New Zealand is violating the rights of its children. Is it time to change the legal definition of age discrimination?
The comforting claim that New Zealand is a great place to bring up kids took another hit with the recent damning UNICEF report on child well-being.Read more
Children take charge for European gathering on child rights
Children will be taking centre stage at a major European annual event aimed at promoting and protecting their rights.Read more
Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications
Debates about a return to classroom learning in Australia are fraught, and parents have mixed feelings as to what may be best for their children.Read more
Why we need responsible data for children
Around the world, humanitarian and development organisations working with children are increasingly reliant on a wide range of technologies used to improve the efficacy of service delivery and how to respond to, for instance, pandemics...Read more
Together Scotland launches State of Children’s Rights report
Child-focused issues in Scottish cities feature prominently in a new report assessing how the country’s youngsters are able to exercise their human rights. More than 50 charities and child rights stakeholders contributed to The State of...Read more
Gains in education, but world still a violent place for girls – UNICEF
More girls than ever are going to and staying in school, but despite these remarkable gains in education many are still living in environments where inequality and the threat of violence has not gone away. In...Read more
Eurochild and UNICEF join forces for child data study
UNICEF Europe & Central Asia is teaming up with child advocacy network Eurochild for a year-long study mapping data collection systems on child protection across 27 EU countries. Eurochild says there is an ‘unacceptable lack of...Read more
Europe’s new captains: Will they bring children closer to Europe?
A new European Commission is up and running. The UK’s departure from the EU now is cast in stone. As 2019 draws to a close, Eurochild, the child advocacy network, reflects on where the European...Read more
World protests are reminder that children’s voices must be heard
The protests of young people seen across the world are a stark reminder that their voice is critical for all of our futures, says Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF. She says the waves of protests...Read more30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
‘The protection of children must be at the heart of the work of the new European Commission’. Those were the words of David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, as he opened a special ceremony marking...Read moreChildren ‘notable by their absence in planning policy’ – report
Children’s rights are being widely overlooked when it comes to planning policies in the UK, according to a new report. Child Friendly Planning in the UK says it is the express right of children to be...Read more
Does Europe do enough to protect children’s rights?
A major international conference examining what European countries can do better to promote and protect the rights of children is underway. Governments, members of parliaments and child rights experts have come together under the banner of...Read more
Increasing access to gifted programs for low-income and black & Latino children
Many of the public school gifted and talented programs that serve high-ability students don’t reflect the diversity of their communities. New York City, with roughly 1.1 million students, is an extreme example. While roughly 4 in...Read more