Progress on Children's Well-Being: Centering Child Rights in the 2030 Agenda

This report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) presents regional and national data about children living in internal displacement caused by conflict and violence. The report estimates that at the end of 2018, there were 17 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the age of 18 who were displaced due to conflict and violence. 5.2 million were under the age of 5.  The authors note that this number is largely underestimated, accounting for the…

Y-Adapt, or Youth-Adapt, is a games-based curriculum designed to inspire understanding and action around climate change. Created specifically for middle school, high school, and college students, the each interactive, one-hour session highlights how youth are integral to climate adaptation in their own communities. Each session is accompanied by a downloadable facilitation guide and supplemental resources. The guide describes the "real world" objectives of each activity so that students and teachers alike can connect curriculum concepts…

This fact sheet from Everytown for Gun Safety provides key findings and recommendations about firearm suicide in the United States. Firearm suicide is a public health crisis in the US, as an estimated 25,000 Americans die by firearm suicide annually, including more than 3,100 young people. Nearly six out of ten gun deaths in the US are suicides, an average of 65 deaths per day. The fact sheet covers topics spanning access to guns, demographic…