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Child Poverty

Analyzing UNICEF’s Worldwide Poverty Reduction Efforts

An in-depth study by Equity for Children about UNICEF’s efforts to reduce child poverty globally

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

Children and the Rights to the City

The majority of children in Latin America live in settlements and popular neighborhoods of large cities where they live with high rates of inequality.

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

Resumen ejecutivo: Derecho a la ciudad, espacios públicos e infancias

La pandemia iniciada por la aparición del virus Covid-19 profundizó y evidenció las injusticias territoriales y las desigualdades estructurales que afectan a la mayoría de los niños y las niñas de las ciudades latinoamericanas, tanto en el acceso a la salud y a la educación como a una infraestructura habitacional y urbana dignas (Tuline Gülgönen, […]

Child Poverty

Why do children suffer poverty more frequently than other populations?

According to a research study conducted by Professor Alberto Minujin, monetary poverty in Argentina and non-monetary deprivations increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, having a devastating effect on children.

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

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

Child Poverty

International Day on the Eradication of Poverty

On October 17th, activists, organizations, and 150 children joined to commemorate the 27th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) at the United Nations in New York. This day centers on the need to uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to affirm that poverty is a violation of human rights that must […]

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

The Multiple Experiences of Poverty in the U.S.

“The fight against extreme poverty and social exclusion involves many different actors who occupy different yet unequal positions in society.” -Joseph Wresinski, Founder of ATD Fourth World What does it feel like to live in poverty? Who has the deepest understanding of poverty? Who can better define it? […]

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

Measuring child poverty in Argentina

Equity for Children launched on November 2018, a report that includes, for the first time, non-monetary dimensions to assess child poverty and the wellbeing of children. It was published in partnership with UNICEF, Argentina with two universities. The report reveals that 48 percent of Argentinian children and adolescents are deprived of at least […]

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

Child Poverty in Arab States: Analytical Report of Eleven Countries

Alberto Minujin, Equity for Children’s Executive Director and Associate Director Beatrice Mauger authored a UNICEF report on child poverty in the Arab States. The report demonstrates that multidimensional poverty is a reality in the region, as it is worldwide. Both at the level of the household and at the level of the individual child, multidimensional […]

Children's Rights

Child Poverty

Measuring Multidimensional Childhood Poverty in Latin America — Buenos Aires, Argentina

This seminar, organized by Equity for Children (The New School), UNICEF and the Center for Research in Urban Social Policy (Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero, UNTREF), was attended by international and national experts speaking about key recent proposals to measure multidimensional poverty. Methodological specificities, practical experiences, implementation challenges in Latin American countries, and their implications for […]

Approaches to Equity

Category: Child Poverty

Children's Rights

Analyzing UNICEF’s Worldwide Poverty Reduction Efforts

Children and the Rights to the City

Resumen ejecutivo: Derecho a la ciudad, espacios públicos e infancias

Why do children suffer poverty more frequently than other populations?

Info-graphic: Children living monetary and multidimensional poverty

International Day of the Eradication of Poverty 2020

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

International Day on the Eradication of Poverty

The Multiple Experiences of Poverty in the U.S.

Measuring child poverty in Argentina

Child Poverty in Arab States: Analytical Report of Eleven Countries

Measuring Multidimensional Childhood Poverty in Latin America — Buenos Aires, Argentina

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