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The Imperative of Safeguarding Children’s Rights: A Closer Look at the Children Act 2004
Children, the world’s most vulnerable population, deserve care, protection, and a nurturing environment for their holistic development. Recognizing this, various nations have established laws to safeguard and promote children’s welfare….
Gillian Keegan refuses to rule out future lockdown-style school closures
Education Secretary responds to criticism by Sir Iain Duncan Smith during Tory conference of ‘terrible’ pandemic experiment. The Education Secretary has said she cannot rule out pandemic-style school closures in…
Error to open pubs not schools, Covid inquiry told
It was a “terrible mistake” to open pubs while keeping schools shut during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. Anne Longfield, who was the children’s commissioner for England during Covid,…
Snapchat: Snap AI chatbot ‘may risk children’s privacy’
Source: BBC News Snapchat has been accused of a “worrying failure” to assess the potential privacy risks its AI chatbot poses to users – especially children – by the UK’s…
Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes
Source: BBC News A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60…
Safeguarding jobs round up – October 6, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
How to keep children safe around mobile phones as schools could ban them
Ever since mobile phones were invented, parents have grappled with questions around what the right age to give a child a mobile phone is, and what limits should be applied. But, as…
Safeguarding review launched after death of Sara Sharif
Review will examine whether more could have been done to prevent death of 10-year-old, with relatives accused of her murder. A safeguarding review has been announced into the case of…
Lockdown harm to children was preventable, Government told
Report by leading campaigners argues worst impacts could have been avoided if ministers had considered rights of the young. The harm caused to children by lockdown was preventable, leading charities and experts…
Homeless teens ‘tricked away from care by councils to save money’
Thousands of homeless teenagers have been steered away from going into care and into cheaper hostel accommodation, a child advocacy charity has said. Coram Voice says it believes thousands of…
