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The Conference “Prevention and Fight against Violence and Sexual Exploitation of Children” examined the main problems and good practices in the Balkans

The Conference “Prevention and Fight against Violence and Sexual Exploitation of Children” was held in Sofia. The event was organized jointly by the Association “Ignored Children”, ECPAT international and the National Network for Children. The conference was attended by 45 experts from Bulgaria and another 12 from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Romania…

Microanalyses about the use of corporal punishment in Bulgaria, Portugal and Cyprus

This microanalysis is being developed under the project ‘Chapter – Children’s Help Against Physical Threatening and Emotional Repression’, implemented under the Grant Agreement with Reg. No. JUST / 2015 / RDAP / AG / CORP / 9176. The purpose of the analysis is to investigate the use of “corporal punishment” in the context of understanding…

Handbook, Brochures, Leaflets and Posters created within the project

Countries where smacking children is banned ‘are safer to grow up in’

Countries that ban the smacking of children appear to be safer for young people to grow up in, according to research revealing that fighting between youths – particularly females – is less common where corporal punishment has been outlawed. Experts say the study adds to a growing body of evidence that punishing children by smacking,…

A national representative survey conducted within the Chapter project shows that most parents still use slaps as a discipline method

88% of parents in Bulgaria are aware that slaps are an ineffective discipline method, but many of them continue to apply corporal punishment against their children. Although the use of physical punishment has been decreasing over the past 5 years, about 2/3 of parents have ever used corporal punishment and other traumatic practices such as…

A Wide National Platform “Childhood without Violence” Was Established in Bulgaria

On September, 12, 2018, in Sofia was officially announced the establishment of a large national platform against child violence – “Childhood without violence”. 19 civic organizations and experts, working for years to prevent violence against children, had been united for joint action. The reasons for creating the Alliance is the lack of progress in state…

Workshop on activities planning of the Movement to Help Children against physical threatening and emotional repression

A workshop on the project “Chapter: Opening a new page – a movement to help children against physical threats and emotional repression” was held on November 21 in Porto, Portugal. The National Network for Children is a partner in the project, which is implemented by the PULS Foundation, Pernik. The other partners are EVRIS Foundation,…