Category: Child Poverty

In this short interview, Samantha Cocco-Klein, Equity for Children Senior Advisor, highlights key takeaways of the Urban Inequities and Children Conference Report entitled, Addressing Urban Inequities and Childhood: Advancing the Agenda for Children and Cities: Download the conference report here. Watch the conference videos here.    

Florencia Lopez Boo, Senior Social Protection Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, discusses early childhood equity and access to public services for the youngest children in Latin American cities.  Watch the interview below:

In an interview with Equity for Children during the Urban Inequities and Children Conference last April, Mariana Alegre, Director of Cómo Vamos Lima, discussed key challenges in creating more inclusive cities through urban design.  Alegre also highlighted the importance of leveraging evidence to drive urban policy. Watch the interview below: Find out more about the Urban Inequities and Children Conference here. Watch the videos […]

In an interview with Equity for Children, Michael Feigelson, Executive Director of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, discusses ways to include children in the urban agenda and some of the Foundation’s challenges in doing so. Watch the interview below: The Bernard van Leer Foundation works closely with a wide range of innovators and researchers to find better ways to […]

Equity for Children interviewed Amanda Cronin, iMatter Youth Council Member, about her role as a youth activist. In this interview, Amanda provides advice for young people looking to get involved in the fight against climate change. Watch the interview below:    

Watch our interview of Benita Miller, Executive Director, NYC Children’s Cabinet, at the launch of the Growing Up NYC Policy Framework on November 22, 2016 at The New School. Miller discusses the innovative aspects of the framework and next steps.  

Equity for Children interviewed Alex Loznak, Youth Activist at Our Children’s Trust, about the links between climate change and youth engagement. In this interview, Loznak explains his role as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government of the United States to demand a science-based climate change recovery plan. Watch the interview below:   Watch […]

In November 2015, Equity for Children launched a new programmatic area on Climate Change, Children and Young People. This initiative examines the complex relationship between climate change, inequality and children’s / adolescents’ resilience. Climate change disproportionately affects poor children.  We seek a better understanding of this problem in order to develop solutions. This thematic area provides a […]