09/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Measures of income and wealth alone, such as GDP, are far from giving an accurate picture of individual and collective well-being. Additional indicators are necessary to better assess and foster the well-being of citizens, said the committee.
04/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“On the occasion of World Health Day, we call for adequate access to healthcare for all migrants in Europe, including refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. The right to health is a fundamental human right...”
27/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“In times of tight budgetary constraint, our primary aim should be to uphold and extend basic social and health services to children,” said Stella Kyriakides, speaking in Dubrovnik at the conference on “Growing with Children’s Rights”.
14/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Given the erosion of labour rights, job insecurity and the lack of quality employment prospects, especially for young people, it is imperative that national strategies be drawn up to ensure decent work for everyone, stated the committee.
14/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Child poverty is creeping back into Europe as the economic crisis has undermined social protection systems, according to the Social Affairs Committee. More money for early childhood education is needed.
03/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Alarmed by the living conditions at the Korydallos prison hospital in Greece, Liliane Maury Pasquier, rapporteur on equal access to health care, has called on the Greek authorities to improve the situation.
07/02/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Olga Borzova will make a fact-finding visit to London, in view of the preparation of her report on “Social services in Europe: legislation and practice of the removal of children from their families in Council of Europe member States”.
28/01/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Nearly 300 parliamentarians, religious leaders, medical doctors and civil society activists attended a major hearing on the question of circumcision of young boys held today on the margin of PACE’s Winter session in Strasbourg.
23/01/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A hearing on the circumcision of young boys is to take place on 28 January on the margins of the plenary session. It will bring together medical experts, including from the Jewish and Muslim communities, and parliamentarians.
14/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A girl kneels quietly in a forest, trying to hold back tears. A man’s hand falls onto her shoulder. “Don’t tell your mother,” he says… Children facing sexual abuse within their family are being encouraged to “break the silence” and speak out about it in a powerful new short video from the Council...
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Europe must decouple its energy consumption from economic and demographic growth and moderate its energy needs by investing in energy efficiency and savings, according to the Committee on Social Affairs.
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The Internet should be free, but not lawless,” Hans Guyt, the man behind the “Sweetie” online sting to unmask sexual predators, told a network of PACE parliamentarians today in Geneva.