The United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah has set a global benchmark in best practices with the launch of the Sharjah Principles for Child-Friendly Urban Planning.Read more
China is to pilot child-friendly city schemes in around 100 cities that have a population of more than a million people and a solid economic base.Read more
A Beirut neighbourhood crying out for safer and accessible public spaces has been turned into a child-friendly area through an initiative by local residents and charities.
This example of partnership working has ensured that an unused...Read more
Lima, the capital of Peru, has worked with the Bernard van Leer Foundation to transform 12 run-down spaces into attractive, child-friendly spaces for places for caregivers to spend with their youngsters.Read more
It’s been a year since six local government authorities became the USA’s first cohort of UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) – and started collaborating with young people to identify and implement child rights-based policies...Read more
A new student council set up by the Romanian city of Brasov is kick-starting the municipality’s child-friendly status with UNICEF.
The new council aims to ensure that young people can play an active role in the...Read more
Iran has renewed a partnership agreement with UNICEF to develop and implement the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) national program.
Isfahan is the first CFCI candidate city, after which the scheme will piloted in 12 cities including...Read more
No parent would ever say ‘this is a great neighbourhood – but I won’t let my child walk to school or play in the local park’. Former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa grasped this insight when...Read more
Children spend only half as much time playing outside as their parents did. There are several reasons for this. The way we have organised our cities is one of them. How to turn this tide?...Read more
Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? Only by slowing down our cities can we make them more...Read more
Young people in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, are being given an innovative and unique opportunity to help shape the city’s future through a popular gaming platform.Read more
Kidical Mass Cologne (Germany), an organised bicycle ride through the city highlighting and campaigning for child-friendly transport policies has been commended in the European Mobility Week awards 2021.
This demonstration, which was organised under the motto...Read more
Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, is piloting a new initiative to transform lanes and alleyways into child-friendly green spaces that are safe and fun.Read more
Vantaa has been selected by Finland’s UNICEF committee to participate in its Child Friendly Cities Model, and will be supported to make the city’s infrastructure designed with children as a priority.Read more
Imagine, for a moment, what an ideal Baltimore City would look like. Who would it be for? What qualities would it have? With so many deep-set, interconnected challenges in our city it is hard to...Read more
