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Becoming a family-friendly city: How Pune is leading by example
The city of Pune is investing in caregivers by transforming the urban infrastructure for young children and their families
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Safe crossings and play spaces: Reclaiming streets in the Marmara region
Urban transformations across the Marmara region of Türkiye are creating space for early childhood
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Urban95 Brazil Convening 2024
Cities across Brazil commit to long-lasting public policies for early childhood
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How Familia+ listens to scientists, educators and parents to better support families
Familia+ is an initiative by Espaço Àra Educação, an organisation dedicated to empowering parents in navigating various support systems.
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MESHI: The first-ever textbook for edu-carers in Israel helps position them in their rightful place
With the mission to promote edu-carers and the field as a critical profession, the Israeli Institute for Early Childhood Education at Oranim…
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Finding the time to play outdoors
The evidence is clear: outdoor play supports children’s socio-emotional, cognitive and physical development, especially during the first 1,000 days. It establishes positive…
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Advancing early childhood with the launch of Paalan 1000
On 16 August 2022, torrential downpours failed to deter a passionate group of people from the central Ministry of Health and Family…
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Online learning exchange “Starting Strong”: Latest scientific insights on why and how we should invest in the early years
Why is investing in the early years – and especially the first 1,000 days – so important? It was with great pleasure…
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Encouraging Arab families in Jaffa to read with their toddlers
An evaluation of the Jaffa Reads initiative, supported by the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 programme in Tel Aviv-Yafo, shows that it…
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São Paulo families get new play spaces and safer roads
In two areas of São Paulo – Jardim Lapena and São Rafael – young children and caregivers are enjoying renovated public areas…
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London becomes the classroom for the Urban95 Academy residence week
In May 2022, 27 committed city officials from 10 cities arrived in London to take part in five intensive days of in-person…
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Brazil’s Urban95 Network gathers in the ‘Capital of Early Childhood’ Boa Vista
After almost two years of collective action and numerous virtual exchanges, representatives from 23 of the 24 cities that make up the…