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Press Release

SOS Children’s Villages elects new President and top leadership

June 24 2021 - The new leadership commits to implementing important changes to improve safeguarding and the quality of childcare to the highest standard, with transparency and accountability.

Advocacy

EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes European Child Guarantee adoption

June 14 2021 - The European Child Guarantee is an EU initiative aiming at reducing child poverty and social exclusion and improving the access to basic services of children in vulnerable situations. SOS Children’s Villages International very much welcomes the adoption and is a signatory of the Alliance’s statement.

Mental Health

Making mental health a priority

June 29 2021 - Mental health is as important to children’s safety and wellbeing as their physical health. This understanding has led SOS Children’s Villages to emphasize mental health as a core component of care in recent years.

Child Safeguarding

Strengthening child safeguarding in high-risk countries: What is happening in Eastern and Southern Africa

June 10 2021 - SOS Children’s Villages operates in more than 130 countries around the world, some of which have a higher safeguarding risk than others.

Child Safeguarding

Austria’s ombudsperson system and how it enhances child protection

June 8 2021 - Setting up an ombudsperson system that represents the rights of children, young people and others affected by abuse is one of the pillars of SOS Children’s Villages’ action plan to improve safeguarding.

Statement

SOS Children’s Villages responds to failures in safeguarding and governance

May 6 2021 - SOS Children’s Villages has announced rapid improvements in safeguarding and governance measures following its International Senate meeting of 29 April 2021.