Participation in decision-making processes, quality education, internet access and climate change make up the chief concerns for children and young people throughout Africa and Europe.Read more
The European Union, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, have launched a new EU-wide programme strengthen child protection systems and provide alternatives to immigration detention.Read more
Regional and city policies, ranging from family housing to climate action, will be the focus of one of Europe’s biggest annual forums over the coming weeks.Read more
Many European cities’ usually-busy streets will be car-free – and with it child-friendly – over the next few days as part of European Mobility Week.Read more
Air pollution and heatwaves are a factor in one in eight of all deaths in Europe, many of them children who are particularly vulnerable to environmental factors.
The European Environment Agency (EEA), in a report, says...Read more
European Union leaders have been told they must initiate a rescue plan now to help pull vulnerable children out of poverty.
The call has come from hundreds of organisations and individuals acting under the umbrella of...Read more
We can only imagine what it must be like, as teenage sisters, to have your family ripped apart and be left to rely on each other to make ends meet, while facing an ever-present threat...Read more
Four European cities have been recognised as ‘powerful examples’ of how cities can be made safer for pedestrians and cyclists, including several innovations designed specifically for children.Read more
Ten cities in Europe have added their weight to growing calls for more countries to take in unaccompanied migrant children from Greece’s islands and Turkish border.Read more
Ireland will receive almost €3.27 million Euros from the EU’s school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme over the coming year, irrespective of enforced school closures across the continent because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The scheme, which...Read more
Germany says it will shortly be taking in hundreds more unaccompanied minors from Greek migrant camps over the coming weeks, and has urged fellow EU countries to follow its example.
Announced Germany’s intentions, Foreign Minister Heiko...Read more
Amsterdam’s efforts to create a healthier city for children and young people have earned it the European Health Award for 2019.
Working on the year’s theme of prevention and reduction of obesity in children and adolescents,...Read more
The new leadership of the European Union has met with a group of child rights organisations as they look to develop and consolidate child protection and participation policies.
A total of six child rights non-governmental organisations...Read more
