UNICEF Austria and the Directorate of Education for Vienna Launch UNICEF Children's Rights Schools in Vienna

Lifestyle & TravelCulture ♦ Published: October 24, 2022; 23:11 ♦ (Vindobona)

UNICEF Austria and the Directorate of Education for Vienna jointly launched the UNICEF Children's Rights Schools program in Vienna. According to the initiators, young people in particular need to be empowered in times of crisis. The first schools will start the program in October 2022.

In the joint project of the City of Vienna and UNICEF, children's rights are to become a living practice in Vienna's schools. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0

The program aims to anchor the children's rights from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in everyday school life. In the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) children's rights schools, children and young people not only learn more about their rights but also experience their school as a place where children's rights are lived and taken…