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Grassroots action against polluted skies: how Jakarta’s urban villages tackle air pollution
On a Sunday afternoon in September 2023, a group of about 30 individuals, including a group of mostly female neighbors from nine kampungs (a common term for “urban villages” or “informal settlements” across multiple languages and nations...Read more![CouncilofEuropemigrantsshutterstock](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CouncilofEuropemigrantsshutterstock-128x128.jpg)
Mediterranean migration and its lessons for Europe
In June 2007, a boat carrying 28 migrants went ashore on a beach on the southernmost tip of the Italian island of Sicily.Read more![csm_Eurochild-logo_strapline-below_53ed70b5f5](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/csm_Eurochild-logo_strapline-below_53ed70b5f5-127x128.png)
Eurochild convention marks 20 years of fighting for child rights
Child poverty led the agenda at the annual convention of Eurochild, the European Union’s leading child rights umbrella organisation.Read more![Waterspeeltuin-Woeste-Westen-Amsterdam1](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Waterspeeltuin-Woeste-Westen-Amsterdam1-128x128.jpg)
Child in the City presents….’Keep on Moving’
The great port city of Rotterdam will host this year’s Child in the City Seminar – and we’d love for you to share your work. Our theme this year is ‘Keep on Moving, and so if...Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Arup-sunset-128x128.jpg)
‘Towards climate resilient families’ – a study
Academics in Australia are investigating how urban-based families navigate the heat of summer and adapt to changing climates.Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kids-learning-how-plant-tree-128x128.jpg)
Screening level lowered for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households across the USA
As spring phases into summer across the U.S., kids are spending more time outdoors. Playing outside is healthy in all kinds of ways, but it also poses some risks. One that many families may not...Read more![dc-hrs-week_IT_PS](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dc-hrs-week_IT_PS-128x128.jpg)
‘Car-friendly neighbourhoods aren’t kid-friendly neighbourhoods’
Washington DC can count itself in many ways to be a pro-child city: universal pre-K, paid parental leave, and diverse, accessible parks and recreation offerings. But one area where DC and many other cities could...Read more![2020 agenda road Image courtesy of barnimages.com](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19507052238_3d8a5c4dcb_b-128x128.jpg)
‘Cut speeding traffic around UK schools’ say parents
Traffic speeds should be cut around all UK schools, as parents say that roads are simply not safe for their children to walk to school. Research by road safety charity Brake shows that more than three-quarters (78...Read more![Mural 1](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Mural-1-128x128.jpg)
Girls in Beirut get creative to help transform their neighbourhood
An ambitious project to help adolescent girls in Beirut ’empower their neighourhood’ has successfully concluded with them providing some inspired urban design creations.Read more![london-2434671_1920](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/london-2434671_1920-128x128.jpg)
Mums for Lungs highlights kids hospitalised in London with breathing difficulties
More than 15,000 children under the age of five were admitted to London hospitals with breathing difficulties last year.Read more![Screenshot 2020-03-17 at 12.39.32](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-2020-03-17-at-12.39.32-128x128.png)
Giving children in temporary housing a chance to play
Play opportunities for children in temporary accommodation could be maximised – and ‘cities made more joyful ‘ if youngsters themselves are given a say in how decisions are made.Read more![swisscurfew](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/swisscurfew-128x128.jpg)