On a busy street in Bhubaneswar, a group of adolescents stood alongside city officials, assessing a public space many of...
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Coding the City: How Adolescents Are Rewriting Da Nang’s Digital Playbook
On a humid afternoon in Da Nang, a group of teenagers stood in front of a panel of city officials,...
When Adolescents Begin to Shape the City: A Story from Quevedo, Ecuador
In Quevedo, a mid-sized city on Ecuador’s coast, Central Park sits at the centre of daily life. Families pass through...
Global Learning Forum 2026: A Week of Youth-Led Learning, Dialogue and City Change
From 2 to 6 February 2026, the Global Learning Forum (GLF) 2026 brought together adolescents, practitioners, city actors and partners...
Global Learning Forum 2026 is coming soon
On 2-6 February 2026, Healthy Cities for Adolescents is bringing together young people, project teams and city actors from across...
My place, my space: connecting with my territory, Palmira (Caimitos)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** This change began...
How VMC influenced me, Palmira (Caimitos)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** It all began...
Juanito Piquiña, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** Juanito Piquiña was...
It’s never too late for change, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** Once upon a...
Living together over the years, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. *** In 2020, drugs,...
The Guardians of the Parque de la Paz, Cali (Potrero Grande)
The change stories shared by adolescents were translated using Deepl, with no additional editing beyond translation. However, in the case...
Our City. Our Say – Voices shaping the future of cities on World Cities Day
As Urban October comes to a close, adolescents, community members and local officials across six countries of the Healthy Cities...
Adolescents’ voices, leaders’ actions: How Da Nang’s Children’s Council is changing the way cities listen
In Da Nang, Vietnam, adolescents are making their voices count – influencing the decisions that shape their lives and communities....
Shifting power to adolescents in evaluation
The Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA-II) programme is launching a new way to understand change – the Participatory Video Most...
From fear to belonging: How youth reclaimed their city spaces in Colombia
In Colombian cities, young people are transforming unsafe urban environments into vibrant spaces of connection and pride. Through Vivo Mi...
Shift the Status Quo: New Guide on Systems Approaches to Adolescent Health
How can small changes lead to big impact for young people in cities? The new HCA-II guide for practitioners, “Shift...