A practical and concrete tool aimed at parents and other key adults to address bullying and cyberbullying, phenomena that are on the rise and have serious consequences for the health and lives of young people. Rompere il silenzio, vincere la paura (Breaking the Silence, Overcoming Fear) is the title of the guide produced by the Department for...

The Italian National Plan for the Prevention and Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (2025–2027), approved by the Observatory for Combating Paedophilia and Child Pornography at its meeting on 16 September 2025, is now online. The Observatory, set up at the Department for Family Policies of the Presidency of the Council of...

A new operational tool to support anyone caring for unaccompanied foreign minors and providing first-line reception services. Presa in Carico e Accoglienza dei Minori Stranieri Non Accompagnati (Care and Reception of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors) is the title of the guide drafted by the Ministry of the Interior with the support of the European...

On 24 July 2025, the 2025-2027 Sixth National Plan of Action and Interventions for the Protection of the Rights and Development of Persons of Evolving Age was approved by the Council of Ministers, following a proposal by the Minister for the Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities, Eugenia Roccella. The Plan aims to give priority to...

The 2024 Report to Parliament by the Italian Ombudsperson for Children (Agia) is online. The publication presents an overview of the activities carried out in 2024 by Agia to protect the rights of children and adolescents, illustrating its tasks as well as its institutional and international activities. In...

Save the Children's new Report Piccoli Schiavi Invisibili 2025 (Little Invisible Slaves 2025) provides an up-to-date picture of one of the most serious emergencies affecting children and adolescents, with a focus on the role of digital technologies, which are radically transforming the ways in which children and...

The Report on the project Il Buon Inizio. Il Sistema Integrato Zerosei in Italia: l’esperienza del progetto nazionale (A Good Start. The Integrated Zerosei System in Italy: The Experience of the National Project) is now online. The publication, drafter by Save the Children, recounts three years of experiences, results, challenges, and best...

The Department for Family Policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers has launched its first institutional communication campaign on bullying and cyberbullying, phenomena increasingly widespread among young people that can have serious repercussions on the physical and psychological health of victims, as well as undermine social...

Family mediation is an important tool of support, guided by skilled and qualified mediators, aimed at establishing a new psycho-emotional balance within marital conflicts, whether still emerging or following the breakdown of the relationship- It also produces positive effects on the situation of minors involved in their parents’ separation. The new study...

Crossing Lines. Realities of Migrant Children at EU External Borders is the new Report by Save the Children that analyses the situation of the youngest children at the external borders of the European Union, focusing in particular on Greece, Italy, Finland, Spain and Poland. The publication shows how violations at the...

The Information Set on Parental Control has been published on the website of the Department for Family Policies of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The publication updates and supplements the information on the subject already available on the Department's institutional website. The document is presented as a useful guide to...

The third edition of the Report Lavoro minorile in Italia: rischi, infortuni e sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro (Child Labour in Italy: Risks, Accidents and Safety in the Workplace) reveals an increase in the number of child workers in Italy. The Report was presented on 12 June by Unicef, during an online meeting promoted by the organisation on the...