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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![covidcanada](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/covidcanada-128x128.png)
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![UNICEFgaza](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/UNICEFgaza-128x128.png)
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![stateofyouth](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/stateofyouth-128x128.png)
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![Refugee Rights Protest at Broadmeadows, Melbourne](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/refugee-baloons-128x128.jpg)
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![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Girl-pushing-trolley-128x128.jpg)
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![fireearthCOP27](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fireearthCOP27-128x128.jpg)
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![EndChildLabour](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EndChildLabour-e1686642479580-128x128.png)
European Union – it’s time for everyone to ‘step up the fight’ against child labour
Every year on June 12th, The European Union observes World Day Against Child Labour to promote awareness that child labour robs dozens of millions of kids of their childhood and to generate more action to...Read more![Screenshot 2020-07-15 at 08.00.44](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screenshot-2020-07-15-at-08.00.44-128x128.png)
Children: how discrimination against children plays out in law
Some acts are only considered criminal if they are committed by someone aged under 18. This doesn’t just include things such as drinking alcohol. In some US states, for example, it is illegal for children...Read more![NIchildcommissioner](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NIchildcommissioner-128x128.png)
Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner: ‘We must do much more for our young people’
An absolute ‘basic minimum’ is not being done to support children and young people in Northern Ireland, according to a new report.Read more![children-1581769_1920](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/children-1581769_1920-128x128.jpg)
Children can now report rights violations directly to the UN – it’s progress, but Aotearoa New Zealand still needs to do more
The latest report into the rights of children in Aotearoa New Zealand has painted a mixed picture of how the country treats young people.Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RomachildrenCoE-128x128.png)
Action needed to tackle rise in begging among ‘Roma’ children across Europe
European countries must work harder to tackle the root cause of begging among ‘Roma’ traveller children, which is once again on the rise.Read more![Image: CC Flickr/N i c o l a](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/8402301887_5531e28f21_k-128x128.jpg)
Why digital public infrastructure can be a gamechanger for children
In many parts of the world, the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be over and lives are back to pre-pandemic normal. This is not the case for everyone, however. The shadow cast by...Read more![UnicefNLLeidenUni](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/UnicefNLLeidenUni-128x128.jpeg)
Five more years for child rights knowledge partnership UNICEF and Leiden University
A successful decade-long partnership between UNICEF Netherlands and the University of Leiden University which promotes knowledge about children’s rights is being extended.Read more![poverty](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/poverty-e1529411375669-128x128.jpg)