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Why Walking Is So Good for Parents, Toddlers, and the Cities Where They Live
Planning and managing cities has become one of humanity’s defining challenges, yet it is hard to know how to plan for what…
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Building together an action plan in São Paulo
After an intensive six-month process, the Reference Centre for Early Childhood – a project funded by BvLF as part of its Urban95…
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How the Bogotá Urban95 team chose where to pilot their work
In which area of Bogotá should we pilot our Urban95 intervention? We spent four months gathering and analysing data to choose first…
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Empowering the last mile workers – Scaling up early learning programme through workforce development
Seven thousand people to be trained in three months? Are you crazy? This is what I was told by Professor Mukti Kanta…
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Moving Forwards by Reflecting Back: Early Childhood Matters 2017
With the publication of Early Childhood Matters this week, we once again shine a spotlight on the earliest years of life. We…
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Speaking for the evidence: Dart’s early childhood course for journalists
What if I told you about an exposure that scientists have determined makes you three times more likely to develop lung disease…
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Helping parents in the Netherlands to keep all their plates spinning
With only a simple technique using a small stick, Chinese acrobats have been performing the tradition of “plate spinning”. Acrobats are challenged…
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“Smiley Brick”: an initiative to brand child-friendly brick kilns
A smiley is a symbol that represents a smiling face, typically used to indicate emotion. As per Smithsonian, the smiley face as…
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What happened when Neha, 14, attended the Habitat III conference
Namaskar! I am Neha, a 14-year-old girl from a slum in Narela in India’s capital New Delhi. I am one of the…
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How we made the documentary ‘The Beginning of Life’
I’m part of a team of filmmakers who believe in the power of films to transform the world. With that mission, we…
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Beyond Urgency: The Need to Support Young Children Living Through Conflict
A recent commentary published by The Lancet confirmed the unfortunate truth that children continue to disproportionately bear the physical and psychological burden…
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Whole Family Approaches: Reaching Parents and Children Together
One of the first principles that one learns in studying child development is the importance of an ecological approach. This approach assumes…