Street Tape Games: Playing with Social Distancing
Artists Helen Kwok and Chad Toprak discuss Street Tape Games, playable art installations designed around social distancing.Read more
‘Data: a new direction’ – a child rights response
In responding to the UK government’s recent consultation on ‘Data: a new direction’, the London School of Economic’s Professor Sonia Livingstone and 5Rights Foundation researcher Kruakae Pothong drew on their separate research on Children’s Data and...Read more
How tactical urbanism can transform the way children use the city
Planned development takes time, and proposed changes may be sluggish to implement, often challenged by bureaucratic powers that deny cities the opportunity to ‘get things done’. Sometimes cities need an injection of tactical urbanism to...Read more
Low stamina and school avoidance: For tweens, this year is unusually turbulent
After two COVID years, students are ‘traumatized by many of the normal routines of a school day.’Read more
Free To Play Outside campaign makes air pollution in cities visible with big grey bubble
Watch out for a big grey bubble at COP26 in Glasgow in the coming days. The grey inflatable, which represents air pollution, has been touring cities in Brazil to raise awareness of the importance of reducing emissions...Read more
The child in the city (1978): An extensive summary
In 1978 Colin Ward wrote the widely read and much quoted book ‘The Child in the City’. The book is an attempt to explore the relationship between children and their urban environment. It asks whether...Read more
Designing child-friendly streets – a review
Children spend only half as much time playing outside as their parents did. There are several reasons for this. The way we have organised our cities is one of them. How to turn this tide?...Read more
New youth protection law in Germany: ‘Participation of children is a top priority’
Jutta Croll, Chairwoman of the Board of the German Digital Opportunities Foundation and a Senior Manager on the”Child Protection and Children’s Rights in the Digital World“ project (funded by the German Federal Ministry on Family Affairs),...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
Support women for better early childhood development outcomes
Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott once said: “There is no such thing as a baby… There is a baby and someone.” What he meant was that babies do not exist in isolation. The ‘someone’ he mentioned is...Read more
Parents’ views on playgrounds: “They are the only thing keeping us sane”
“The news that playgrounds are to be kept open during this, our third full lockdown, has been met with huge relief. It appears the Government agrees with us and others that the risks posed to...Read more
City residents and urban refugees: from shared living to shared futures
Tools used to document the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements are also being used to chart how the lockdowns disproportionately affected displaced people.Read more
We must prevent a post-COVID ‘carmageddon’. Here’s how.
Now is the time to consolidate the gains we have made in terms of cleaner air. Opening up and repurposing our streets could lower air pollution and improve the health of millions – especially children....Read more
Beyond the rainbows: the missing voices of children and young people in this pandemic
Children and young people’s lives have changed beyond recognition. Not only have schools and universities closed, but fundamental life events and experiences have been missed. They have made these sacrifices without revolt or complaint –...Read more