9 April marks the first National Day for Listening to Children, established by Law no. 104 of 4 July 2024 to raise awareness of the importance of giving children and adolescents an active and participatory role in the choices that directly affect them. The institutional event to celebrate the Day will include, in addition to speeches by institutional...

Thanks to continued investment in child survival worldwide, since 2000 child deaths have fallen by more than half and stillbirths by more than a third; by 2022 child deaths had fallen slightly below 5 million for the first time. However, progress has slowed down and too many children still lose their lives to preventable causes. These are the findings of...

Fifty boys and girls from the Care Leavers Network Italy brought their voices to the Senate on the occasion of the Third National Conference, promoted by the Agevolando Association. The meeting turned the spotlight on the rights of young people who leave the alternative care system on reaching adulthood. The central issue was the risk of...

On World Water Day, Unicef highlighted that every day, more than 1,000 children under the age of five lose their lives due to diseases linked to unsafe water and inadequate sanitation, contributing to a total of 1.4 million deaths annually. Currently, four billion people - almost two thirds of the world's population - face severe water shortages for at...

Save the Children has launched the first edition of the Save the Children Research Award, an initiative of the new Research Centre of the Italian branch of this organisation. The aim is to expand and disseminate knowledge on the condition of children and adolescents in Italy and around the world. The prize will be awarded by a jury made...

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Unicef, in collaboration with Plan International and UN Women, published “Girl Goals: What Has Changed for Girls? Adolescent girls’ rights over 30 years”, a report that analyses the progress made from 1995, the year of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, to the present day. Despite...

WeWorld has published a report entitled “Her Future at Risk. The Cost of Humanitarian Crises on Women and Girls” highlighting how global humanitarian crises disproportionately affect women and girls, increasing poverty, gender-based violence and discrimination. The analysis focuses on eight countries heavily affected by protracted crises:...

The Department for Family Policies has announced the beginning of the work to define the National Plan for Preventing and Combating Bullying and Cyberbullying. This plan aims to strengthen protection measures for minors involved in bullying and cyberbullying, both as victims and perpetrators. On 25 February 2025, the first meeting of the...

On 19 and 20 February 2025, the first World Youth Forum of Associations and Clubs for Unesco was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This event brought together young representatives from all over the world to discuss and promote Unesco values in the fields of education, culture, science and communication. A key outcome of the forum was the...

Save the Children has published a new guide entitled “Educare al digitale tra i 5 e gli 8 anni: tracce educative per docenti e genitori” (Digital Education for Children Between 5 and 8: Guidelines for Teachers and Parents) to support teachers and families in guiding younger children towards a responsible use of the internet and digital...

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Merit, Indire has launched the Library of Innovation, an online platform for documenting and sharing innovative ideas aimed at renewing the traditional school model. This virtual space offers managers, teachers and school staff the opportunity to access videos...

“Our Voice Counts” is the title of the new Unicef report that collects and analyses data from surveys conducted in 2024 through U-Report on The Move, the listening and participation platform designed to give a voice to adolescents and young migrants and refugees in Italy. The report highlights the main challenges these...