Gripping book puts child
protection on agenda
Published on Tuesday, 10 November, 2015 at 10:38
Child protection issues in Luxembourg were put
under the spotlight at a British Embassy gathering to celebrate a new book by a
British author living in Luxembourg.
Nowhere Girl, by Ruth Dugdall, is a domestic noir
thriller about an expat teenager who is kidnapped at the Schueberfouer.
The book, which was published on October 31, deals
with a number of issues such as human trafficking and the pitfalls of expat
life, but it was the attention to issues related to children that caught the
eye of the British Embassy in Luxembourg.
“(Ruth's book) led us to think what sort of services
we provide, whether they are limited, how we help people with particular needs
in the field of child protection and how we pass them onto the services in
Luxembourg,” British Ambassador to Luxembourg Alice Walpole said, “One of the
things we were extremely struck by is how good these services are.”
These discussions gave rise to the creation of a
new brochure for parents of children in need. The booklet is expected to be
available to the public in early 2016 and will include information on matters
such as child abduction by a parent, child poverty and drugs and alcohol
misuse, among others.
British Pro Consul Evelien d'Hertog is compiling
the brochure with experts and stakeholders in Luxembourg, many of which
attended Monday evening's event.
“We think it's important when someone is in need
but we cannot help, to signpost them or at least give them a brochure,” Ms
d'Hertog said, adding: “We thought the book (Nowhere Girl) was a welcome
opportunity to gather experts in the field of child protection to talk about
it.”
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