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European Mental Health week: ‘Speak up for Mental Health’
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) This week is the European Mental Health week, organised by Mental Health Europe (MHE). It is the third edition of the European Mental Health Week, with this year’s theme ‘Speak up for mental health’. It is especially important...
Cyberbullying – a Youth Perspective – an interview with Caridad Alarcon Sanchez
Authors: Caridad Alarcón Sanchéz (OBESSU), Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) Recent research in the field of cyberbullying has focused more on including young people in qualitative research. Youth can have a better understanding of the phenomenon as the researchers. To...
KID_ACTIONS Lab joins forces to fight against cyberbullying
The KID_ACTIONS lab brings together partners from the KID_ACTIONS project, researchers, representatives from NGOs and representatives from the industry to provide recommendations and develop guidelines for a whole-community strategy for the prevention, intervention...
International Day of Happiness: The Impact of Cyberbullying on Eudaimonia
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) The International Day of Happiness is the day focused on being happy! The United Nations recognizes the importance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of people all around the world....
International Women’s Day – the Role of Gender in Cyberbullying Involvement
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) Today, the 8th of March, is International Women’s Day (IWD). Countries all over the world pay attention to women’s rights and achievements. This year theme is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. The issue of...
The Future of Combating Cyberbullying: Possibilities and Challenges from Technological Developments – Interview with Valerio Basile
Authors: Valerio Basile (University of Turin), Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) Cyberbullying is a socio-technical problem that can occur on different social networking sites, and it can be extremely difficult to detect and combat. One of the promising techniques,...
The Power of Youth Participation in the Fight against Cyberbullying – a Spotlight on Safer Internet Day 2022
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) On Tuesday, 8 February 2022, we celebrate Safer Internet Day. On this day all stakeholders will be called upon to work together to create a better internet, especially for children and young people. The Safer Internet Day (SID)...
International Day of Education – Using Education to Combat Cyberbullying
Author: Rita Marques, Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU) In celebration of the role of education for peace and development, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed, in 2018, to 24th of January as the International Day of Education. In 2022, as we...
Co-creating the KID_ACTIONS Digital Education Platform and Educational Toolkit.
Author: Chiara Gullotta (Amnesty International Italy) On November 30th and December 1st 2021, a new part of the KID_ACTIONS Project took place. Two co-creation sessions were organized in Trento (IT) with a group of teachers from many different regions of Italy. In the...
KID_ACTIONS EU Policy, Research and Practitioners Forum has come to an end!
Contributors: Andrea Malena, Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU), Rita Marques, Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU), Sophie Smit, European Schoolnet (EUN). Last week the first KID_ACTIONS EU Policy, Research and Practitioners Forum took place, marking...