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Youth Participation

Young people take center stage at event to prevent peer on peer violence

March 22 2023 - Bullying, teasing and physical violence between children and young people can be reduced by raising awareness and training adults on how to prevent and respond to peer violence.

Safeguarding

Statement on ICC final report release

March 21 2023 - SOS Children’s Villages Austria launched a national commission, the Independent ChildProtection Commission (ICC), to investigate a number of safeguarding cases of concern to the member association. It has now published its final report.

UKRAINE

A Viennese café unlike any other for Ukrainian families

March 16 2023 - The mothers and children here are among the more than 90,000 Ukrainians that have received temporary protection in Austria since the war began. At the Family Café, children enjoy games and crafts and parents get support adjusting to life in Vienna.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding progress report released

March 16 2023 - SOS Children’s Villages releases today its Safeguarding Action Plan progress report, showing where the organization stands at the half-way mark of implementing a four-year plan to improve safeguarding and introduce other transformational initiatives.

Safeguarding

SOS Children’s Villages improves safeguarding to protect children

March 16 2023 - In 2021, SOS Children’s Villages received independent reviews it had commissioned to better understand past safeguarding failures and identify ways to improve. Devex spoke to CEO Ingrid Johansen about how the organization is transforming to address past cases of abuse and prevent future ones.

Advocacy

NGOs mark one year since activation of the Temporary Protection Directive and call for continued support for refugees from Ukraine

March 10 2023 - On 4 March 2022, in the spirit of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the Council of the European Union unanimously activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD).