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How child-friendly Cardiff is ‘repurposing’ urban spaces
Global children’s charity UNICEF has been highlighting some of the innovations which brought it the title of the UK’s first Child Friendly City.Read more![EP-119953B_The_Eye_plenary_Closing](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EYE3-128x128.jpg)
European elections: Future policymakers must make child rights a priority
As voters go to the polls in the European elections, there are calls for policymakers to ensure they make children’s needs a priority.Read more![](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RomachildrenCoE-128x128.png)
Roma children – European governments are failing these ‘forgotten’ youngsters
A new report sets out how the rights of ‘Roma’ children in Europe should be enshrined not only in EU law but as part of youngsters’ globally-held legislative protections.Read more![7A6A9863](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UNI571264-128x128.jpg)
UNICEF: ‘Nowhere safe to go’ for Rafa’s 600,000 children
A military invasion by Israel into Rafah would pose ‘catastrophic risks’ to the 600,000 children currently taking shelter there, says the UN children’s charity UNICEF. Read more![Accra_Central,_Accra,_Ghana](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Accra_Central_Accra_Ghana-128x128.jpg)
‘Clean air’ project in Accra aims to protect the health of youngsters
Accra, Ghana’s capital, is the latest major city to host a comprehensive ‘clean air’ project headed by the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) that focuses chiefly on the health implications for children and young people.Read more![EMBARGOED until 13 March at 00:01 GMT](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UNI532956-128x128.jpg)
Fewer under-5s dying worldwide – but ‘a long road’ until the end of preventable early deaths
The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a historic low’, says the United Nations (UN). More children than ever before are surviving early childhood today, with the global under-5 mortality rate...Read more![I love Europe](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/I-love-Europe-e1529915283131-128x128.jpg)
‘Millions of EU children face increasing risks of poverty and poor mental health
Millions of children across the European Union face an increasing risk of poverty and poor mental health.Read more![Screenshot 2022-03-17 at 07.55.04](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-17-at-07.55.04-128x128.png)
War in Ukraine: children in cities forced to live underground for months
Children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours – equivalent to between four and almost 7 months – sheltering in basements and underground metro stations over...Read more![CH1769929_Toys_buried_in_the_rubble_of_destroyed_buildings_after_earthquake_in_Afrin_District,_Aleppo_Governorate,_Northwest_Syria](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CH1769929_Toys_buried_in_the_rubble_of_destroyed_buildings_after_earthquake_in_Afrin_District_Aleppo_Governorate_Northwest_Syria-128x128.jpeg)
A year after the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, childrens’ lives are still being impacted
It is a year since the Türkiye and Syria suffered the catastrophic, most deadliest earthquakes in their recent history, and still the devastating impacts continue to reverberate for children and young people.Read more![WRITurkiye](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WRITurkiye-128x128.png)
UNICEF demands ‘systematic closure’ of Europe’s large residential child care institutions
Almost half a million children in Europe and central Asia across Europe are living in residential care, including large-scale institutions.Read more![Screenshot 2022-03-07 at 09.59.44](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-07-at-09.59.44-128x128.png)
Hardship and war in 2024 will affect children more than ever – UN
Better global collaboration is needed to protect children, says UN children’s charity UNICEF, which warns that 2024 is likely see young people exposed to even higher levels of economic hardship, war and violence.Read more![yemenchangemaker](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/yemenchangemaker-128x128.png)
UNICEF: Little changemakers boost vaccination efforts in Yemen
Young volunteers in Yemen are helping to counter outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, reports UNICEF.Read more![povertyUKpanews](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/povertyUKpanews-128x128.png)
UN: World’s richest countries saw sharp rise in child poverty
A significant rise in child poverty was seen in 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, says the UN Children’s Fund’s global research centre, Innocenti.Read more![960px-Quill_dormant_vulcano](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/960px-Quill_dormant_vulcano-128x128.jpg)
Dutch island of Statia becomes a UNICEF Child Friendly Cities candidate
Statia – population 3,242 (approx) – has become the first island in the Dutch Caribbean to become a candidate for UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative.Read more![childrightsshutterstock](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/childrightsshutterstock-128x128.png)