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The fertility rate in social context - The Malta Independent
1+ week, 1+ day ago (461+ words) Malta's fertility rate fell to a record 1.01 children per woman in 2024, remaining the lowest in the European Union for the eighth consecutive year, compared with an EU average of 1.34. Both these figures are much lower than the 2.1 replacement level (the…...
How Dar Santa Tereża gives Malta's youngest children in care a childhood, not an institution - The Malta Independent
2+ week, 1+ day ago (438+ words) Behind an ordinary front door in Żurrieq, six children under the age of six are being raised not by their birth families but by a rotating team of carers who, in the words of their home manager, must be "100 per…...
Abela announces plans for new secure residential facility for adolescents in Għargħur - The Malta Independent
3+ week, 1+ day ago (891+ words) Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that the government will develop a secure residential facility for adolescents in Għargħur, describing the project as one that is "very close to my heart" and aimed at helping vulnerable young people successfully reintegrate…...
‘Education is not the great equaliser’ – Professor warns Malta’s system risks reproducing inequality - The Malta Independent
4+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) University Professor Carmel Borg argues that while education is widely seen as a pathway to better opportunities, research shows it can also reinforce existing social inequalities. Poor accessibility and inconsistent quality prevent education from fulfilling its potential as a tool…...
The poverty we have only just begun to see - The Malta Independent
4+ week, 1+ day ago (782+ words) The last article in this series dealt with the single permit: the system that ties a foreign worker's right to live and work in Malta to one employer, and the EU Directive that Malta must transpose to change important parts…...