Every year on 12 July, the United Nations marks the International Day of Hope — a day dedicated to hope as a force that bridges divides and drives progress. This year, we’re marking it with a story about what hope looks like when it moves from feeling to policy: a European Parliament round table where […]
Our Senior EU Advocacy Lead Irina Papancheva reports on three recent key meetings on the future of care reform in Ukraine.
A powerful joint commitment from both the Moldovan government and the European Union was on display at the high-level round table, Enhancing Child Protection and Care Reform in Moldova through EU Accession, held on 25 June at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was co-organised by Hope and Homes for Children and European Parliament […]
The EU Alliance for Investing in Children strongly opposes the position taken by the European Parliament in its vote on the Report on the European Social Fund Plus post-2027. In the EU alone, 20 million children – one in four – are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Child poverty affects children’s physical and mental health, education, and well-being, and is among the […]
As Hope and Homes for Children’s Senior EU Advocacy Advisor, I recently visited Moldova to deliver training to some of the country’s leading children’s rights organisations. At the end of October, I spent three exceptional days in Chisinau, Moldova, where I’d been invited by the Children’s Rights Alliance to deliver a two-day training on EU […]
We’re harnessing the potential for EU accession to expedite care reform in Ukraine and Moldova
Irina Papancheva, Head of EU Advocacy, reflects on the recent Missing Children Europe’s Under the Radar conference.
Find out news and comment from the 14th European Forum on the rights of the child in Brussels
