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Children and young people who need special support are also experts by experience

Children and young people with special support experience more violence than other children of their age. Protecting children and young …

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Are all employees at your workplace aware of the rights of the child?

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world, …

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The Child Strategy follow-up report provides information for the new government

The first follow-up report on the National Child Strategy was published in March 2023. The report includes a concise overview …

Action required to uphold children’s right to participate in cultural life

Childhood and youth are important stages in life, when people practise self-expression and interactional skills and they build their identity: …

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Children would allocate public funds to hobbies, school and mental health

The Ministry of Finance and the National Child Strategy unit asked children and young people for their views on what …

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The Child Strategy needs continuity and monitoring

The aim of the National Child Strategy is to provide a sustainable, coherent and long-term foundation for child and family …

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Children’s and young people’s experiences deserve to be heard

Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children must be protected from all forms …

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More information and understanding needed about the autism spectrum

The autism spectrum is a complex, individual condition that is caused by different development of the brain. Children and adolescents …

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Children and adolescents to get their own child welfare handbook

Thirty measures have been drawn up based on the National Child Strategy to promote the realisation of the rights of …

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Children who seek protection must also be allowed to be children

Every year, hundreds of children seek international protection in Finland. Some arrive with their parents, some with relatives, and some …