Learning from global experiences will be central to the debate around child poverty when Leeds hosts next week’s Child Poverty...Child Poverty in Western Cities: learning from global approaches
Over 800,000 children under the age of five died from pneumonia last year – that’s one child every 39 seconds.
The...Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds
A generation ago, play was something most parents thought about. On a nice day, parents would send kids out into...Children ‘benefit from mixed-age play’
Outlining a vision of a child-friendly New Orleans
Safety, nature and health are at the forefront of the city of New Orleans’ bold new vision for making itself truly child-friendly. For several months now the city’s Mayor’s Office of Youth and Families (OYF) has...Read more
Does water fluoridation really damage your children’s IQ?
A recent study showed that community water fluoridation was associated with lower IQ scores in young children. Opponents of water fluoridation jumped on the study, claiming that it confirms the dangers of fluoride on the...Read more
Learn from local experience at Child Poverty in Western Cities event
How do we identify and tackle child poverty in the cities of the west? One way is by learning from local projects that have already galvanised communities. Some of these examples will provide a fascinating insight...Read more
Austin city study on the effect of green schoolyards
Assessing the impact of school yard green spaces – or lack of them – on children’s health and activity in the US city of Austin is the focus of a new partnership study. The University of...Read more
Steering vulnerable youngsters away from organised crime
A successful project diverting young people away from a potential life of serious organised crime is being rolled out to cities across the United Kingdom. Originally launched in Glasgow, the Action for Children’s Serious Organised Crime...Read more
The book buses changing children’s lives in Kabul
Mobile library programmes which take books and learning to impoverished urban communities are starting to make a big difference to children’s lives. A pair of travelling libraries – two converted blue buses full of kids’ books...Read more
Exhibition celebrates the history of playgrounds
The historical development of children’s urban playgrounds forms a central part of a fascinating new exhibition in London. Play Well is highlighting the work of – among others – Friedrich Fröbel, the German inventor of the...Read more
Bernard van Leer Foundation highlights new city projects
The Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 movement has been showcasing a host of new worldwide city projects benefiting local children. Udaipur in India, is the latest city to benefit from the Netherlands-based foundation, which campaigns to...Read more
Child Poverty in Western Cities – Q&A with Ayushi Rawat, University of Delhi
Child poverty becomes acute in contexts where children are vulnerable to violence. That’s the assertion of Ayushi Rawat, a PhD student at the University of Delhi, who has studied in detail the occurrence of child...Read more
The hidden traffic impacts of private schooling
In Australia today, just over 40 per cent of secondary school children and almost 30 per cent of primary school children attend a private school. By contrast, in the UK only seven per cent of...Read more
Children’s Commissioner’s concern over kids’ online gaming habits
The Children’s Commissioner for England wants tighter rules to protect children who game online and can spend hundreds of pounds on so-called ‘rewards’. Anna Longfield has published a report, Gaming the system’ , which looks at...Read more