Tagged: child rights

Responding to Screen Time Concerns: A Children’s Rights Approach

Evidence to policy

By Daniel Kardefelt-Winther

Over the past decade there has been escalating concern that the time children spend using digital technology might be harmful. Calls have been made to protect children by restricting the amount of time they spend in front of digital screens. But recently there has been a change in tune, following research showing that the effects of… Read more →←

Challenges of parental responsibility in the digital age: a global perspective

Evidence to policy

By Sonia Livingstone and Jasmina Byrne

Children everywhere are gaining access to the internet – most often via a mobile phone. In many places, too, parents are feeling challenged in their competence, role and authority. Distinctively, internet access is bringing children access also to valued sources of knowledge and connection that their parents may lack. How are parents… Read more →←

Do the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros need seven measures of child deprivation?

data and research Methods & tools

By Lucia Ferrone

When the winds of winter blow and the White Walkers arrive, it probably won’t matter if you are living in the Red Keep, or in a farm near Winterfell. End-of-times scenarios aside, context matters a great deal in how we define poverty and well-being. In the imaginary world of Westeros, created by G.R.R. Martin and made famous by the TV… Read more →←

Evidence based policy making on child internet use in Latin America

Methods & tools Publication & data launches

By María José Ravalli - UNICEF Argentina, Fabio Senne, Maria Eugenia Sozio - Cetic.br, Patricio Cabello - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso , Magdalena Claro - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

For most of us, going online has become a daily habit. For younger people, the Internet is not a new habit: it is simply part of the natural environment. In spite of this, children’s online lives have seldom been systematically studied. In a scenario where societies are faced with the challenge of regulating internet access; where… Read more →←

The internet of opportunities: what children say

Evidence Methods & tools

By Jasmina Byrne and Daniel Kardefelt-Winther

“We grew up with the internet. I mean, the internet has always been here with us. The grown-ups are like ‘Wow the internet appeared’, while it is perfectly normal for us.” –Boy, 15 years old, Serbia When our research teams in Argentina, the Philippines, Montenegro, Serbia and South Africa, who are part of the new Global… Read more →←

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