Civic leaders in Barcelona have embarked on an ambitious new project to transform school environments and turn them into safe,...Barcelona launches city-wide school and green transformation projects
Exposure to an urban environment characterised by high levels of air pollution and noise in areas with a high building...Exposure to urban air pollution in pregnancy may increase a child’s blood pressure – study
Brain imaging ‘can predict childhood weight gain’
A greater density of cells in a key reward centre of the brain is...Child in the City: News round-up 13 November 2020
‘The kids still need somewhere to go’: Charters, community sites balance need for supervised learning with rising COVID rates
After closing down in the spring, Namaste Charter School in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighbourhood decided to open its usual summer academy to support South Side families with working parents.Read more
Millions of children with pneumonia desperate for oxygen
Severe pneumonia leaves an estimated 4.2 million children under the age of five in 124 low- and middle-income countries with critically low oxygen levels each year, new analysis shows.Read more
Trinidad & Tobago aims to train 60 Child Rights Ambassadors
The government of the West Indian island of Trinidad and Tobago is asking children to apply to become Child Rights Ambassadors (CRA) to help shape policies affecting their lives.Read more
Give Bangalore’s youth a voice to help make it a child-friendly city
The young people of the Indian city of Bangalore should be given a greater say in local decision-making processes if it is to become a truly child-friendly municipality.Read more
Schoolchildren in Liverpool added to mass voluntary COVID testing programme
The pilot mass testing programme for COVID-19 launched recently in the city of Liverpool is being extended to secondary and special schools.Read more
Australian city invites youngsters to help shape its future
The Australian city of Ballarat is putting children at the heart of its future planning by launching a consultation on their views and ideas.Read more
Human Rights Watch: ‘Bullying and violence common in schools’ globally
Governments across the globe must urgently step up their efforts to ensure the safety of young people at school and in online spaces, says a leading human rights charity.Read more
Delivering progress for the most excluded children
After 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, all governments need to do more to reach the most excluded children and make investment in their futures a priority.Read more
Child in the City: News round-up 6 November 2020
Vietnam: Ho Chi Min City embraces child-friendly principles The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh City and the UNICEF in Vietnam have teamed up for a campaign aimed at expanding awareness of environmental...Read more
Children’s views should be taken into account when designing urban space
Children see the world in a different way to adults, but urban planning policies rarely take this into account. By focusing on adult needs and views, children are often planned out of our public spaces...Read more
Children’s feedback helps create ‘Pocket Park’ in Brazilian city
The Brazilian city of Recife has inaugurated its Arari Ferreira ‘pocket park’ thanks to the work of the Bernard van Leer FoundationRead more