Child-Friendly Cities Initiative Quiz

Learn about the Child-Friendly Cities Initiatives (CFCI) and take the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative Quiz

We have structured this section as a quiz so that you can focus on the parts that we have identified as the most useful aspects of Child Friendly Cities Initiative. The purpose isn’t to test your understanding, but to help you deepen your background knowledge on CFCIs and to build a shared understanding of this movement. Please take as long as you need to complete this quiz. 

Directions:

To learn about Child-Friendly Cities Initiatives (CFCI), first read through the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative Brochure.

After reading through the brochure, go to this link https://childfriendlycities.org/what-is-the-child-friendly-cities-initiative/. Explore the pages to see what you can learn more about Child-Friendly City Initiatives. Focus your inquiry on the first 4 drop down menus in the “About” tab at the top of the page:

1. Child-Friendly Cities Initiatives
2. What is a child-friendly city?
3. Why build a child-friendly city?
4. Child Rights

We encourage you to leave the page open as you go through the four questions of this quiz! Once you feel that you have explored the page, we encourage you to begin the quiz and complete the questions to focus on the background information we feel will best support you in creating your Child Friendly City Map. 

Finally, it may be helpful to save your answers to the above questions in your google drive for future reference and to share with other partners in your map work not taking the course. Developing the language to discuss UNICEF Child-Friendly City Initiatives will help you as you reach out to community partners and potential sponsors and funders of the map down the road.

Ready? Begin! 

Prompt 1: What is a child-friendly city (CFC)

For this question, visit the What is a Child Friendly City? page from the About drop down list. 

Read UNICEF’s definition of a CFC and the bulleted descriptors below it. In a written format, fill in the blanks and answer the question below.

Write your own definition of a CFC. 

Based on your values, what bulleted descriptors would you include?

Prompt 2: Why build a child-friendly city?

For this question, visit the Why build a child-friendly city? page from the About drop down list. 

On this page, the author lays out seven compelling reasons for putting children first. List below the 3 that you think are the most important. Tell why you chose them.

You can use the following format: 

1. ___________________________because_______________________
2. ___________________________because_______________________
3. ___________________________because_______________________

Prompt 3: Child Rights

For this question, visit the Child Rights page from the About drop down list. 

Read about the 4 key articles of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. Select one country other than the United States with an existing Child Friendly City Initiative and write a paragraph about their initiative below. What excites you? What do you have questions about? What parts of their Initiative would work well in your community?