‘About one in three internet users today are children. These are the lucky ones: the children whose parents or guardians can afford devices and data that allow them to continue their schooling at a time when...Read more
Renewing global confidence in vaccines, addressing challenges to youth mental health and wellbeing, fighting discrimination, tackling climate change, and bridging the digital divide are the biggest opportunities for children that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented...Read more
You have just a week to submit your abstract for the International Child in the City Foundation’s Seminar, How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning? which takes place on 17-18 June 2021.Read more
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
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 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
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 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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
