Explore Child-Friendly City Initiatives around the world
Get a snapshot of UNICEF-supported CFC Initiatives around the world, both the more established as well as the growing number that are joining.
Learn more about the situation of children in cities
Read more about the challenges and opportunities children living in urban areas face.
Child & Youth Corner
Check out some ideas about how you can contribute to making your city or community more child-friendly.
Explore Child-Friendly City Initiatives around the world
Get a snapshot of UNICEF-supported Child Friendly Cities Initiatives around the world, both the more established as well as the growing number that are joining.
Learn more about the situation of children in cities
Read more about the challenges and opportunities children living in urban areas face.
Child & Youth Corner
Check out some ideas about how you can contribute to making your city or community more child-friendly.
Learn more about how to build a child-friendly city
Here you will find guidance on to how to build a child-friendly city or community, including guiding principles, framework for action and the steps to implementation as well as some practice examples.
News & Events
New website!
Welcome to the new Child Friendly Cities Initiative website! Learn here about what make a city child-friendly, how to build a child-friendly city and about UNICEF-supported Child Friendly Cities Initiatives around the world.
World Children’s Day!
November 20, 2017 – To celebrate World Children’s Day, children are ‘taking over’ high-visibility roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment to shine a light on the most pressing challenges faced by their generation. #kidstakeover
World Urban Forum
February 7-13, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Newspaper by children
Check out Our Futures, Our Lives, Our Cities – a newspaper by children describing their lives, concerns and hopes for the cities and communities they live in. The newspaper is put out by the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative to commemorate World Children’s Day 2017.
Other Latest
Check out Our Futures, Our Lives, Our Cities – a newspaper by children describing their lives, concerns and hopes for the cities and communities they live in. The newspaper is put out by the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative to commemorate World Children’s Day 2017.