Organisers of the prestigious European Union-backed annual mobility awards have recognised the efforts by three cities to improve their mobility...EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK recognises cities for child-friendly work
An absolute ‘basic minimum’ is not being done to support children and young people in Northern Ireland, according to a...Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner: ‘We must do much more for our young people’
A team of doctors with frontline experience have joined forces to train Ukrainian medics on how to treat children who...Doctors with war experience to provide lifesaving child ‘blast injury’ training to medics in Ukraine
European Environment Agency: what are national authorities doing to improve air quality?
One of the biggest threats facing children in cities across the world is air quality. It is, in some cases, quite literally killing them. It’s a situation that the European Environment Agency (EEA) is intensely...Read more
Soaring costs mean England’s early years providers are ‘in crisis’
England’s nurseries, pre-schools and childminders say that rising costs and a lack of funding are putting ‘unsustainable pressure’ on the early years sector.Read more
King’s coronation is inspiring more UK Play Streets
This year’s coronation of King Charles III is inspiring one London borough to expand its successful ‘Play Streets’ programme in time for children to celebrate the day in safe surroundings.Read more
UNICEF USA’s Child Friendly City scheme gathers pace
Minneapolis is working closely with UNICEF USA as it builds towards its goal of being named one of the country’s first official ‘child-friendly cities’. Read more
Putting local communities at the center of public space making in informal settlements
The Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) collaborates with local community groups to transform underutilized risk-prone spaces in Kibera into a resilient and productive network of public spaces. This network of public spaces – comprising toilets, multipurpose...Read more
‘Urgent need’ to implement changes to play infrastructure in Wales – report
A report on play services in Wales says there is an ‘urgent need’ to deliver key changes like promoting school grounds as community assets and having adequate safeguarding in place.Read more
Children can now report rights violations directly to the UN – it’s progress, but Aotearoa New Zealand still needs to do more
The latest report into the rights of children in Aotearoa New Zealand has painted a mixed picture of how the country treats young people.Read more
Hundreds of thousands of children endure desperate conditions following earthquakes
“As families face the wretched, heartbreaking reality that the focus in Türkiye and Syria is moving to recovery more than rescue, UNICEF fears many thousands of children have been killed. Even without verified numbers, it...Read more
More London boroughs to become ’20mph zones’
Five more areas of London are to introduce a 20 miles per hour speed limit, following what city leaders call a ‘dramatic fall’ in road traffic collisions in boroughs already with a lower limit.Read more
‘Cycle trains’ gaining young fans in Portugal’s cities
Strength in numbers appears to be the key to an increasingly popular programme which sees youngsters in Portuguese cities cycling to school in organised groups.Read more
One week on from devastating earthquakes, millions of children remain in need of urgent humanitarian assistance
Seven days after two devastating earthquakes and more than 1,600 aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria – causing widespread destruction and taking the lives of thousands of people – UNICEF is warning that millions of...Read more