In February, in the countdown to the legislative elections, UNICEF Portugal invited children and adults to send letters to political parties, asking decision- makers to put Children’s Rights on the political agenda and to commit to their effective fulfilment.In total, 2969 Portuguese children and adults...
On February 26th took place Milene dos Santos Figueiredo's doctoral exam in Communication Sciences. The thesis, part of the bYou project and supervised by Sara Pereira, is titled Film clubs and cinema education for children and young people: Portuguese and Brazilian itineraries. The research identified...
The British non-profit organization "The Children's Media Foundation" (CMF) has been working for several years in the United Kingdom to create a wider and more diverse media content for children. The organization has recently launched a campaign entitled "Responding to the Crisis of Childhood".The Foundation...
In the aftermath of the Portuguese Legislative Elections and with the 25th of April celebrations approaching, the board game "Constitution" can be a fun and informative tool to discuss with children and young people about democracy, civil rights and freedom.Designed for children over the age...
Film festivals aimed at children and young people regularly take place all over the world. Festivals have varied objectives, while some editions are intended to broadcast productions made by children and young people, others are dedicated to creating specific programs based on a central theme,...
Members of the bYou research team participated at the XIII Sopcom Congress, which took place at the University of Minho in Braga (Portugal), 24th - 26th January, 2024. The presentations, “Participation through the lenses of children and young people: study with Portuguese students of the 6th,...
Se bem nos lembramos (If We Remember Well) a school newspaper from Vitorino Nemésio High School located on Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, received a visit from the bYou project team. The newspaper is produced entirely by students for students, and it was one of...
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified 34 years ago at the UN General Assembly. Every year, on November 20th, it is celebrated World Children's Day to remember this important historical milestone. However, in a recent article published on the UNICEF website...
Sara Pereira, coordinator of the project "bYou – Study on children and young people´s experiences and expressions of the media", financed by FCT, presented the general outline of the project and some of the results during the program 90 Segundos de Ciência (90 Seconds of...
Cláudia Agostinho (24 years old), Martim Agostinho (20), Mariana Agostinho (11) and Catarina Mota (23), born in Leiria, and Sofia Oliveira (18) and André Oliveira (15) from Almada, Portugal, sued 32 countries for lack of satisfactory actions to promote significant changes against the effects of...