An historical analysis of young people’s use of public space, parks and playgrounds in New York City
In this paper I present childhood biographies of three people who grew up in or near a public housing development located on the border between …
Publications
Block politics
This paper explores how young people have experienced everyday life on ‘the block’ in a racially diverse lower to working class community in New York …
Everyone Counts: Dalit Children and Education
This report describes some Save the Children US programs in Siraha, Nepal, and their effectiveness in improving educational opportunities and success for children in excluded …
An alternative model for responding to children in poverty: the work of the Alliance in Mumbai and other cities
This paper describes the work of the NGO SPARC and its grass roots partners in Mumbai (together known as the Alliance), with particular reference to …
Good governance – Making age a part of the equation
There has been a fair amount of confusion about the focus of this issue of CYE—both about the concept of “governance” (“Why don’t you just …
The Rights of Children and Youth to Participate
In 1989 the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a set of universal standards for the protection and development …
Bridging the Gap: Save the Children’s Transitional Housing Project After the Tsunami in Ampara district, Sri Lanka
This report documents the housing process that Save the Children and its partners developed in the district of Ampara, Sri Lanka after the tsunami. The …
The implications of climate change for children in lower-income countries
This article provides a brief overview of the implications for children of climate change—both of extreme weather events and more gradual changes, along with the …
The impacts of climate change for children in poor urban areas
This paper discusses the particular and disproportionate risks to urban children in poverty from various aspects of climate change, both extreme events and changing means. It …
uMAP! An educational resource on how to conduct participatory community mapping with children and youth to create social and environmental change
This online resource is a clearinghouse of information on how to conduct community mapping with and for children and youth growing up in urban areas to …
