Let children be children

À l’occasion de la Journée internationale contre l’exploitation des enfants soldats, l’UE réaffirme sa détermination à empêcher le recrutement et l’exploitation des enfants en temps de conflit, à assurer leur libération et à veiller à leur réinsertion.

Children and teenagers are raising their voices on issues that matter to their generation and calling for adults to create a better future. Be it climate change, education, ending discrimination, on this World Children’s Day, it is more important than ever that the world listens to their ideas and demands. The new EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child aims to better protect all children, fulfil their rights and place them at the centre of EU policy making. As the EU believes that children are active citizens and agents of change, this strategy was developed with children for children, in and outside the EU.

Sentiment d'exclusion, absentéisme ou décrochage scolaire, voire pensées suicidaires... La violence scolaire peut avoir des conséquences nombreuses et profondes ainsi que des effets à long terme sur le développement physique, psychologique et émotionnel de l'enfant.

In the context of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, FAO is organizing the high-level GLOBAL SOLUTION FORUM – Acting together to end child labour in agriculture, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 2 and 3 November 2021.

Les filles ont le droit de mener une vie leur assurant sécurité, santé et instruction, non seulement au cours de leurs années formatrices, qui sont cruciales, mais aussi au fur et à mesure qu’elles mûrissent et deviennent des femmes. Si les filles sont correctement accompagnées durant l'adolescence, elles ont le potentiel qu’il faut pour changer le monde - que ce soit aujourd’hui, en tant que filles ayant conquis leur autonomie, ou demain, en tant que travailleuses, entrepreneuses, mentors, chefs de famille, dirigeantes politiques ou mères de famille.

To mark World Teachers Day, the Commission is launching a new online tool for teachers to reflect on how they use digital technologies in their teaching activities. Based on a series of questions, the tool, ‘SELFIEforTEACHERS' can help them assess their digital competences and identify where they need further training and support.

Around the world, attacks on children continue unabated, as warring parties flout one of the most basic rules of war: the protection of children. The protracted nature of conflicts today is affecting the futures of entire generations of children. Without access to education, a generation of children living in conflict will grow up without the skills they need to contribute to their countries and economies, exacerbating the already desperate situation for millions of children and their families. International Day to Protect Education from Attack draws attention to the plight of more than 75 million 3-to-18-year-olds living in 35 crisis-affected countries and to their urgent need of educational support.

Climate and environmental hazards are having devastating impacts on the well-being and future of children. In many parts of the world, people are facing multiple climate-related impacts such as severe drought and flooding, air pollution and water scarcity, leaving their children vulnerable to malnutrition and disease. Almost every child on earth is exposed to at least one of these climate and environmental hazards. Without urgent action, this number will go up.