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 [...]
Disability issues
21 Oct 2024
“We need less barriers in leisure activities, education and politics“
Decision-makers should listen to young persons with disabilities – and there are several ways to get them to listen. The Nordic Youth Disa [...]
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
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
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 [...]
Children & young people
26 Apr 2024
Spotlight on digital media and children’s and young people’s wellbeing
Children and young people spend a major part of their time online, and social media platforms are important parts of their social lives. The [...]
Welfare policy
17 Apr 2024
Lyft fram välfärdsfrågorna i kommande Helsingforsavtal
Förra sommaren tillsatte Nordiska rådet en arbetsgrupp med uppgift att diskutera en revidering av Helsingforsavtalet, ett avtal som brukar [...]
Children & young people
28 Mar 2024
The Nordic Youth Summit is expanding to the Baltics
Lithuania will be hosting the first Nordic-Baltic Youth Summit. After two successful Nordic Youth Summits, the arena is expanding to encompa [...]
Children & young people
1 Feb 2024
“Leaders rarely talked to children”
“Decision-makers were poorly prepared to hear and involve youth during the pandemic.” That is what the majority of the 120 youth partic [...]
Children & young people
29 Jan 2024
Don’t cherry-pick a youth “alibi”!
Don’t just use youth to put a stamp of approval on decisions they weren’t part of! That is one of the five principles that The Norwegian [...]
Children & young people
6 Dec 2023
120 youth signed action plan for the future at summit in Iceland
Environment, education, and youth participation. Those were some of the most intensely debated topics when 120 young persons from the Nordic [...]
Disability issues
27 Oct 2023
Nordic youth disability organisations ready to co-operate in a more active way
Young people with disabilities have many similar challenges in the Nordic region. There is also a strong will to co-operate towards more acc [...]
Children & young people
26 Oct 2023
Listen to Nordic youth, talk about their right to be heard in crises
Listen to Ester, Majli, Nameh, Olle and eleven more youth from the Nordics. In our new publication they talk about their experiences during [...]
Children & young people
23 Oct 2023
Creating inclusive student councils with power – learning from the pandemic
How can student councils be more influential during crises? And how can we make sure that they will be inclusive? Those were questions discu [...]
Children & young people
25 Sep 2023
“The voice of youth can make a change”
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the current war in Ukraine, it's clear that decisions impacting children and youth were made w [...]
Disability issues
19 Sep 2023
Accessibility, housing and jobs are common challenges for youth with disabilities in the Nordic region
The first Nordic Youth Disability Summit will be arranged this autumn. The summit gives youth disability organisations from the Nordic count [...]
Children & young people
8 Jun 2023
Young people were deprived of essential parts of their youth
“Young people have missed many important transition rites such as graduations, dances, or other celebrations such as festivals and concert [...]
Children & young people
22 May 2023
New report shows restricted childhood and interrupted youth due to covid
Higher levels of anxiety and boredom and decreased well-being among children and young people during the pandemic. But also, positive result [...]
Children & young people
3 Apr 2023
“If you don’t do it well before a crisis, then you don’t stand a chance”
"By demonstrating examples, we can inspire change." That was the conclusion from one of the participants when the report Child and youth par [...]
Children & young people
21 Mar 2023
Checklist to ensure child and youth participation during crisis
Every young person is entitled to be heard and involved in matters that concern them. But how can decision makers safeguard meaningful child [...]
Children & young people
16 Mar 2023
Här är ungdomarna som blev mer ensamma när pandemin tog slut
Vissa barn och unga fick äntligen de anpassningar de behöver – tack vare covid-19-pandemin. Men de fördelar som uppstod i och med den p [...]
Children & young people
9 Mar 2023
New report about children’s participation and influence during Covid-19
Institutions working for and with children and youth in the Nordic region were not prepared to protect children’s rights when the Covid-19 [...]
Children & young people
31 Oct 2022
“Every decision that the government makes affects us!”
”Give. Youth. Real. Power! Give youth real power!” “Every decision that the government makes affects us. Young people need to be info [...]
Children & young people
22 Jun 2022
Spreading the Nordic agenda on involving children and youth
Around 150 people, public authorities, professionals, and care providers from all over Europe signed up for our event in Hamburg in the begi [...]
Children & young people
16 Jun 2022
Young people prepare decision-makers to involve them in crises
During the covid-19 pandemic, Nordic authorities focused on establishing effective ways to stop the spread of the infection. Consequently, s [...]
Welfare policy
7 Jun 2022
Many ways to hear and involve young people in Finland
In Finland, government agencies and organisations are working in many ways to hear and involve young people in decisions. The expert group i [...]
26 Apr 2022
Nordic Day 2022: Children and youth in the shadow of the pandemic
The Nordic countries have strong traditions of promoting the well-being of children by emphasizing the right to inclusion and participation [...]
Welfare policy
1 Apr 2022
Många unga upplever ett utanförskap
Unga i Norden är engagerade i samhällsfrågor men har ett litet förtroende för demokratiska institutioner och många upplever ett utanf [...]
Welfare policy
15 Oct 2021
Ungdomar från Norden i expertgrupp om coronakrisens konsekvenser
Under covid-19-pandemin drabbades barn och unga i Norden av restriktioner som infördes och som påverkade både deras skolgång, fritid, so [...]
Disability issues
4 Feb 2021
New report: Unequal opportunities to participate for children and young people with disabilities
Nordic studies reveal that children and young people with disabilities do not have the same opportunities as their peers. They describe an e [...]
