Germany aiming to strengthen children’s rights
Read moreCall for Abstracts: Child in the City Seminar June 2021
The International Child in the City Foundation and the City of Cascais invite you to submit your abstract for the Child in the City Seminar How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning? on...Read more
Cities for Children Framework: promoting just and inclusive cities where children thrive
Cities for Children is World Vision’s emerging framework for addressing children’s vulnerabilities in urban contexts. It is anchored in World Vision’s child wellbeing aspirations and links with tested urban approaches developed by various UN agencies.Read more
Ten ways for Canadian businesses to better support children’s rights
In celebration of Human Rights Day, UNICEF Canada and Global Compact Network Canada have launched the first ever Child Rights and Business Assessment to help Canadian businesses assess their impact on children’s wellbeing.Read more
Children’s views should be taken into account when designing urban space
Children see the world in a different way to adults, but urban planning policies rarely take this into account. By focusing on adult needs and views, children are often planned out of our public spaces...Read more
Anne Hollonds is new National Children’s Commissioner for Australia
Anne Hollonds, Australia’s new National Children’s Commissioner, has began her role by emphasising the need for greater recognition of the importance of childhood in Australia. Read more
Social media ‘child influencers’ given protection under French law
Young stars of social media have been given new protection in French law governing their online ‘working hours’. The new legislation announced by the French government is designed to regulate the number of hours under-16s can...Read more
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