Children’s Commissioner for England urges social media firms to help keep children safe
The Children’s Commissioner for England has spoken of the need to keep children safe online, and ‘tackle misinformation and violent content’.Read more
US government sues TikTok over alleged ‘widespread’ child privacy violations
The United States’ Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, accusing the social media company of unlawfully collecting and retaining data from children in violation of United States...Read more
Save the date – June 11 is International Day of Play
The first universally-recognised International Day of Play – taking place on 11 June – will be a celebration of ‘the power of play’ – but also a time for some critical thinking about how the...Read more
US judge throws out youth-led climate lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by 18 young people who claim the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discriminates against children by issuing permits for fossil fuel projects that release too many climate-warming pollutants. District Judge...Read more
UNICEF: âNowhere safe to goâ for Rafa’s 600,000 children
A military invasion by Israel into Rafah would pose ‘catastrophic risks’ to the 600,000 children currently taking shelter there, says the UN children’s charity UNICEF. Read more
A generation adrift: Why young people are less happy and what we can do about it
We live in a world where teenagers grapple with a sense of crisis before adulthood; a time when young people, historically beacons of optimism, report lower happiness than their elders.Read more
Multimedia presentation highlights the global work of UNICEF
UNICEF USA has teamed up with a leading multimedia provider to devise an interactive experience that educates people about the charity’s global work.Read more
Fewer under-5s dying worldwide – but ‘a long road’ until the end of preventable early deaths
The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a historic low’, says the United Nations (UN). More children than ever before are surviving early childhood today, with the global under-5 mortality rate...Read more
Council of Europe takes stock of work protecting childrenâs rights since 2022
Freedom from violence for all children, equal opportunities and social inclusion, access to technologies and their safe use, child-friendly justice and child participation. Adopted just over two years ago, on 23 February 2022, these the key objectives of the Council of Europe Strategy for the...Read more
War in Ukraine: children in cities forced to live underground for months
Children in cities in Ukraineâs frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours â equivalent to between four and almost 7 months – sheltering in basements and underground metro stations over...Read more
A year after the earthquakes in TĂźrkiye and Syria, childrens’ lives are still being impacted
It is a year since the TĂźrkiye and Syria suffered the catastrophic, most deadliest earthquakes in their recent history, and still the devastating impacts continue to reverberate for children and young people.Read more
UK government inquiry into children’s ‘play freedoms’ will hear new evidence
Experts on play and ‘the built environment’ will provide the next round of evidence to a UK government inquiry that is looking at ways to utilise better design processes to improve children’s lives.Read more
UNICEF demands ‘systematic closure’ of Europe’s large residential child care institutions
Almost half a million children in Europe and central Asia across Europe are living in residential care, including large-scale institutions.Read more
‘Time for change is now’ – government inquiry into children’s play freedoms hears face-to-face evidence
A UK government inquiry examining how better planning & design can improve children’s health has been told that ‘the time for change is now’. Read more