Victoria Cooper

Nov 10, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Victoria Cooper |Stephanie Bennett |Jane Payler

INTRODUCTION This article raises questions about how children with a parent in prison are supported and why it matters. Adopting a cultural-historical perspective, it approaches the questions from a children's development viewpoint, wherein children's rights influence their development potential.

Sep 6, 2024 | theconversation.com | Victoria Cooper |David Whyte

People are not used to thinking of decisions made in boardrooms or by housing authorities as “violent”. Yet the findings of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire show how they can be. The report lays out how routine decision-making by private construction companies and local authorities prioritised their own immediate economic benefit, in ways that knowingly produced an imminent threat to safety.

Jul 28, 2024 | samoaobserver.ws | Richard Curtain |Stephen Howes |Victoria Cooper |Maholopa Laveil

Child marriage is a global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, and religions – and the ASEAN region is no exception. Child marriage is considered a form of forced marriage as children cannot consent. Girls are the primary, but not exclusive, target and the numbers are high. For example, 11% of women in Vietnam (majority being ethnic Mong women), 33% of Laos females and an estimated 1.2 million females aged 20 to 24 in Indonesia, marry before the age of 18.

Feb 22, 2024 | theconversation.com | Daniel McCulloch |Victoria Cooper

The UK government is consulting on plans to stop publishing vital statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on deaths of homeless people. This is part of a wider review of mortality statistics including deaths in care homes and winter mortality. Since 2018, the ONS in England and Wales and the National Records for Scotland (NRS) have published annual reports about the deaths of homeless people.

Oct 19, 2023 | tolerance.ca | Victoria Cooper

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