Europe marks 30 years of children’s rights convention
The European Parliament will mark 30 years since the introduction of landmark child rights legislation with a special international conference. Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, the honorary president of UNICEF Belgium, will welcome a host of dignitaries for...Read more
Children’s Commissioner ‘an EU job worth fighting for’ – Eurochild
Did you know there is a European Commissioner for fish but not for children? That’s the bizarre reality laid bare by child rights body Eurochild as it calls for a dedicated EU Children’s Commissoner to ‘prioritise...Read more
Road safety is an essential component in sustainable urban mobility
In European cities, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists make up 70% of road deaths. This is according to the European Transport Safety Council, who are authors of a new report. The report also states tackling urban...Read more
Cities pledge €4.3 billion to fight poverty and social exclusion
‘Inclusive cities for all: social rights in my city’ is a new political initiative launched by EUROCITIES today at the European Parliament. This coincides with the publication of a new report that finds inequality is rapidly...Read more
Conceptualising privacy online: what do, and what should, children understand?
Post-Cambridge-Analytica, and post-GDPR, children are becoming increasingly aware of how their data is being used online but there are still limits to their digital literacy. In this post, Sonia Livingstone, Mariya Stoilova and Rishita Nandagiri...Read more
EU’s fruit and milk scheme reaches millions of schoolchildren
The European Union (EU) has relaunched a successful scheme which gives fruit, milk and vegetables to schools for helping millions of children in European cities eat healthily. Dedicated educational programmes will also teach pupils about the...Read more
EU Access City Award 2019 up for grabs
European cities working to improve quality of life for all citizens can apply for the Access City Award 2019. The European Union (EU) award is designed to recognise and celebrate a city’s willingness, ability and efforts...Read more
EU-wide mercury ban in children’s fillings
European countries are being urged to implement a ban on using mercury in dental fillings on children which came into effect July 1. Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin that pollutes the environment, gets taken up the...Read more
What the EU General Data Protection Regulation means for children in the UK
Professor Sonia Livingstone and LSE MSc Media Communications Governance student DaYoung Yoo reflect on the discussions surrounding the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and what it will mean for children. For some policy areas, it...Read moreEU must do more to combat child poverty, says Eurochild
Eurochild’s report on the European Semester for 2017 calls for more to be done by the EU and its member states to ‘make economic policies work for children’. Adrian Voce reports. In its 2017 report on...Read more
French children might need parental consent to join Facebook
The French government has proposed a new law that will require children under sixteen to seek parental consent prior to joining Facebook and other social networks. “Joining Facebook will involve parental authorisation for minors aged...Read more
UK government backs down on post-Brexit rights
In the face of a potential rebellion by some of its own MPs, the UK government has given ground on the status of human rights after Brexit. Adrian Voce reports and, below, we include extracts...Read more
Scotland commissioner urges government to protect children’s rights in Brexit talks
Scotland’s children’s commissioner and leading children’s charities this week joined a rally at Westminster to demand that the UK government and parliament engage with children and take their rights seriously in Brexit negotiations. Representatives from Scotland’s...Read more
UK children’s advocates propose amendments to Brexit bill
An alliance of UK children’s charities, including the Children’s Society, Children England, the NSPCC and Barnardo’s, have proposed key changes to the act of Parliament that will take the country out of the European Union....Read more