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Sara, 4 at home in Sunderland.. UK/Child Poverty. Sara, 4 at home in Sunderland. Her family lives on the Ford Estate that will be pulled down. Many families have been moved out but they are still waiting to be moved. Save the Children is calling for Gordon Brown to stick to his promise of ending child poverty in the UK by 2020. Currently 3.4 million children live in poverty in the UK. (Copyright: Anna Kari, Save the Children UK) 


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What is the Save the Children Europe Group?

Save the Children Europe Group is a network of Save the Children organisations working in eight European Union (EU) states and four non-EU states. Like other Save the Children organisations, its members work with and for children in their own countries and abroad.

The principle of children's rights lies at the heart of the Save the Children Europe Group. Save the Children Europe Groups’s aim is to help further children's rights in Europe and elsewhere by promoting children's interests in European policy making , funding and programmes.

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The Brussels Office

Save the Children Europe Group has an advocacy office in Brussels and works towards its goals by conducting research and lobbying the EU institutions.

Save the Children Europe Group also works with other nongovernmental organisations (NGO networks) in the fields of social policy, development, migration/asylum, and poverty.

What's new in Brussels?

Save the Children and NSPCC warmly welcomes the proposal for a Council Framework Decision on combating the sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography (COM (2009)135 final).

Save the Children and NSPCC consider that the proposed legislation provides substantial advances in enhancing the European Union's response to the crimes addressed in the proposed Framework Decision. In particular the holistic approach reflected in the proposal is essential in offering a comprehensive response, covering prosecution of offenders, identification, protection and support to children, and prevention of such crimes including through minimising the risks of re-offending. Based on our experience, we are aware that such an approach is vital in order to effectively tackle crimes of child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, and protect child victims.

The joint statement below outlines Save the Children and NSPCC reaction to the proposed Framework Decision.