Children & young people
20 Feb 2025
30th anniversary for the Ombudsman for Children in Iceland
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Ombudsman for Children in Iceland. The role of the Ombudsman for Children in most of the Nordic [...]
Children & young people
27 Jan 2025
Upcoming report spotlights children’s right to be heard
The four year-long projects on children’s and young people’s right to be heard in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is ramping up toward [...]
Children & young people
22 Nov 2024
Norway strengthens child rights in groundbreaking policy update
Norway has revised its policy framework to ensure that children's best interests are thoroughly evaluated before implementing new reforms. T [...]
Children & young people
4 Nov 2024
Insights from workshop will shape new report on student councils
Lack of safe spaces, low representation, and inaccessibility in schools are major barriers preventing students with disabilities from democr [...]
Children & young people
14 Oct 2024
Youth voices from the Nordic Baltic Youth Summit: “Listen to us! We are the future”
"Decision-makers must listen to youth. We are the ones who will be impacted by today's choices." This was one of the key arguments raised d [...]
Children & young people
8 Oct 2024
Empowering youth to shape democracy at the Nordic Baltic Youth Summit
More than 250 young leaders from the Nordics and the Baltic countries gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the first ever Nordic Baltic Youth [...]
Children & young people
18 Sep 2024
Ensuring good living conditions for children in low-income families
Families with a persistently low income suffer from economic, social and health challenges. Children growing up in these families risk exper [...]
Children & young people
8 Jul 2024
Nordic cooperation supports screening for domestic violence in the first 1000 days
Pregnancy and the first years of life are an important window of opportunity for screening for domestic and honour-related violence. In Swed [...]
Children & young people
17 Jun 2024
Young people have different views on mental health than authorities
Mental health is not just depression or the focus within healthcare on individual diagnoses. When youth representatives met to discuss menta [...]
Children & young people
22 May 2024
The Nordic Barnahus model examined in new book
The Barnahus model is designed to give support to children who have experienced violence and abuse, and make sure that they are not retrauma [...]
Children & young people
14 May 2024
New report will analyse Nordic students councils during the pandemic
What can we learn from students councils and youth participation during the pandemic? Researchers from the University of Iceland have starte [...]
Children & young people
3 May 2024
Nordic youth organisations invited to raise their voice on mental wellbeing
What does youth need to increase mental wellbeing? That is one of the main questions that will be discussed when youth organisations meet fo [...]
