2009 News Archives

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.

United Kingdom - 7th November 2009

APF AGM and Conference: 'Women Beyond Bars'

The number of women in prison in the UK has spiraled from some 1,500 to more than 4,000 over the past ten years. More than one half of these women have a child under age 16.

Norway - September 2009

Effects of parental imprisonment

The number of children with parents in prison is increasing in many countries worldwide. Theory and qualitative research suggest that parental imprisonment might contribute to child antisocial behaviour and mental health problems, because of the trauma of separation, strained child-care arrangements during parental imprisonment, loss of family income, other stressful life events such as moving home and school, and the stigma of parental imprisonment.

European Union - 19th January 2009

International justice for children

Children's rights have gained greater global visibility through the almost universal ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Treaty bodies for other international and regional instruments, which cover the rights of "everyone", including children, are giving increasing attention to children's rights.

United Nations - 1st January 2009

QUNO, EUROCHIPS and BICE Present Report to CRC

The Quaker UN Office Geneva (QUNO), joined by the EUROCHIPS network and the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE), submitted a report on children with imprisoned parents this month to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, requesting that it consider dedicating a future Day of General Discussion on the subject

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