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Are children and young people being heard when it comes to developing national and local policies? What measures can and should be taken to protect their rights and participation in a post-pandemic time? These are...Read more
UNICEF’s new Executive Director gets to work
Catherine Russell is the new Executive Director of UNICEF, and the fourth woman to lead the global children’s charity in its 75-year history.Read more
Once a child refugee, now Children’s Commissioner for Wales
A woman who arrived in Wales aged one after her family fled the Chilean dictatorship in the 1970s is to be the country’s new Children’s Commissioner.Read more
‘Data: a new direction’ – a child rights response
In responding to the UK government’s recent consultation on ‘Data: a new direction’, the London School of Economic’s Professor Sonia Livingstone and 5Rights Foundation researcher Kruakae Pothong drew on their separate research on Children’s Data and...Read more
Homeless refugee children in Greece find new lives across Europe
Legislative changes in Greece and a relocation programme have helped hundreds of unaccompanied refugee children get off the streets.Read more
UNICEF: ’75 years of engagement in and with Europe, but no time to celebrate’
‘Bold and effective commitment to children’s rights are more important than ever before in the EU, and with the EU for the world’, says UNICEF’s deputy executive director, Charlotte Petri Gornitza.Read more
Council of Europe clashes with Germany over child rights and the constitution
The Council of Europe, which upholds human rights across the continent, has clashed with Germany over why the country has not formally embedded children’s rights and interests into the national constitution.Read more
How to design appropriate methods for research involving children – part two
Researchers who explore children’s lives need to carefully design the research to ensure the children can articulate their opinions and experiences in a meaningful way.Read more
How to meaningfully involve children in research?
Various issues involving children — learning and development, violence against children, and child labour to name a few — are increasingly discussed in public.Read more
UN charities: ‘Reopening schools cannot wait any longer’
The reopening of schools globally for face-to-face teaching ‘cannot wait any longer’, two of the world’s most high-profile charities have said.Read more
Register now to attend Child in the City International Seminar
You can now register online to attend – in person – the Child in the City International Seminar which takes place in September.Read more
UNICEF must ‘look to future with optimism and hope’
After a year for everyone like no other, children’s charity UNICEF must ‘look to the future with optimism and hope’ for what it can achieve together with its partners across the world.Read moreChildren ‘largely ignored’ in EU countries’ post-COVID recovery plans, says Eurochild
Children are ‘invisible’ in many European countries’ National Recovery and Resilience Plans that will frame how special post-COVID EU Recovery Funds are spent.Read more
New law passed to protect child and youth rights in Germany
The German Parliament (Bundestag) has introduced a new law aimed at modernising child and youth welfare, and improving how children and young people are protected. Read more