International Day for People with Disabilities On Monday, December 3rd, the International Day for People with Disabilities was celebrated, an occasion that reiterated the commitments to remove the existing barriers that prevent people with disabilities from fully exercising their rights. 15% of the world's population lives with a form of
16 days of activism for combating violence against women Every year, November 25th marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Across the world, between November 25 and December 10, actions are organized for the 16 days of activism for combating violence against women. The purpose of
Adopted by Parliament: the minimum age at which children in the protection system are sent to residential services increases from 3 to 7 years Today, the Chamber of Deputies voted the law that ensures raising the minimum age from 3 to 7 years for sending children from the protection system
Voted in the plenary of the Senate: Automated national registry of sex offenders The 102 senators present today voted 101 votes in favor, 0 against and 1 abstention. The votes were for the legislative proposal of MP Oana Bîzgan regarding the establishment of the automated national registry of perpetrators of
Raising the placement age in residential centers from 3 to 7 years old As of now, 57,000 children in Romania are part of the special protection system, 19,000 of them are in placement centers, commonly known as "orphanages". Annually, 9,000 children enter the system. Many families resort to this measure,
Global Campaign #Girl2Leader, organized for the first time in Romania On October 11, on the International Girl's Day, the #Girl2Leader campaign took place, involving over 1,500 teenagers from all over the world - Ireland, Malta, the United Kingdom, as well as Canada, United States, Bolivia, Malaysia or Kenya.
Equal access to education and health for children without IDs The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, followed by other international documents, such as the Convention for the Defense of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, adopted by the Council of Europe in 1949 or the Declaration of the Rights
Law for amending para. (1) and (2) of art. 64 of Law 272/2004 on the protection and promotion of the rights of the child Women in the Romanian Parliament are calling for the placement age in orphanages to be increased from 3 to 7 years old. Context The enrollment of
Deputies voted for equal access to education for children without IDs The initiative presented by the independent deputy Oana Bîzgan, together with more than 60 MPs from all political groups, requesting access to education for children without an ID was submitted today to be voted in the plenary of the
LAW for amending and supplementing Government Ordinance no. 137/2000 on the prevention and sanctioning of all forms of discrimination and Law no. 202/2002 on equal opportunities between women and men Context Moral harassment is an important issue regarding the workplace and should not be tolerated. In 2007, Romania had some
