‘A seat at the table with our voices heard’ – what children want COP28 to deliver
As world leaders prepare to debate the future of the planet at COP28, children and young people have already made clear their priority needs – better education and a say in policies affecting their lives.Read more
Eurochild General Assembly – membership now tops 200
Eurochild, the EU’s leading child rights umbrella organisation, now has no fewer than 200 members spanning 40 countries.Read more
Six ways children’s rights can help create a cleaner, healthier planet for all
A concentration of greenhouse gases, rising sea levels, and warming, acidifying oceans – these represent a clear threat to children’s health, and even their right to life. The UN World Meteorological Organisation warned recently of...Read more
‘Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights’: – a statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
“Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty...Read more
No place for fear: ending school violence and cyberbullying
Students around the world should be free from all bullying and feel safe and supported in school.Read more
European lawmakers back recognition of parental rights across the EU
European Parliament members have come together to agree on a proposed EU regulation ensuring parental rights are recognised across the EU independently from how a child is born.Read more
Listening to youth voices was missing in the COVID-19 pandemic response
The new school year has brought about another increase in COVID-19 cases.Read more
Child casualties in Gaza ‘a growing stain on our collective conscience’ – UNICEF
With thousands of children now either killed, injured or homeless, children’s charity UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance. Over the past 18...Read more
Child in the City Brussels 2023 – Q&A with keynote speaker Mona Meienberg of UNICEF
As we count down to our eagerly-awaited Child in the City World Conference in Brussels in November, child professionals from across the globe are preparing to join us and share their knowledge.Read more
KidsRights reaches out to young ‘changemakers’ to help affect their futures
KidsRights, the global children’s rights advocate, is using ‘edutainment’ to try and help young children actively help to change their own futures.Read more
Over 43 million children were ‘displaced’ by end of 2022 – UNICEF
Children’s charity UNICEF says that by the end of 2022, a record 43.3 million children lived in ‘forced displacement’. Put another way, they have been abruptly removed from their homes.Read more
Save the Children: Rising temperatures are affecting children in so many ways
Soaring global temperatures are harming the health of our children, restricting their education and making them anxious about the future, says the Save the Children charity.Read more
KidsRights Index 2023: ‘Immediate action’ needed to preserve children’s rights
Increased food and energy costs plus Russia’s war in Ukraine mean that a quarter of the world’s children will be living in poverty this year.Read more
Climate coalition: ‘Funds for world’s hotspots are neglecting the needs of children’
Children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, according to a new multi-agency report. Members of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, Save the Children,...Read more