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Cyberbullying: A Guide to Help Parents Prevent and Fight It
Digital technologies are now an integral part of children and young people's daily lives. Indispensable tools for communication and relationships…

From Reception to Research: 2023 at the Istituto degli Innocenti in Numbers
From education to reception, from research to training, from documentation to the popularisation of a unique cultural heritage, 2023 saw full…

The Innocenti Web Academy Is Now Online and Will Be a Reference Point for Distance Learning
The new website of the Innocenti Academy, the training platform that makes the Istituto degli…

Projects Against Gender-Based Violence: 150 Students Have Become Agents of Change
Gender-based violence is increasingly the focus of media and institutional attention. Unfortunately, this is also due to the young age of those…

CarMia (Caring Masculinities in Action) Final Conference in Graz: Active Involvement of Young People to Combat Gender-Based Violence
The final international conference of the CarMia project to prevent gender-based violence through the active involvement of young…

Family Centres in Tuscany, the Future Looks to 'Relational' Services
Family Centres are welcoming places designed to develop activities and initiatives in the field of family policies, with a focus on…

Digital Licence, the Web-Surfing Awareness Project that Works and Looks to the Future
From the positive results of the experiment launched in 2019 to the need to increase the number of young people involved in order to…

A Guide to Make Children Aware of the National Plan against Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
An agile publication, written in simple and clear language, to explain to children and young people the National Plan for Preventing…

Third Survey on the Lifestyles of Girls and Boys in Tuscany
The survey contains many highlights: 76% of girls “really like” the school they attend; 75% of young people play sports; the degree of…

The Istituto degli Innocenti Hosts the Final European Conference of the “Engaged in Equality” Project
A two-day event in Florence to talk about gender, masculinity, stereotypes and violence. A conference to take stock of the activities…

Right to Study of Adopted Pupils - the Commission for Intercountry Adoption (CAI) and the Ministry of Education and Merit update their Guidelines
From 2012 to 2021, 17,610 children were adopted in Italy, and the age of those adopted internationally has gradually increased over…

From a Consultorio (Health and Counselling Centre) for Young People to Listening: the Good Practices of the Istituto degli Innocenti
Offering young people a welcoming place where they can “ask for help” and feel welcomed and never judged. Offering opportunities for…