As in many other countries, the number of reports about domestic violence is expected to rise in Hungary as well, because of coronavirus. Besides staying at home, stress caused by economical and social problems can make things worse. While in France and Spain there are measures which were made to make it easier to ask for help or to allow victims to leave their homes, domestic violence cases were not mentioned in Hungarian regulations.
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Since 2013, Hungary has had strict punishments in place for domestic violence; in more severe cases, abusers can receive up to five years in prison.
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In Hungary, June is about cyberbullying due to a new campaign, and the timing is very topical. Experts say quarantine over the epidemic is causing an increase in online abuse. According to UNICEF data, in Hungary 88% of children aged 10-18 are…
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The Bács-Kiskun County Child Protection Organizations held a professional conference on the effective operation of the signalling system and child-friendly justice on the International Day for Children’s Rights and the Prevention of Violence…
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The school year starts on September 1, and there is still no official information on how classes will be organized. There are a lot of questions whose answers are waiting for educators, parents, but also pupils and students. Did the decision on the…
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In Hungary, each week a woman dies by the hand of her partner or ex-partner.
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it is eight times higher the risk that a woman to be killed by her partner, than a stranger,
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – A pandemic-generation has been born. Children, pupils and teenagers will soon feel the consequences of their quickly changing lifestyle, not to mention the transition from traditional education to online teaching.
While Hungary’s…
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The number of church-run schools in Hungary has doubled since 2010, claims Zsolt Semjén, the deputy prime minister in charge of Hungarian communities abroad, church policy and national and ethnic minorities. He also noted that 14 percent of the…
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An amendment to the Public Education Act has introduced school guards as a new institution whose intended purpose is to protect teachers from acts of violence.
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On the 30th Anniversary of the signing of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, UNICEF organised several events: takeover day for children (that included work in Parliament); a visit to the President; a lecture at a University; a series of…
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