2019

Toolkit
Urban95 Starter Kit
This toolkit is an excellent starting point for city leaders and urban professionals to understand the value of investing in babies, toddlers…
News
Highlights from our first ever Urban95 Festival
Earlier this month, over eighty elected city leaders, planners, designers, thinkers and public servants from around the world gathered in Rotterdam, The…
Case studies
Young Children and Families in Crisis and Displacement
Selected Articles from our Early Childhood Matters publication
Announcement
Empathy tools for urban leaders and designers
For Urban95, everything starts with empathy and data. One of the first challenges is that urban planners and designers don’t necessarily see…
Policy brief
The Early Years: An Introduction
This two-page policy brief offers a succinct introduction to the early years.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Mental Health in Humanitarian Crises
This policy brief documents what we know, why it matters, and what policymakers can do to support mental health in humanitarian crises.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Maternal Mental Health
This policy brief captures what we know, why it matters, and what policymakers can do to support maternal mental health.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Malnutrition
This policy brief explains how early malnutrition leads to lifelong issues, both individual and collective, and what policymakers need to do.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Behavioural Science
This policy brief sets out the key steps for designing and implementing an intervention that rigorously applies behavioural science methods.
Policy brief
The Early Years: Breastfeeding
This policy brief explains the importance of breastfeeding, the barriers mothers face, and what policymakers can do to help.
Collection
The Early Years: Policy Briefs
This collection of eight policy briefs explains some of the greatest challenges facing young children around the world.
News
Poverty up to age 2 worsens school outcomes, finds new Israeli study
Children who lived in poverty up to age 2 go on to do less well in school, according to new research conducted…