In this devastating year for Ukraine, the awarding of Lviv with the title of European Youth Capital 2025 just hours after being plunged into darkness by a missile strike, represents a true symbol of hopeful defiance.Read more
In early 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s adopted a General Comment on children’s rights in...Children’s rights online: Implementing General Comment 25
Creating campaigns that tap the diverse community around many of the UK’s schools could help to keep air pollution low,...Behaviour change campaigns and technology can help minimise air pollution around schools
A drastic cut to the speed limit in urban communities across Wales has the potential to save many lives and...Cutting road speed in Wales to 20mph ‘will save many lives’
Technology and children’s rights in the spotlight as EU delegation visits UAE
A European delegation, including members of the European Parliament and a group of children and teenagers, has seen first-hand the work being done in the United Arab Emirates to make it a child-friendly environment.Read more
UK puts free speech ahead of ‘legal but harmful’ online content
The UK government will not force social media firms and other tech giants to remove ‘legal but harmful’ content from their platforms, following concerns such a move could prevent free speech being exercised. Online safety laws...Read more
Gaining an understanding of how environmental exposures in early life affect our health
Researchers in Spain now have a unique resource for identifying new biomarkers of environmental exposures in early life and understanding their health effects.Read more
UNICEF Technical Guidance for Child and Adolescent Road Safety
New technical guidance published by children’s charity UNICEF examines some of the key global factors around child and adolescent road safety.Read more
Introducing the winners of the Real Play City Challenge 2022
A host of diverse child-friendly projects have been unveiled as this year’s winners of a global competition dedicated to ‘reclaiming places to play in cities’. The Real Play City Challenge was launched in 2020 by the...Read more
Better traffic education needed to combat rising child road deaths across EU
Every day at least 15 children and youngsters are killed on roads in the European Union.Read more
Côte D’Ivoire: Lego-style city schools from recycled plastic waste
With an estimated population of 4.5 million, Abidjan is the biggest city in Côte d’Ivoire and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris and Kinshasa. Every day, the Abidjan metropolitan area produces 288 tons of...Read more
Save the Children: COP27 loss fund a ‘small but critical step’ for kids’ futures
Leaders at COP27 have taken a ‘small but critical step in securing justice for children most affected by the climate crisis’, by formally recognising children as agents of change and setting up a fund for...Read more
On World Children’s. Day, let’s recognise that children’s rights include mental health
World Children’s Day is Nov. 20, when we celebrate the importance of children’s rights and of safeguarding adequate physical, mental, spiritual and social development for every child around the world.Read more
Young Dutch people worried about rising prices and money problems
An increasing number of young people – around 60 per cent – in the Netherlands say they are worried about the rise in prices in the past year. Read more
Toddler’s death from exposure to mould is ‘defining moment’ for housing sector – Coroner
A two-year-old boy died from prolonged exposure to mould in his flat in northwest England, a coroner ruled on Tuesday, sparking demands for action over the problem in social housing.Read more