Shawnna von Blixen-Finecke
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Poland has 4 Barnahus in operation, supported by a national network
The Polish Barnahus form a network coordinated by the Empowering Children Foundation. Two Barnahus are operated…
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Legal framework around hearing the child in court under review in Romania
Following the October 2018 national roundtable, Save the Children Romania started to meet monthly with the…
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“Barnahus is here to stay” in Estonia
Estonian efforts to spread awareness about the value and importance of the Barnahus is paying off,…
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Improvements to the National Coordination Mechanism are under consideration in Bulgaria
Work is underway to improve the Bulgarian National Coordination Mechanism for cases of child victims or…
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Catalonia, Spain, announces Barnahus will open 2019
Save the Children Catalonia, which has been advocating for this move, recently held a conference of…
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Barnahus Linköping trains Cyprus on therapy models for cases of child abuse
On 5-6 December 2018, Hope for Children organised a training featuring Helena Asplund Carlqvist, Psychologist and…
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Roundtable in West Hungary engaged police officers, prosecutors and judges about interviews at the Barnahus
Maria Gorosh, Swedish police, and Alda Hronn Johansdottir, a prosecutor from Iceland, held a one-hour lecture…
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Hungary inaugurates Barnahus Goodwill Ambassador Tímea Nagy
In 2018, Hungary introduced the Goodwill Ambassador of the Barnahus to the public. Ms Tímea Nagy…
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Latvian police and psychologists receive training from Icelandic experts on forensic interviews
On 7-9 November 2018, Margrét Kristín Magnúsdóttir and Paola Cardenas from Barnahus Iceland trained Latvian participants…
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Latvia develops recommendations, examines the Icelandic experience with exploratory interviews at the Barnahus
Key experts will draft the recommendations, which are developed as part of PROMISE 2 and will…
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Ireland announces a “One House” centre will open in 2019
The ‘One House’ model, which will be rolled out in early 2019, was announced by Minister…
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Professionals in Cyprus trained by UK experts on a medical evaluation
The aim of the training was to analyse and shape the optimal forensic medical examination and…