The National Day for the Promotion of Reading is held on 24 March. It was established by Presidential Decree of 15 July 2009 to raise awareness of the importance of reading among all citizens, especially the younger generations....

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a series of recommendations to local authorities, civil society organisations and volunteers on the observation of safeguards for girls and...

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, international book fair for children and teenagers, is back with a full calendar of initiatives kicking off today, 21 March, in the halls of BolognaFiere. The event programme includes meetings,...

The father plays an active role in the care and education of his children and is a central point of reference in their lives, just like the mother. Father's Day, which falls on 19 March, draws attention to the importance of the father...

The report The effect of the pandemic on childhood education services in Italy, prepared by a research group of the National Institute of Statistics and the Governance & Social Innovation Centre of the Ca...

Paternity leave: a legal framework

Paternity leave is essential to promote a culture of shared childcare and parenthood and to foster full gender equality in the sharing of roles and the management of working...

The supplement to the 4/2021 issue of the Bibliographic Review consists of a reading programme entitled La cura delle relazioni nei percorsi adoptivi e nel post adozione (Building relationships during and after the adoption...

Care Leavers experiment Report - second year, January 2022

The aim of the Care Leavers project is to support young adults who have been placed in the community or in foster care towards self-...

The publication The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on birth rates and the condition of new generations, the second report of the Expert Group "Demography and Covid-19," established in April 2020 by Minister for Equal...

Testimony of the child at the preliminary investigation stage. Evidentiary proceedings and forms of protection for children.

What protection is provided for the testimony of children in criminal proceedings...

The Index of the Well-Being of Girls and Boys is the evolution of a complex body of work that the National...

Monthly list of new bibliographic acquisitions from the Innocenti Library.

The documents are organized by topic according to the Classification scheme of childhood and adolescence and are indexed with the Th.I.A. - Italian...

Monthly list of new legal acquisitions from the Innocenti Library.

The documents are organized by topic according to the Classification scheme of childhood and adolescence and are indexed with the Th.I.A. - Italian...

The decree ratifying the Fifth Children's Plan has been signed. On 25 January last, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella signed the decree to ratify the Fifth National Action Plan and measures for the protection of the rights...

Today, 8 February, we celebrate Safer Internet Day 2022, the World Day for Safer Internet established by the European Commission to make girls and boys reflect on how to consciously use the web and the active role they can play by using...

The Report to Parliament on the coordination activities on prostitution, pornography, sex tourism involving children, as new forms of slavery pursuant to Article 17, paragraph 1, of Law No. 269 of 3 August 1998...

6 February is World Zero Tolerance Day against Female Genital Mutilation, established by the United Nations to raise awareness of a practice that violates human rights and has very serious consequences for the...

The closure of schools due to the pandemic had a huge impact on children's learning, but also on their mental health and other aspects of their lives. The recent report The state of the global education crisis - produced...

Secure internet access. Protection against online abuse, exploitation and violence against children
Digital technologies are an integral part of children's lives, as instruments for communication and relationships...

Cyberbullying, if you talk about it you'll get help, is the claim of the third edition of the communication campaign launched on 30 January and carried out by the Department for Family Policies of the Presidency of the Council...

On 21 January, the Council of Ministers approved the final version of the Fifth National Plan of Action and Interventions for the Protection of the Rights and Development of Children and Adolescents, adopted by the National Observatory...

Distance learning and integrated digital education in times of pandemic: main legal provisions and division of competences between State and Regions

The health emergency caused by Covid-19 has impacted the...

Education - which many children are often denied, especially in the poorest countries - is fundamental, not only for the growth of individuals, but also for the development of society as a whole, because it is the most effective tool...

The campaign video on the Single and Universal Benefit for Dependent Children is now online on the Department for Family Policies' website. It briefly illustrates the main points of the new measure for families in simple and clear...

The national conference entitled Educazione Zerosei, took place on 18 January at the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence. Rights, quality and accessibility in the integrated system, organised by the historic Florentine...

Births in our country continue to decline. In fact, the recent Istat report on the birth rate and fertility of the resident population reveals that there will be 404,892 births in 2020, about 15,000 less than in 2019 (-3.6...

Monthly list of new bibliographic acquisitions from the Innocenti Library.

The documents are organized by topic according to the Classification scheme of childhood and adolescence and are indexed with the Th.I.A. - Italian...

Monthly list of new legal acquisitions from the Innocenti Library.

The documents are organized by topic according to the Classification scheme of childhood and adolescence and are indexed with the Th.I.A. - Italian...

The Childhood and Adolescence Legal Review is an interactive quarterly collection of legal information on topics related to children and teenagers.
The purpose of this legal analysis is to facilitate...

The assignment of the family home in the delicate dynamics of family crisis.

How are the criteria for allocating a family home to a separated or divorced spouse with...