It is often only when we read about the tragic death and legal case of Ella Roberta, the London schoolgirl that died of asthma due to air pollution, or the six-year-old in Madrid who died...Read more
The International Children’s Peace Prize has been awarded to two brothers for their inspiring efforts to radically tackle pollution in their home city in India.Read more
The International Child in the City Foundation is happy to bring experts together again and would like to announce the event line up for 2022! Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect the lives of children even after transmission of the virus is contained. And yet, not much is known about the long-term mental health effects of large scale disease...Read more
Six of the world’s most child-friendly cities have been rewarded for their innovation in a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating urban creativity for the benefit of young people.Read more
United Nations agencies are behind an international coalition aimed at rapidly improving the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school closures.Read more
Vulnerable children in the UK’s towns and cities are increasingly at risk of being criminally exploited, yet police forces and other agencies often lack the training and skills to effectively protect them.Read more
Nine cities and municipalities in Belgium’s Flanders region can now officially call themselves ‘child-friendly’.
Benjamin Dalle, the Flemish Minister of Youth, visited towns in the successful provinces of Limburg and Antwerp, which are in the Dutch-speaking...Read more
‘The climate crisis a child rights crisis’ – that’s the critical message to world leaders at COP26 as more countries are urged to make their climate policies more child-centred.Read more
The 32nd edition of the European Union Contest for Young Scientist (EUCYS) Awards Ceremony was unlike any of its predecessors.
Combining both 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19, this hybrid event gathered 158 of the...Read more
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Rotterdam has joined forces with Dutch national travel association, the ANWB, for an initiative that collects, refurbishes and will donate around 500 unused bicycles to children in the city.
Though The Netherlands is rightly regarded as...Read more
A mother whose nine-year-old daughter died from air pollution exposure has delivered a powerful message to a global audience to be aware of the ‘invisible killer’ – toxic air.Read more
The majority of thousands of child victims of modern-day slavery in the UK are not getting the support they need, while many more are being lost in the system, says a crisis charity.Read more
While road safety is a critical issue across the globe as more cars hit the road and more people move to cities, African cities are disproportionately affected. Africa is the least motorized region globally, yet...Read more
