Luis, Author at Equity for Children

Publications

South American Children’s Quality of Life: Intra-Urban Disparities along Life-Cycle Indicators

By 2015, 80% of the population in South America was living in urban areas. Although children in urban areas, on average, enjoy better conditions than children in rural areas, millions of urban children struggle to overcome poverty. There is no urban advantage in terms of Quality of Life for them. In this context, understanding the […]

Children's Rights

Publications

Remember Equity for Children on Giving Tuesday!

Equity for Children has stepped up on many fronts to address the way in which COVID-19 impacts children in poverty. Most recently: We are developing a Network of local NGOs and activists to leverage advocacy to a whole different level, working in synergy to mobilize for the most disadvantaged children and family. There is much to be […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

High Level Political Forum Official Side Event

The role of child-sensitive social protection in the sustainable andresilient recovery from COVID-19. The event will facilitate an engaging debate around Child-Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) and engage children and young people in the discussion. Child poverty has sky-rocketed as a result of COVID-19, inflicting devastating damage on children’s development and undermining the realization of their […]

Approaches to Equity

Child Poverty

Info-graphic: Children living monetary and multidimensional poverty

The COVID 19 pandemic has significantly increased the monetary and multidimensional child poverty rates across several developing countries. The data investigated by UNICEF shows how 1 in 6 children worldwide are struggling to survive as a result of monetary circumstances. And it was predicted that in 2020, there would be a large increase in multidimensional […]

Monitoring and Evaluation

Urban inequalities

World Health Day

On this World Health Day 2021, we still find ourselves facing the global COVID 19 pandemic. There have been approximately 131,487,572 confirmed cases and 2,857,702 reported deaths worldwide. In comparison to last year’s World Health Day 2020, which took place during the most prominent months of COVID 19, there’s a breakthrough in 2021. Advancements of […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

Impact Report 2020

Equity for Children’s Impact Report 2020 is now available for download.

Approaches to Equity

Voice & participation

World Children’s Day November 20th, 2020

Every November 20th, we come together to celebrate World Children’s Day. This is in commemoration to the UN General Assembly Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention of the Rights of the Child ratified in 1989. These human rights treaties are the most widely ratified in history. These are the […]

Children's Rights

Voice & participation

Equity for Children’s In First Person Video Presented to United Nations Secretary-General at the High Level Consultation

“Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond” On Monday, November 2, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Ambassadors and State Representatives from around the world viewed an Equity for Children In First Person video that was presented at a United Nations event entitled: “Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”. Discussants from civil society organizations met with the UN Secretary-General […]

Approaches to Equity

Child Poverty

International Day of the Eradication of Poverty 2020

Millions of children have been pushed into poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and the poorest are getting poorer. Now is the time to rapidly expand social protection systems, to mitigate the impact of the crisis on children. 1 in 5 children globally are struggling to survive on less than $1.90 a day. Addressing […]

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

At The Bottom Again: Child Wellbeing In The U.S.

by Equity for Children’s Senior Advisor, Samantha Cocco-Klein 9/14/2020 The latest UNICEF report on child wellbeing in rich countries is out – Worlds of Influence – and once again the U.S. is ranked at the bottom. The U.S comes in 36th out of 38, scoring low across all three dimensions of child wellbeing: mental health, physical health and […]

Approaches to Equity

Urban inequalities

Hidden Impact of Covid-19 on Children and Families

Findings of the global survey Save the Children carried out to understand the true impact that COVID-19 has had on children and their families, capturing the voices of over 25,000 children, parents and caregivers from 37 countries. The survey, which is disaggregated by gender and disability, is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Key results can be found in […]

Monitoring and Evaluation

Urban inequalities

COVID-19 and Education: Opening Schools for All Children

Organized by Equity for Children and the Arcor Foundation, this webinar delves into educational inequities and the importance of opening schools. More than 100 people across North and South America attended.

Approaches to Equity

Author: Luis

Children's Rights

South American Children’s Quality of Life: Intra-Urban Disparities along Life-Cycle Indicators

Remember Equity for Children on Giving Tuesday!

High Level Political Forum Official Side Event

Info-graphic: Children living monetary and multidimensional poverty

World Health Day

Impact Report 2020

World Children’s Day November 20th, 2020

Equity for Children’s In First Person Video Presented to United Nations Secretary-General at the High Level Consultation

International Day of the Eradication of Poverty 2020

At The Bottom Again: Child Wellbeing In The U.S.

Hidden Impact of Covid-19 on Children and Families

COVID-19 and Education: Opening Schools for All Children

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