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New funding for Scottish schools to support them to learn about children’s rights

 
The Scottish Government says funding will be provided to deliver UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools programme to 2,400 primary and secondary state schools across Scotland.Read more
13-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy
10-06-2022

Oregon cities receive state grants to make it easier to walk and bike to school

 
School’s almost out for summer vacation for many students in Oregon. But transportation planners in their cities and school districts...Oregon cities receive state grants to make it easier to walk and bike to school
10-06-2022|Comment|author: Taylor Griggs
09-06-2022

Ukraine tops the agenda for Europe’s child rights commissioners

 
The desperate situation facing many children forced to leave war-ravaged Ukraine is dominating the agenda at this week’s gathering of...Ukraine tops the agenda for Europe’s child rights commissioners
09-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy
08-06-2022

Baltimore kicks off playspace equality scheme for USA

 
The US city of Baltimore is the first official partner of play equality champion KABOOM!’s 25 in 5 Initiative to...Baltimore kicks off playspace equality scheme for USA
08-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy
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‘Step into the shoes of children to know their needs’, says China

Youngsters in China have given national and city leaders food for thought with their diverse ideas for what child-friendly cities should look like.Read more
07-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Listening to young people could help reduce pandemic-related harms to children

As the COVID-19 pandemic extends into a third year, experts have gained a much better understanding of its consequences for the health and development of children and adolescents.Read more
06-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Children’s memory development ‘slowed’ by traffic noise

Noise from road traffic has a major impact on the development of crucial memory and attention skills in primary school children, slowing it down significantly, according to new research.  A long-term study of around 2,700 children...Read more
03-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

‘Children have a right to walk safely where they live’

A day of action later this month will see thousands of UK schoolchildren take part in a short, supervised walk to promote vital road safety messages. Road safety charity Brake is behind the Brake Kids Walk,...Read more
02-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Leuven’s ‘smoke-free’ charter extended to 100 playgrounds

The Belgian city of Leuven has accelerated its ‘smoke-free generation’ strategy by announcing total ban on smoking – including e-cigarettes – in all of its public playgrounds.Read more
01-06-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Ukraine’s child refugees can ‘thrive and survive’ in European schools

Governments must do more to help child refugees from Ukraine who have been welcomed into European cities to get back into school as soon as possible, says a leading children’s charity.Read more
31-05-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Six ways to design safer school zones: lessons from Mumbai

As education is the right of every child, so is safe access to schools. As schools in India reopen after nearly two years of online education, it is important to reexamine how children access schools....Read more
31-05-2022|Comment|author: Guest author

‘The world’s richest countries are destroying children’s environments globally’ – UNICEF

They might be providing healthier environments for children within their own borders, but some of the world’s richest countries like The Netherlands, Finland and Iceland are ‘disproportionately contributing to the destruction of the global environment’. Children’s...Read more
27-05-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

‘Kidical Mass’ sees child cyclists take to the streets across Europe

From Cologne in Germany, to Bath in England and Graz in Austria, cities across Europe opened up their streets to the ‘Kidical Mass’ movement.Read more
26-05-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy
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EU conference: ‘Child and youth participation for Europe’

A Council of Europe & European Union-led conference is focusing on the right of children to be heard and have their opinions taken seriously. Child and youth participation for Europe began in the Irish city of...Read more
25-05-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

US child welfare system ‘falling short’ because if persistent poverty

Although government spending on the US child welfare system totalled USD $33 billion in 2018, the most recent year for which an estimate is available, it’s still failing to meet all children’s needs because of...Read more
24-05-2022|Comment|author: Guest author

Are children’s play opportunities across UK nations a ‘postcode lottery’?

Is something simple as their address the reason why children in Northern Ireland are not getting the same opportunities for play as their peers across the UK? The ‘postcode lottery’ question comes on the back of...Read more
24-05-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy
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Leuven welcomes to you to the first museum created for – and by – children

01-08-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy
Not content with just enjoying the work of others, two youngsters in the Belgian city of Leuven have been the creative force behind a new children’s museum. Read more

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