The Italian Ministry of Education and Merit and Caritas Italy have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding to promote among young people the value of social solidarity and the creation of bonds of solidarity to build...

Today, women are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth. However, recent cuts in humanitarian aid threaten progress towards ending maternal deaths.

This was denounced by Unicef, the World Bank Group and others...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

“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...

11 February is Safer Internet Day (SID), the World Day for Internet Safety established by the European Commission to make young people think not only about the conscious use of the web but also about the active and responsible role of...

The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which falls on 6 February, aims to spread greater awareness about this human-rights abusive practice affecting millions of girls, young women and women around...

Advocacy per i diritti dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza (Advocacy for the Rights of Children and Adolescents) is the title of the new Officine Unicef "Special Edition" cycle. It is a programme of seven online training events...

In 2024, at least 242 million students in 85 countries experienced educational disruptions because of extreme weather events, including heat waves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods and droughts. “Learning interrupted: Global...

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls today, 27 January, all countries around the world are promoting initiatives to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to invite reflection and remembrance.

In Italy, the...

“2025 Global Outlook. Prospects for Children: Building Resilient Systems for Children's Futures”, the new Unicef report, is online. The publication assesses the risks that children may face in the New Year and suggests some...

The Italian Ministry of Education and Merit and the Ministry of the Interior have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding to promote initiatives in schools aimed at disseminating the values of legality and respect for rules,...

“Così lontani, così vicini. Gli atteggiamenti di adolescenti e giovani nei confronti dei loro pari con background migratorio in Italia” (So Far, So Close. The Attitudes of Adolescents and Young People Towards Their Peers with a...

Once they reach adulthood, unaccompanied foreign minors face bureaucratic obstacles and difficulties in entering the job market and securing housing. The new edition of Save the Children's report “Hidden in Plain Sight...

Today, children and young people find themselves growing up in a country marked by significant local inequalities, which now affect all regions. The new Crc Group report “I diritti dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza in Italia.I dati...

Despite the significant progress made worldwide in ensuring legal identity, today 150 million children under the age of 5 (approximately 2 out of 10) remain invisible because they are not registered at birth. The new Unicef Report “The...

The aim of the Manifesto delle Nuove Generazioni Italiane 2025 (2025 Manifesto of the New Italian Generations), which will be presented on 13 December in Rome, is to be a reference tool to promote social inclusion and...

The Report by Carla Garlatti, the Italian Ombudsperson for Children (Agia), entitled “Scuola e inclusione: dico la mia” (School and Inclusion: I Have My Say). The document presents the results of the public consultation on the school...

Almost half of the world's children - around one billion - live in countries at high risk of climate and environmental crises; since 2022, 400 million students in the world have experienced school closures due to extreme weather...

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. A serious emergency, as evidenced by the numerous incidents reported in the media. In order to counter the rising tide of gender-based violence, a profound...

Despite the achievements on the rights of children and adolescents, not all minors have the same opportunities: inequalities are growing, with inevitable repercussions on society as a whole, and there is still a long way to go to...