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Call for extension of the ONE in FIVE Campaign

10/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

In unanimously adopting the report by Valeriu Ghiletchi, the committee calls on the Committee of Ministers to extend the ONE in FIVE Campaign for a further year, until November 2015, in order to reap the maximum benefits.

Słupsk in Poland is the winner of the 2014 Europe Prize

10/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The 2014 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to the town of Słupsk in Poland.

Developing a comprehensive framework for measuring well-being

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.

Adequate access to healthcare for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees

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...”

Upholding child protection and the well-being of children in times of crisis

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”.

Securing decent work for all

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.

Child poverty is ‘creeping back into Europe’

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.

A rapporteur calls on the Greek authorities to improve the situation at the Korydallos prison hospital

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.

Removal of children from their families

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”.

Nearly 300 debate circumcision at packed hearing

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.

Hearing on the circumcision of young boys

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.

'The Lake' – powerful new video aims to break the silence on sexual abuse

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...