A handbook on child-responsive urban planning
‘Shaping urbanization for children’ is a free UNICEF handbook for child-responsive urban planning. The handbook demonstrates what is possible and attainable through child-responsive, area-based and community-led planning, in a local context. The handbook answers three questions: why planning...Read more
Quezon City and their child-friendly status
The Vice Mayor of Quezon City Joy Belmonte seeks to ensure the city is child-friendly. Part of her plan involves discussions with other stakeholders to make certain the rights of children are being protected in the...Read more
Community schools in Egypt: lessons on what works, and what doesn’t
The ‘community school’ model in Egypt is no longer confined to just rural areas and can increasingly can be found in larger population areas. Despite this expansion though, all such schools need to work harder...Read more
Tech firms’ innovation can help city children – UNICEF
Developing ‘blended’ online learning opportunities is how technology companies could inspire hundreds of millions of schoolchildren in cities worldwide, says UNICEF. It’s one of the conclusions from new research by the United Nations’ children’s charity into...Read more
World leaders unite to provide quality education to young people
World leaders have united to address the basic right of children and young people to receive an education. ‘Generation Unlimited’ is a far-reaching initiative that aims to get every young person prepared for future employment by...Read more
The urban-rural divide: why is a child under 15 dying every five seconds?
A child under 15 dies every 15 seconds. That’s the stark message from a major new report which lays bare the disparities of the global urban-rural divide affecting children. The vast majority of the 6.3 million...Read more
UNICEF project to promote children’s rights in Vietnam
Ensuring the rights of children in Vietnam’s cities, including access to basic provisions, is at the heart of a new UNICEF project. UNICEF says it wants to work with the government to help the country build...Read more
Jersey schools back UNICEF scheme to teach children their rights
All primary and secondary schools in Jersey are to be offered support to become ‘Rights Respecting Schools’. This status is awarded by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, which works with schools to create safe and...Read more
UNICEF: Millions of infants’ fathers denied right to paid paternity leave
Almost 90 million infants worldwide live in countries where their fathers have little or no legal entitlement to paid paternity leave, according to UNICEF. The United Nations Children’s Fund says that 92 countries do not have...Read more
Dutch refugee centres ‘must do more for children’
Living conditions for children in Dutch refugee centres do not meet standards set by international children’s rights treaties, particularly for privacy, according to a new report. Drawn up on behalf of refugee settlement agency COA and...Read more
Survey asks children: what do you want from Europe?
A new online survey aims to capture the views of children and young people on the future of Europe. Partners UNICEF and Eurochild say it is a rare opportunity for children living on the continent...Read more
Ukraine cities hoping for child-friendly status
Eleven Ukranian cities have been shortlisted to receive the official honorary ‘youth and child-friendly’ status by UNICEF. They were among 150 cities and communities from all over the country to apply for this prestigious title, part...Read more
UNICEF: Children must be central to Congo Ebola outbreak response
UNICEF is warning that children are still at high risk of contracting Ebola in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR). The charity says it is essential that their health and...Read more
Sharjah is Unicef’s newest ‘child-friendly city’
Unicef has named Sharjah as the first ‘Child Friendly City’ in the Arabian Gulf. The accolade recognises the United Arab Emirates city’s commitment to developing strategies with children squarely in mind. To be accepted as child...Read more