UNICEF expands child-friendly cities’ handbook
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Child-Friendly Cities and Communities handbook has now been translated into French, Spanish and Chinese. Containing guidance on how to establish a child-friendly cities initiative (CFCI) to help cities do better...Read more
Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds
Over 800,000 children under the age of five died from pneumonia last year – that’s one child every 39 seconds. The shocking figure comes from United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), which says most deaths occurred in...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
Child Poverty in Western Cities preview – Q&A with Andy Lloyd, Leeds Children’s Services
Child poverty in western cities is a problem often masked by cities’ wealthier areas and conurbations. One such example is Leeds in northern England, which next month hosts the Child Poverty in Western Cities international...Read more
Europe marks 30 years of children’s rights convention
The European Parliament will mark 30 years since the introduction of landmark child rights legislation with a special international conference. Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, the honorary president of UNICEF Belgium, will welcome a host of dignitaries for...Read more
Early learning programme expanded to five new US cities
A major charity is helping five US cities run an early-years education scheme which supports language development to get children ‘school-ready’. Bloomberg Philanthropies, one of the USA’s largest foundations, is providing almost $12million USD for rolling...Read more
Government: Most children in the UK are ‘happy’
More than four in five young people aged between 10 and 24 in the United Kingdom say they are happy with their lives, according to research marking World Mental Health Day (October 10). In the Government’s...Read more
A bright new future for Child in the City Foundation
The non-profit Child in the City Foundation, which works for the well-being of children globally, is looking to the future with a streamlined new structure. Since 2002 this Netherlands-based foundation has been successfully organising bi-annual conferences...Read more
Food habits of kids in Accra show how unhealthy diets take root
What we eat is changing on a global scale. Changes in the types of food that are available and affordable, where we buy food and how we prepare it carry significant consequences for nutrition and...Read more
Greta & Divina honoured by Dutch children’s organisation
A Dutch children’s rights organisation has awarded its annual prize to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg and a 14-year-old peace campaigner from Cameroon. KidsRights has given its International Children’s Peace Prize to Thunberg and peace activist...Read more
Scotland makes smacking children a crime
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Parents and carers are currently allowed to use ‘reasonable’, physical force to discipline children, but...Read more
Amnesty International – ‘Let children strike over climate change’
The head of Amnesty International has made an extraordinary, personal appeal to thousands of schools to let pupils take part in planned global climate strikes. Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of the global human rights movement, believes...Read more
How a child’s environment can affect their personality
Certain personality traits found in children come from living in a city or rural environment, and not ‘who’ they are, say psychologists at a leading university. A study of children from four countries revealed that qualities...Read more
Eurochild launches legal partnership to support children’s rights
Children’s advocacy network Eurochild has announced a strategic partnership with a major global law firm to support the rights of children in Europe. The link-up with Dentons will provide Eurochild and its Europe-wide members with...Read more