On the 11th and 12th of June, the adolescents and young people of the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) met for the second time in Rome to discuss the ongoing processes with the institutions on the priority issues dictated by the...

A survey of draft laws under discussion in Parliament on preventing and combating the abuse and mistreatment of children in the educational and school environment

Violence against children can take very...

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...

Issue 2/22 of the quarterly journal Rassegna bibliografica infanzia e adolescenza is a dynamic pdf, with internal hyperlinks and links to the web, indicated by dedicated symbols.

The journal offers a selection...

The Single and Universal Allowance for Dependent Children is an economic benefit for families, paid by INPS on the basis of the Equivalent Economic Situation Indicator (ISEE) of the household, which simplifies and replaces many of the...

In our country, absolute poverty is stable and largely confirms the historical highs reached in 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic began. According to the definitive estimates of the National Institute of Statistics, collected in the...

The Report to Parliament 2021 by the Guarantor Authority for Childhood and Adolescence Carla Garlatti, available online on the website of the Authority, a key figure for the promotion and protection of children's rights...

Among refugees worldwide, there are many children and adolescents compelled to flee wars, persecution and human rights violations. Children and adolescents are more vulnerable because they are often alone, without parents or other...

Migrant children and adolescents, refugees, asylum seekers, both accompanied and unaccompanied: the rights and protections. A legal framework

Being a migrant, refugee or asylum-seeking child leads to the...

The varying phenomena of sexting, revenge porn and sextortion are covered...

On 14 June, Rome (Centro Congressi Auditorium della Tecnica, viale Umberto Tupini 65) will host the event Nurseries and Early Childhood Education Services in Italy: the picture of supply and the effect of the pandemic, organised...

12 June marks the World Day against Child Labour, a phenomenon that comprises various forms of exploitation and abuse often caused by conditions of extreme poverty, lack of educational opportunities, and economic and political...

On 1 June, the National Observatory for Children and Adolescents approved the Guidelines for the participation of girls and boys. This is a very important document for all adults who share life experiences with young people in...

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. -...

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...

On the website of the Guarantor Authority for Childhood and Adolescence (Agia), the study and proposal document "Droping out in Italy: a multifactorial analysis" is online. This publication reports the results of a survey on the...

Most rich countries are creating unhealthy, dangerous and harmful conditions for children around the world. The recent Innocenti Report Card 17Locations and Spaces. Environment and Children's Well-Being, conducted by the Unicef...

The Fifth report on the state of implementation of Law 149/2001 - which covers the years 2017-2020 - illustrates quantitative and qualitative data on the avoidance of removal from families of...

5 June is World Environment Day, a very important occasion to reflect on a topic that concerns everyone and prompts more and more young and very young people to make a positive commitment to try to reverse the trend of man-made...

Sport plays a fundamental role in our lives, beginning in childhood. Its beneficial effects are not limited to health, but also cover other aspects, such as social integration and inclusion. The National Day of Sport celebrated on 5...

The Covid-19 pandemic also had a strong impact on people's cultural lives. This is demonstrated by the reduction in the number of visitors to museums highlighted by the data of the Observatory #Conibambini, published on the website of...

Child abuse remains a particularly serious problem in our society, with very serious consequences on the health of the children who suffer it and, in more general terms, on the whole community. The fifth edition of the Regional Index...

The International Missing Children's Day on 25 May invites us to reflect on a phenomenon made even more complex by the current crisis in Ukraine, highlighting the need to immediately report the disappearance of children.

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During the pandemic, there was an increase in the number of neuropsychological disorders among children and young people. This was a real "mental health emergency", and could be measured by the increase in requests for help in this area...

The cultural and educational sectors have been...

Today, 18 May, we are celebrating Care Leavers Day, to raise awareness of the plight and needs of care leavers, young people coming out of care in the community or in foster care who, at the age of eighteen, often find themselves alone...

In the first half of 2021, only a little more than one permanent job position in ten was held by women. In 2020 alone, more than 30,000 mothers resigned, often for family reasons, but also because they were not supported by local social...

The initial data from the survey "Children and young people: behaviour, attitudes, and future projects", carried out in 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics with the support of the Ministry of Education, are available...

Care leavers are young people who, at the age of 18, no longer live with their family due to a decision taken by a judicial authority.

When we talk about care leavers and the...

The family plays a fundamental role in society and is a vital resource not only for the people who are part of it but for the whole community. The International Day of Families is celebrated on 15 May. This was established in 1993 by...