Network for Children’s Rights informs the beneficiaries and organizations/ stakeholders/services that from Friday, June 21, 2024, psychosocial and legal support services for unaccompanied minors living in homelessness and precarious conditions, through the Protection for All Minors program and the National Emergency Response Mechanism, are transferred to 187-189 Konstantinoupoleos Avenue, 10444. The contact phone number is […]
Press Release Refugee Week Greece – “Our Home” 14 – 23 June 2024
Refugee Week Greece returns for its third year, continuing to amplify the global movement celebrating the resilience, diversity, and creativity of individuals who have experienced forced displacement. This cultural festival honours refugees and migrants contributions and authentic stories, taking place annually to coincide with World Refugee Day on June 20th. Our mission is to embrace […]
Attack in Thessaloniki: yet another violent incident targeting people because of their identity
Athens 15.03.2024 – The Racist Violence Recording Network strongly condemns the violent incident against two LGBTQI+ individuals in Thessaloniki by a large group on Saturday 9 March 2024 and expresses its deep concern about the escalating homophobic and transphobic rhetoric targeting LGBTQI+ people and the impact it might have on their safety and well-being. According to the victims’ […]
81 Civil Society Organisations call on MEPs to vote down harmful EU Migration Pact
Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December. The agreement is a continuation of a decade of policy that has led to the proliferation of rights violations in Europe. Moreover, it will have devastating implications for the right […]
What does the inclusive society have in common with gender-based violence, child refugees, feminine hygiene, the media in the Cyprus issue and safe online communication?
As part of the EFIVOS II project, funded by the European Commission (CERV), 178 teenagers and young adults discussed EU policies and proposed solutions to issues that concern them. In the 7 implementing countries, 8 different workshops were organised with the following topics: Network for the Rights of the Child (Greece) – Inclusive […]
What do teenagers know about EU policy and Climate Change?
The partners of EFIVOS in Europe (Network for Children’s Rights-Greece, CIP (Cyprus), HESED (Bulgaria), GEYC (Romania), Dedalus (Italy), Pacto Verde (Spain) worked on the topic of Climate Change and EU policies. The 201 participants aged 13-24 were informed, discussed, proposed solutions for climate change. It was emphasised that the individual actions can contribute to primary […]
The NCR contributes to Eurochild’s Children in Need report 2023
Alongside The Smile of the Child and ALMA Amea, Network For Children’s Rights contributed towards Eurochild’s 2023 report on children in need across Europe. To produce the report, the three organizations leveraged their expertise in various issues concerning children in Greece such as child poverty and social exclusion, discrimination, health, online safety, and early childhood services. The report […]
Joint Civil Society Statement on Article 5 of the EU Screening Regulation
82 Civil Society Organisations come together with PICUM and BVMN to express concerns regarding the potential retention of Article 5 in the proposed EU Screening Regulation (one of key legislative files encompassing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum) during trilogue negotiations. This provision would extend the application of screening procedures not only to people […]
Joint Statement on Children War Victims
JOINT STATEMENT – APPEAL Athens, 25 October 2023 Even war has rules – Almost half of the dead are children: over 2,000 have already been killed and thousands more children will live with disabilities and mental health issues due to war-inflicted trauma. The blatant disregard for civilians’ right to life and protection cannot be accepted. […]
Statement on Evros Fires and Far Right Mobilisation
JOINT CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT Fires, Pushbacks and the Far Right: Misplaced Blame and the Mobilisation of Violence Against People on the Move in Evros ___________________________________________________________________________ 24 August 2023 Year upon year Greece is impacted by deadly wildfires, but this summer has reached devastating levels. The average total of land destroyed each year […]