TY - JOUR T1 - Voices of youth in the time of COVID-19 JF - BMJ Paediatrics Open JO - BMJ Paediatrics Open DO - 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001265 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - e001265 AU - Jeffrey Goldhagen AU - Imti Choonara AU - Nick Spencer Y1 - 2021/10/01 UR - http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/5/1/e001265.abstract N2 - It is with great pleasure and anticipation that we launch this joint initiative between BMJPO (British Medical Journal Paediatrics Open) and ISSOP (International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health) to capture the voices of children and youth in the era of COVID-19. For more than 30 years, the rights of young people to have a voice and be listened to have been established in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.1 In many respects, we have only recently begun to understand the importance, relevance, and power of their voices to change the discourse and trajectory of public opinion and policy. The response to the climate crisis, accelerated by the passion and influence of children and youth, is perhaps the most recent and profound example.And now, the world is faced with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic—no single demographic has been impacted more than children and young people—directly to a degree, but indirectly to an extent we are only beginning to understand and document. Thus, it is crucial that we hear from children and young people and engage them in our global efforts to mitigate the effects of the pandemic.In response to this imperative, ISSOP, jointly with the International Network for Research … ER -