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Are you a child or young person? Do you meet children at work or in your private life? Do you make decisions that affect children? If so, we can be of great help to you. It's almost always free.
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Do you care about children's rights? Do you think it is important that Uppsala has a local, independent children's ombudsman? Then you should become a member of the association Barnombudet!
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Latest news
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Child Protection Council | News
Healthy relationships & the importance of consent - a vital conversation that young people are asking for
Publicerat: 2025-12-11
If you missed Friday's training session on healthy relationships and the importance of consent, you can find the link to the recorded presentations here, or watch the film below.
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News | Word newspaper archive
Word No 92 out now!
Publicerat: 2025-11-17
The new Word can be read digitally below, and on paper in Uppsala's upper secondary schools.
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The Children's Rights Prize | News | Uncategorized
The Children's Rights Prize 2025 goes to Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad
Publicerat: 2025-11-13
We at Barnombudet i Uppsala län are happy and proud to award the Child Rights Award 2025 to Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad - for their dedicated work to realise the...
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What's new
Welcome to the Parent Focus seminar
Publicerat: 2025-11-12
Do you want to work with parental support that strengthens children's well-being and schooling? In the spring of 2026, we offer a group leader training in Parent Focus, a conversation-based parental support ...
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What's new
Rent furnished office space
Publicerat: 2025-10-30
Rent a furnished office space in our cosy office on Drottninggatan. Contact Lisa Skiöld, Head of Operations.
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Events | News
Training in the In my shoes method
Publicerat: 2025-09-16
New dates for the In my shoes computerised interview method. This method helps children talk about what they have been through and how they feel. This autumn, the training will be delivered digitally. We organise training in the method a couple of times a year.
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Events | News
Nominate your candidate for the Child Rights Award!
Publicerat: 2025-09-02
Who do you think has worked best to strengthen children's rights in Uppsala County? Nominate your candidate for this year's Child Rights Award now!
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News | Word newspaper archive
Word No 91 out now!
Publicerat: 2025-05-19
The new Word can be read digitally below, and on paper in Uppsala's upper secondary schools.
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News | Word newspaper archive
Word No 90 out now!
Publicerat: 2025-03-17
The new Word can be read digitally below, and on paper in Uppsala's upper secondary schools.
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Child Protection Council Elderly | Events | News
Training day on diversity and security on 22 May!
Publicerat: 2025-03-04
The day will include: Examples of promoting equal rights to safe environments for all children Perspectives on how we can become aware of racist structures Methods and tools to prevent and counter racism in both physical and digital spaces, such as schools and online Time for dialogue between different professional groups on children's right to safe environments and on how to counter racism.
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News | Word newspaper archive
Word No 89 out now!
Publicerat: 2024-12-12
New Word is available to read digitally below, and on paper in Uppsala's upper secondary schools. Excerpt from entry #89, The longing to grow old by Märta Andersson Arnqvist The other week, for the first time in my life, I got to see Sweden's funniest woman: Liv Strömqvist. Her show ”Liv pratar” was playing at Scalateatern and I had got hold of tickets. My expectations were sky high when I stepped into the foyer. I was greeted by a warm atmosphere. There were people sitting, standing and walking everywhere, adults. But not just any adults, no, these were special.
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