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Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Childhood Poverty on Segregation in Chicago and Newark Schools

Introduction The issue of poverty in the American school system is not a new one. Public schools have traditionally had to grapple with the issues of how to address childhood poverty in the context of limited state and federal resources.[i] The addition of charter schools via the school choice program[ii] has led to further […]

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Interview with Vanessa Kamashara, UN Annual Winter Youth Assembly Participant

Learn about Vanessa Kamashara’s experience as a refugee in The Congo. Vanessa expresses her thoughts about ways she and her peers can help end childhood poverty and improve child well-being. Click here to find out more about the UN Annual Winter Youth Assembly.

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Interview with Benita Miller, Executive Director, NYC Children’s Cabinet

In an interview with Equity for Children, Benita Miller, Executive Director of the New York City Children’s Cabinet, discusses the Cabinet’s work, challenges and impact in alleviating the burdens of poverty and inequality for families. Created in 2015, the Cabinet promotes collaboration among city agencies on issues of child safety and wellbeing. It develops opportunities for service providers to leverage each […]

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Alberto Minujin Gives Keynote Address at Child Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa Conference

The first ever conference on child poverty in the Middle East and North Africa, took place from May 15-17, 2017 in Rabat, Morocco. Hosted by UNICEF, the Moroccan National Observatory for Human Development (ONDH), the Moroccan Ministry of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development, and the Moroccan National Observatory on Child Rights, the conference brought together […]

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A World Free from Child Poverty: A Guide to the Task to Achieve the Vision

As part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), world leaders have committed to end extreme poverty by 2030, and to half the number of children living in poverty in all its dimensions, everywhere. A world in which no child grows up in poverty and every child can fulfill their potential would be a different world. […]

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“Putting children first” Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The international conference “Putting Children First – Identifying solutions and taking action to tackle poverty and inequality in Africa”, will be held on October 23-25, 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event will be co-hosted by Equity for Children partners, the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty […]

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Interview with Paul Forbes, Expanded Success Initiative

Watch our interview of Paul Forbes, Director, Expanded Success Initiative, NYC Department of Education, at the launch of the Growing Up NYC Policy Framework on November 22, 2016 at The New School. Forbes discusses programs that focus on supporting and improving the well-being of young Black and Latino men in NYC.

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#ENDchildpoverty as Part of the SDGs: Empowering Youth

On Thursday, February 2, 2017, Equity for Children Associate Director, Beatrice Mauger, participated in a workshop entitled #ENDchildpoverty, at the 19th Annual Winter Youth Assembly, a three day event from February 1-3 that brought together young leaders, government representatives, and civil society organizations at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event was organized by the Global […]

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Child Poverty, Youth (Un)Employment, and Social Inclusion

Worldwide child and youth poverty remain the biggest barriers to achieving a better life in adulthood. Progress in lifting children out of poverty in the last decades has been slow and limited in the developing world, while the recent global economic crisis has exacerbated child poverty, youth unemployment, and social exclusion in many developed countries. […]

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“The Global Child Poverty Challenge: In search of solutions”

Children are the most vulnerable people in the world – but rarely has the impact of poverty on children been addressed as an urgent issue in its own right. A new book, edited by Richard Morgan, Director, Child Poverty Global Initiative at Save the Children, provides essential reading for all those working on social protection and poverty reduction […]

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Interview with Jeremy Kohomban, Children’s Village

Watch the interview of Jeremy C. Kohomban, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Children’s Village, at the launch of the Growing Up NYC Policy Framework on November 22, 2016 at The New School. Dr. Kohomban discusses the new framework and highlights key issues that must become front and center in designing policy affecting youth. […]

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Child Poverty

Interview with Alberto Cimadamore, CROP, University of Bergen, Norway

Watch the Equity for Children interview of Alberto Cimadamore, Scientific Director, Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), University of Bergen, Norway, discussing takeaways from the Urban Inequities and Children Conference and ways to address child poverty in cities. Find out more about the Urban Inequities and Children Conference here. Read the Conference Report and its five recommendations […]

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Children's Rights

Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Childhood Poverty on Segregation in Chicago and Newark Schools

Interview with Vanessa Kamashara, UN Annual Winter Youth Assembly Participant

Interview with Benita Miller, Executive Director, NYC Children’s Cabinet

Alberto Minujin Gives Keynote Address at Child Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa Conference

A World Free from Child Poverty: A Guide to the Task to Achieve the Vision

“Putting children first” Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Interview with Paul Forbes, Expanded Success Initiative

#ENDchildpoverty as Part of the SDGs: Empowering Youth

Child Poverty, Youth (Un)Employment, and Social Inclusion

“The Global Child Poverty Challenge: In search of solutions”

Interview with Jeremy Kohomban, Children’s Village

Interview with Alberto Cimadamore, CROP, University of Bergen, Norway

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