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This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy.  Click here to access the article. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has its 30th birthday this year. By any standard it has been enormously successful; it is commonly agreed that in terms of speed of signup and national… Continue reading Children and Social Policy in Europe: What Progress? →

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy.  Click here to access the article. In recent decades, the global LGBT+ rights movement has made significant strides towards achieving equality for LGBT+ individuals and families and reducing state-sponsored discrimination. Since 2000, 28 countries across regions and income groups have legalized same-sex… Continue reading Designing Inclusive Parental Leave Policies to Better Support All Families →

This blog is based on an article in Journal of Social Policy. To access the full article click here. Sweden was the first country to introduce a parental leave scheme whereby both the mother and father can use the leave. Increasing fathers’ parental leave use has been an important gender equality goal in Sweden which… Continue reading Forerunners and Laggards in Parental Leave Uptake in Sweden →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society.  Click here to access the article. Although the UK’s immigration detention estate is one of the largest in Western Europe, what it’s like to be inside an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) remains a mystery to most. Included in this mix are detainees’ relatives,… Continue reading A Lens on Life Inside an Immigration Removal Centre →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society.  Click here to access the article. For many years, governments have turned to outcomes-based contracts as a way of driving innovation and efficiency in the delivery of welfare-to-work. Multinational human services agencies such as Maximus, Seetec, and People Plus are now major providers… Continue reading Contracting Employment Services by Results: Performance Targets, Differential Payments and Category Games →