A survey of more than 10,000 children has revealed that one in five are ‘unhappy’ and ‘anxious for the future’.Thousands of children speak up about their future hopes and fears
UNICEF has unveiled a ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the HQ of the United Nations in New York to urge governments worldwide...UNICEF: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year
Children who walk or cycle to school in Berlin will benefit from a newly-passed pedestrian law in the city designed...EU countries moving towards ‘pedestrian-friendly’ future
Playgrounds in Wales must now be smoke-free – by law
A new law is now in place that requires playgrounds in Wales to be smoke-free.Read more
Beyond multi-stakeholder tokenism: promoting children’s rights in a digital age
‘About one in three internet users today are children. These are the lucky ones: the children whose parents or guardians can afford devices and data that allow them to continue their schooling at a time when...Read more
UNICEF Signs COVID vaccine agreement With Astrazeneca
Children’s charity UNICEF and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Read more
‘Power of Play’ online conference rescheduled for April
The Children and Childhood Network at the University of Birmingham has rearranged its upcoming Power of Play conference, which was earlier postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more
Child poverty in the U.S. could be slashed by monthly payments to parents – an idea proved in other rich countries and proposed decades ago
Which former president pitched a Family Assistance Plan to the American people that would have provided many families with children a monthly stipend? It may surprise you that it came in 1969 from Richard Nixon,...Read more
Homeschooling: links with inequality are far from new
In 2020, the pandemic has made homeschooling a fact of life. Even before this, though, what was once the obscure choice of a few families has grown in popularity over the past decade. In 2019,...Read more
Final call – submit your abstract for the Child in the City seminar 2021
Tomorrow – Friday 26 February at 1700 – is the closing date to submit your abstract for the International Child in the City Foundation’s Seminar, How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning?Read more
Cities in Spain, Italy and France have biggest air pollution in Europe – study
Large cities in Spain, Belgium, Italy and France have the highest burden of deaths in Europe associated with toxic nitrogen dioxide fumes that typically come from road traffic.Read more
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England’s final plea to PM: ‘Put children first’ post-COVID.
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, has delivered her final speech in post with a challenge to the Prime Minister to show he is serious about children by putting them at the heart of his...Read more
Vantaa sets its sights on becoming a UNICEF Child Friendly City
Vantaa has been selected by Finland’s UNICEF committee to participate in its Child Friendly Cities Model, and will be supported to make the city’s infrastructure designed with children as a priority.Read more
Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge India selects its latest cities
Agartala, Bengaluru and Coimbatore are among a group of Indian cities selected for the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge cohort, a three-year initiative aimed at supporting early childhood-friendly neighbourhoods under the government’s Smart Cities Mission.Read more