Studies point to alarming accounts of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) affecting refugee and migrant children and youth. What is GBV, who can be affected, what makes refugee and migrant children and youth more vulnerable to GBV, how can we recognize and fight GBV? The answers below will help you to better understand this grave human rights violation.

150 children from 30 communities in Moldova learned this summer how to prevent and combat violence in their schools and communities. Topics such as bullying, tolerance, diversity, gender equality were on the summer schools' agenda. Children also learned strategies for resilience and emotion management, self-awareness, stress management, how to resolve conflicts peacefully and effectively.

140 experts and representatives of state institutions from 10 countries, as well as renowned academics from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Bulgaria, will participate in the regional conference.

In order to strengthen the statutory response to gender based violence affecting children and youth on the move in EU countries, Terre des hommes has just commenced the implementation of its regional project titled “Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender Based Violence Awareness in Europe – BRIDGE”.

Terre des hommes Albania (Tdh) in partnership with the Albanian National Training and Technical Assistance Resource Centre (ANTTARC) call for proposals, aiming to strengthen the capacities of CSOs to develop and manage projects on child protection and family strengthening.

Bullying affects the majority of children and youth across the world and has a devastating emotional and psychological impact on them. Young people in Romania take action to find solutions to tackle this issue with the support of Terre des hommes and its partners.

The project will allow for the mobilization of children and professionals to develop child-centred solutions to key issues related to child protection as well as the opportunity for children to act as ‘lead innovators’ who are empowered to develop ideas and solutions which will benefit a greater number of children.

Within the framework of Mario Project, a Greek delegation, led by Mr. George Moschos, Deputy Ombudsman in charge of children’s rights and the representatives of ARSIS Organisation met with the Chairperson of the State Agency for Child Protection (SACP) – Ms Ofelia Kaneva, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria – Ms. Maya Manolova and the Secretary of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (NCCTHB) – Ms. Kamelia Dimitrova. The reprsentatives discussed the possibility to reach a bilateral agreement between the Greek and Bulgarian authorities addressing the problems of Bulgarian children in street situation in Greece, unaccompanied minors, migrant and refugee children.

Neglected Children Society – ECPAT Bulgaria initiated and organized the visits of the Greek delegation as part of the implementation of Mario Project in Bulgaria. 

December 1, 2014, Budapest, Hungary: On December the 2.-4. Terre des hommes and its partners in South East Europe are launching a new initiative – the Regional Resource Centre for Child Protection (RRC). The initiative brings together child protection professionals from 8 countries of South East Europe in order to develop a platform for constant learning and knowledge sharing.

Albania, December 2011: During the month of December a series of one day trainings on domestic violence were organized in 4 regional divisions of Albania. Over 90 actors currently working in the Child Protection Units, the newly established State Agency for Child Protection, Municipal Domestic Violence Departments, Domestic Violence and Minors Sectors within the Police Directorates, State Social Services Departments, prosecutors and judges, daily centers and shelters etc., in 17 different cities throughout Albania received information on the possible manifestations and consequences of domestic violence, the impact violence has on children and family relations, and children as victims and witnesses of violence.*