Child Rights Report – 2018
What happened in 2018?
2018 was officially the year of families. ‘Family communication’ was decisive. Family tax benefits increased, maternity benefits expanded, rules for support changed and new forms of preschool were introduced. These are just a few of the most important measures. It can generally be said that there are some families and groups of children who are the beneficiaries of the expanding support system. Although, there are others that continue to remain ‘invisible’.
Take a look at the 2018 report.
The year of families’ was not only about how much money the state spends and where. A public debate started about what family means. Does the marriage of a man and a woman define ‘family’? Or could there be other legal and supported ‘alternatives’? What about the status of divorced parents in Hungary? How does adoption work? What kind of ‘parent’ is the state? How does it take care of children that are raised outside their families in foster care? These are just a few of the questions addressed in our Child rights report of 2018.
