The Children’s Clubs of Nepal: A Democratic Experiment
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Roger Hart – Reflection on Child and Youth Participation in Estonia
PlayFreeNYC: Free screening of The Land and discussion with play:groundNYC members
PlayFreeNYC: Free screening of The Land and discussion with play:groundNYC members
play:groundNYC, a non-profit that is planning to open an adventure playground in May on Governors Island, is hosting a free screening of The Land, a short film by Erin Davis that depicts an adventure playground in Wales.play:groundNYC invites both the curious and … Continue Reading ››
CERG Members Contribute to the Working the Group on Youth Governance Indicators
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should be monitored in a way that both captures the experiences and views of youth and includes young people in processes that hold governments to account for these global commitments. The Working Group on Youth-Inclusive Governance Indicators has identified a list of national- level indicators and methods for monitoring Goal 16 Targets … Continue Reading ››
Spatializing Children’s Rights: A Comparison of Two Case Studies from Urban India
This article presents a child rights-based, participatory and intergenerational assessment and planning methodology that empowers communities to collect, analyze, and act upon data summarizing the opinions and experiences of children, adolescents and parents to influence local development processes at different scales of change. The article critically reflects upon two case studies of this methodology as … Continue Reading ››
Roger Hart – Archiculture Interview
After the Earthquake: Nepal’s Children Speak Out Nepal Children’s Earthquake Recovery Consultation
This report, launched in July 2015, documents the “Children’s Earthquake Recovery Consultation” which was carried out with children in Nepal, following the massive earthquakes in April and May 2015. These earthquakes resulted in over 8,700 deaths and massive destruction across the affected districts.
To better understand the impact on children, Plan International, Save the Children, UNICEF … Continue Reading ››
Children’s Rights and Habitat: Working Toward Child-Friendly Cities
In Nairobi in 1995, during the second preparatory meeting for the international United Nations Habitat II conference, delegates recognizes that they had been giving insufficient attention in their agenda to the special needs of children for sage, secure and healthy living conditions. A child caucus, composed mainly of non-governmental organizations with Plan International in … Continue Reading ››
Remembering Selim Iltus
It is with profound sadness for us to write that on Sunday July 12th Dr. Selim Iltus passed away. Selim was a wonderful man and a brilliant scholar who worked centrally with the Children’s Environments Research Group from its foundation. He was deeply committed to … Continue Reading ›› Key Thinkers in Childhood Studies
Key Thinkers in Childhood Studies presents the contrasting perspectives of some of the leading figures involved in shaping the field of childhood studies over the last thirty years. Drawing on in-depth interviews with twenty-two high profile pioneers in the subject—who together represent a range of disciplines and regions—Carmel Smith and Sheila Greene share a wealth … Continue Reading ››
