UNICEF Signs COVID vaccine agreement With Astrazeneca
Children’s charity UNICEF and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Read more
‘Power of Play’ online conference rescheduled for April
The Children and Childhood Network at the University of Birmingham has rearranged its Power of Play conference, which was earlier postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Read more
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England’s final plea to PM: ‘Put children first’ post-COVID.
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, has delivered her final speech in post with a challenge to the Prime Minister to show he is serious about children by putting them at the heart of his...Read more
UNICEF at 75: What are the key opportunities for the world’s children post-pandemic?
Renewing global confidence in vaccines, addressing challenges to youth mental health and wellbeing, fighting discrimination, tackling climate change, and bridging the digital divide are the biggest opportunities for children that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented...Read more
Call for Abstracts: Child in the City Seminar June 2021
You have just a week to submit your abstract for the International Child in the City Foundation’s Seminar, How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning? which takes place on 17-18 June 2021.Read more
Artists shine a light on child labour in New York streets
Children’s faces appear locked in the jaws of a sinister factory robot or warily peeping out behind New York landmarks in an interactive street art campaign launched this week to raise awareness about child trafficking...Read more
Children and young people: ‘Let us participate in the issues which affect us’
Participation in decision-making processes, quality education, internet access and climate change make up the chief concerns for children and young people throughout Africa and Europe.Read more
How to protect children online without using tough rules and reprimands
Established the same year Facebook was founded (2004), Safer Internet Day has become a fixture in schools, teaching children how to safely navigate an increasingly complex online world. With much of the world in some...Read more
Training caregivers in Argentina to transform autistic children’s lives
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Argentina is working with child autism non-profit partner PANAACEA to support caregivers of children with developmental delays and disabilities in the capital Buenos Aires, through the Caregiver Skills Training...Read more
Re-imagining Baltimore as a ‘city for children’
Imagine, for a moment, what an ideal Baltimore City would look like. Who would it be for? What qualities would it have? With so many deep-set, interconnected challenges in our city it is hard to...Read more
EU-wide programme to protect migrating children in Central America, Mexico and Africa
The European Union, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, have launched a new EU-wide programme strengthen child protection systems and provide alternatives to immigration detention.Read more
Children’s Commissioner: COVID ‘could affect children’s mental health for years’
Damage to children’s mental health caused by the pandemic could last for years without improved children’s mental health services, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned. In her final annual report on the state of child...Read moreCall for Abstracts: Child in the City Seminar June 2021
The International Child in the City Foundation and the City of Cascais invite you to submit your abstract for the Child in the City Seminar How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning? on...Read more
Fighting child poverty in European cities
Children are the future, so they say. Well, the future is looking bleak. The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a devastating impact on children: disrupting schooling, affecting well-being, social contact and even nutrition. As more...Read more