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Mirela Oprea

Scoala ca mecanism de excluziune sociala si de ce votez cu cine votez

Andrea si Madalina au fiecare cate 18 ani. Madalina e o fata de la tara, de langa Leordeni, judetul Arges. Andrea e bucuresteanca din Ferentari. Pe Madalina am cunoscut-o la metrou, la Basarab. Cersea cu un copil mic-mic in brate, care dormea dus. M-am speriat tare. Am crezut ca e unul din copiii aia drogati […]

Timpul votarii la Bruxelles

La Bruxelles ajung dupa 3 zile de concediu, petrecute la un festival al stiintei unde tema principala a fost timpul. Am auzit despre secunde intercalare, despre molusca ce isi poate inversa ciclul vital (baza imortalitatii?), despre cum creierul creaza senzatia continuitatii din perceptii sacadate (stiati ca in timp ce miscati ochii nu vedeti, insa creierul […]

Remember this name: Valentin Câmpeanu! It means that NGOs can bring states to the ECHR for abuse against institutionalized people.

For child protection practitioners it is no secret that child protection institutions (the so-called ‘orphanages’ where less than 2% of children are actually orphans) are harmful for children’s development. The famous Bucharest Early Intervention Project proved, scientifically and beyond doubt, that children in institutional care suffer profound deficits and delays in IQ and social & […]

About study visits and how they can go. Or what we’ve learned during ChildPact’s first study visit.

Some while ago I was invited by an inter-governmental organization to a study-visit on child protection issues. I was the only guest from the civil society and all the other participants were representatives of their national parliaments. I had the privilege of being invited as I had helped with the drafting of an official document […]

Georgia: The Missing Page in the Association Agreements

Article by Mirela Oprea and Giorgio Comai, jointly published by Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso , Eastbook.eu and  DF Watch. It might be one page, one paragraph, or just two lines. But the importance of including child protection in EU’s Association Agreements cannot be overestimated. On June 27, Georgia and Moldova will sign in Brussels the Association Agreements […]

Power and politics in child protection reforms. Or why we should think beyond ‘technical’ approaches.

There is (still) much talk about the child protection reforms in the former socialist countries, in particular in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus, with deinstitutionalization at the core of the reform efforts. At the end of the communist / socialist rule all countries were running a system of ‘orphanages’ where a […]

Salt and the human rights of children

My latest post about the need for some institutional actors to apologize to children before celebrating the UNCRC’s 25th anniversary this year produced some unexpected reactions. Some of my friends and readers got back saying that in some cases parents or entire traditional communities should apologize too. I was made aware that in some countries […]

Say ‘Sorry’ to children before celebrating the UNCRC this year.

This year the world celebrates the 25th anniversary – a quarter of a century already! – of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UNCRC is said to be the most important child rights document that humanity ever created. The document that lists all the human rights of children, the most […]

Scrisoare din inchisoare

Familia noastră a primit o scrisoare. O scrisoare din inchisoare. De la Aiud. Acum cinci ani un vecin de-al nostru de la ţară a avut o zi cu mare ghinion. Să zicem că pe vecin îl cheamă Vasilică. Vasilică era un băiat ca mulţi alţii din satul ăsta fost săsesc din judeţul Sibiu, de unde […]

Protecţia copilului – o prioritate pentru politica română de cooperare pentru dezvoltare

În anul 1990 în România exista o reţea de sute de ‘orfelinate’[1] care adăposteau peste 100.000 de copii abandonaţi de părinţii lor. În multe cazuri, aceşti părinţi erau încurajaţi chiar de angajaţii acestor instituţii să creadă că viaţa copilului lor va fi mai bună la ‘casa de copii’. Un panou de propagandă de dinainte de […]