entitled "Children and Imprisoned Parents." Some 120 participants attended the event, including a representative from the Justice Ministry, the director of Yaoundé Prison and prison officers.

Ireland - 20th November 2009

Research on Imprisonment and Family Ties

The Limerick-based Bedford Row Family Project has launched "Voices of Families Affected by Imprisonment," a research report carried out by Kelleher Associates that focuses on the needs of families attending the project.

Italy - 19th November 2009

Bambinisenzasbarre Launches Newsletter and Network

The Milan-based association Bambinisenzasbarre is launching its first newsletter, to be diffused four times a year (January, April, June, October).

Netherlands - 15th November 2009

Papa Vaart Joins EUROCHIPS Network

Papa Vaart, a Dutch association working on behalf of prisoners' children that is part of the foundation Slechts op Bezoek (SOB), has joined the EUROCHIPS network

Northen Ireland - 11th November 2009

Prison Governor Austin Treacy Becomes EUROCHIPS Member

EUROCHIPS is pleased to announce that Deputy Governor Austin Treacy of HMP Maghaberry in Northern Ireland has become a network member.

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