Disability issues
20 Jan 2021
Unga med funktionsnedsättning vill ha eget nordiskt utbyte
Under 2020 har Rådet för nordiskt samarbete om funktionshinder inkluderat representanter från ungdomsorganisationer på dess möten och a [...]
Integration
2 Dec 2020
Young refugees in Nordic countries – health, education and employment in an equity perspective
Unique register data across the Nordic countries will be presented at our online conference about how health, education and employment joint [...]
Integration
1 Apr 2020
Many gaps in research about mental health among unaccompanied minors
An increasing proportion of unaccompanied minors arriving in the Nordic countries are girls and younger in age. These two groups have been t [...]
Integration
19 Feb 2020
Evaluating promising methods when there is a lack of evidence
There is a broad consensus that in the case of children and young people, early intervention pays off primarily as benefits to the individua [...]
Disability issues
24 Jan 2020
Hon kämpar för större inflytande för grönländska unga med funktionsnedsättning
- På Grönland är unga med funktionsnedsättning trötta på att människor tycker synd om dem. De vill vara starka och självständiga. [...]
Disability issues
22 Jan 2020
Better decisions when young people with disabilities are involved
Organisations for young people with disabilities must be invited to forums where decisions are being made, they must be invited at an early [...]
Public health
14 Nov 2019
Isländska och finländska unga känner mest press av skolarbete i Norden
Unga i Finland och på Island upplever mest stress på grund av skolarbete jämfört med unga i alla nordiska länder. Skolstressen är mer [...]
Public health
12 Nov 2019
Sömnsvårigheter ökar bland unga i Norden – Norge undantaget
Ungefär var femte ungdom har sömnsvårigheter i Finland, Danmark, Sverige och Island - och andelen unga med sömnproblem ser ut att öka. [...]
Public health
4 Jun 2019
Mångfald och digitalisering på de politiska arenorna i sommar
Nordens välfärdcenter lyfter fram frågor om mångfald, digitalisering och ett stärkt nordiskt samarbete inom socialområdet på de nordi [...]
Welfare policy
24 May 2019
Ensamhet drabbar unga lika mycket som äldre
Känslan av ensamhet är vanligast bland unga vuxna och hos de allra äldsta i samhället. Men även om ålder förklarar varför kvinnor ä [...]
Public health
7 May 2019
“Traditional education promotes equality”
In the Nordic countries, health is linked to educational attainment to a higher extent than to income. Studies have now shown that the progr [...]
Public health
4 Apr 2019
Increasing Ill Health Among Young Men
Social health inequity has increased over recent decades. This development has particularly affected young men in the form of increased leve [...]
Public health
7 Mar 2019
Debate article: Alcohol consumption among young people in the Nordic countries is falling – the differences need to be examined
In all Nordic countries, minors are drinking less than before. Key reasons for this may be parents keeping a closer eye on their children an [...]
Public health
4 Mar 2019
Schools can boost positive health among students
Positive health can be boosted among school students. In many parts of the Nordic region schools are implementing health promotion measures [...]
Public health
27 Sep 2018
Unga har övergett festplatser utomhus – hemmafester allt vanligare
Birgitta Anders doktorsavhandling visar att unga i högre grad än tidigare dricker sig berusade i hemförhållanden, och att platsen och ru [...]
Public health
22 Aug 2018
Alternativa stödverksamheter vill få unga att må bättre
Den självupplevda psykiska ohälsan ökar i Norden, men endast ett fåtal av ungdomarna mår tillräckligt dåligt för att kvala in för a [...]
Welfare policy
6 Jun 2018
Nordens välfärdscenter på sommarens politiska arenor
Integration, ungas psykiska ohälsa och åldersvänliga städer är några av temana då Nordens välfärdscenter deltar på sommarens polit [...]
Integration
4 Jun 2018
Nordic Day 2018: Exempel på lyckad inkludering
De nordiska länderna tog tillsammans emot cirka 200 000 asylsökande barn och unga under åren 2011 till 2016. De flesta kom med sin familj [...]
Welfare policy
5 Feb 2018
Utvecklar bättre metoder för tidig hjälp åt unga
På många håll i Norden finns det bra verksamheter för utsatta barn och unga. Men det räcker inte. De nordiska länderna behöver anstr [...]
Welfare policy
7 Sep 2017
Fokus på ungas utanförskap
En väsentlig andel av ungdomarna i Norden riskerar ett långvarigt utanförskap från utbildning och arbetsliv. Forskningsbaserad kunskap v [...]
Public health
23 Nov 2016
Folkhälsoarena vill minska hälsoskillnaderna bland nordborna
Psykisk hälsa, cannabis, tobak och förändrade dryckesvanor är teman som lyftes fram då en ny nordisk folkhälsoarena höll sitt första [...]
Public health
26 Nov 2015
Vems är ansvaret för den goda historien?
Varken forskare eller mediefolk i Danmark ser några större problem i relationerna till varandra. Forskarna är i stort sett nöjda med hur [...]
Arbetsinkludering
17 Apr 2015
Internationell konferens om ungas utanförskap
Under den internationella konferensen Journal of Youth Studies Conference 2015 i Köpenhamn mellan 30 mars–1 april möttes ca 400 ungdomsf [...]
Welfare policy
10 Apr 2015
Skolan en viktig framgångsfaktor för fosterbarn
I rapporten "Barn kan inte vänta" har Nordens välfärdscenter sammanställt resultat från forskning kring barn i fosterhem med inriktning [...]
