As Australia emerges from COVID-19, many have lost their jobs and businesses, resulting in high levels of mental distress, particularly...Parents with children at home reach breaking point
Dame Rachel de Souza has vowed to ‘play her part’ as the next Children’s Commissioner for England in helping ‘level...England’s next Children’s Commissioner: “I’ll play my part to level up opportunities for all”
In an age of climate crisis, unaffordable housing and increasing disparities of wealth, the livability and functionality of our cities...Young children are intuitive urban planners – we would all benefit from living in their ‘care-full’ cities
How to find a place for kids to play in the pandemic
Can parents and educators support opportunities for children to play, when so many of their activities are restricted by COVID-19?. That’s the question posed by Elizabeth Cushing, the president of Playworks, a US non-profit children’s...Read more
Brave new world: Students from immigrant families in Philadelphia give inside view on adjustment to remote learning
In mid-March, some 200,000 Philadelphia students were sent home from their public schools due to the coronavirus, with hopes they would return two weeks later. That didn’t happen, and the buildings have been shuttered ever...Read more
UNICEF: Teachers should be prioritized for vaccination against COVID
Vaccinating teachers is a ‘critical step’ towards putting children’s education across the globe ‘back on track’, says Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF, the international children’s charity.Read more
Australia is ‘world leader’ in supporting children through COVID
Child poverty is expected to remain above pre-COVID levels for at least five years in high-income countries globally, a likely increase on the one in six Australian children living below the poverty line.Read more
How gardening at school can tackle child obesity
Childhood obesity is a major public health concern in the UK. Surveys conducted in 2017 and 2018 showed that 28 per cent of children aged from two to 15 in England were overweight or obese.Read more
Children ‘left out’ from critical UN climate summit in 2021
Young environmental campaigners like Greta Thunberg have been pivotal in sparking a climate action revolution – yet she and her peers risk being left out of next year’s headline climate crisis meeting of the United...Read more
Call 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
‘Appalling’ rise in destitution among children in UK cities
More than half a million children in the UK are experiencing ‘extreme hardship’ at home, a new study has found.Read more
‘I wish I was wearing a filter right now’: why tweens need more emotional support to deal with social media
Many 8-12-year-olds are now heavy users of social media such as Instagram and Snapchat – even though most platforms require users to be 13 or over. However, concern over young people’s use of social media...Read more
Should schools close during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Schools play a critical role for children – not only in providing education, social and emotional development, but also in offering critical support – especially for the most vulnerable of students.Read more
Ella’s mum calls for new law to protect children from toxic fumes
The mother of a London girl who died from air pollution exposure has called for a new international law that forces governments to clean up the environment for future generations.Read more