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2013 ECLAC Report: Social Panorama of Latin America

The 2013 Edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America presents ECLAC official measurements for the analysis of income poverty and seeks fresh approaches to poverty and well-being, placing special emphasis on multidimensional approaches. These approaches are exploratory and therefore not comprehensive. They have nevertheless been tackled in this year’s edition of Social Panorama because […]

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High School Students Reflect on Child Poverty at The New School

On Thursday, March 6, 2014, eight high school students from the United Nations International School were given an opportunity to participate in the inner city outing, “Window into University,” which provided a half-day tour and academic workshop at The New School. The students were a dynamic multinational group of students from China, England, India, […]

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Interview with Francisco H. G. Ferreira, The World Bank

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Lead Economist, the World Bank, explains equity and equality as defined by the World Bank and the progress made in terms of measuring inequalities of opportunities. We find out about the roles of equity in current World Bank lending policies. He further goes on to elaborate what he believes to be […]

Approaches to Equity

Child Poverty

Interview with Nicholas Alipui, UNICEF NY HQ

Nicholas Alipui, Director of Programmes, emphasizes how an equity focus and human rights go hand in hand in programming: UNICEF’s equity approach is the most practical “expression” of a human rights approach to programming for children. In very personal words he talks about his experience and global challenges for UNICEF. Interview conducted in April 2013 […]

Approaches to Equity

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Interview with Alberto Cimadamore, CROP, about child poverty in 2014

Alberto Cimadamore shares his comments and reflections on the upcoming International Seminar to be held in Mexico City, Mexico on February 19-21, 2014. The seminar entitled, “Child Poverty, Public Policy and Democracy,” will be presented in a framework of global academic discussion aimed at developing key inputs for impacting public policy. Alberto Cimadamore is Scientific […]

Approaches to Equity

Child Poverty

Equity for Children’s Comments on the AINA Open Working Group Global E-Consultation on Inequality

In anticipation of the Eighth Session of the UN Open Working Group (3-7 February 2014), AINA hosted a global e-consultation from 16 December, 2013 – 17 January 2014 focused on the ‘Promoting Equality, including Social Equity’ issue brief of the Open Working Group’s Technical Support Team. This brief will be at the centre of the […]

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Equidad para la Infancia América Latina: ‘Poverty and Inequality’

Although some data in recent years shows reducing rates of poverty, there are two major unresolved issues surrounding inequality and equity in the Latin America region. Firstly, it is necessary to focus on achieving greater equity for all, taking into account societal inclusions faced by new generations. With current development models, certain populations are experiencing […]

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Child Poverty

EFC Talks with Jessica Espey

In this EFC Talks, we speak to Jessica Espey, Senior Research and Policy Advisor at Save the Children UK. Jessica elaborates on the importance of equity for children and discusses her professional responsibilities, which help attain equity and equality for children. She also reflects upon the importance of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) dialogue and […]

Approaches to Equity

Child Poverty

‘Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving’

An interactive website for comparative data on child rights related laws and public policies Children’s Chances (www.childrenschances.org), launched in February 2013 by the World Policy Analysis Centre, is a comprehensive online database based on the Jody Heymann’s most recent publication, “Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving” (2013). The website contains never-before-available […]

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UNICEF and ECLAC present: Guide to Estimating Child Poverty

Having reliable and regular measurements of child poverty is essential to designing and implementing public policies aimed at overcoming it. The study Child Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC-UNICEF 2010), in which child poverty was measured with a multidimensional approach based on children’s rights in the countries of the region, shows that about 45% of […]

Approaches to Equity

Child Poverty

Why is Equity Important for Children?

Children represent more than one third of the world’s total population and nearly half of the population in the least developed countries. In the developing world, most of the poor are children. They are massive victims of war, social and family violence. They are orphaned by HIV/AIDS, sexually exploited and raped. They do not have […]

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Factual Clarification Note for Chapters 4 and 5 of ‘Global Child Poverty and Well-Being’

Available for Download: Factual clarification note and chapters 4 and 5 It has been brought to our attention that the recently published ‘Global Child Poverty and Well-Being’ (Minujin & Nandy, 2012) has opened a discussion regarding factual clarifications on measuring child poverty. A note has been prepared by Sabina Alkire and Jose Manuel Roche, both contributors to […]

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Children's Rights

2013 ECLAC Report: Social Panorama of Latin America

High School Students Reflect on Child Poverty at The New School

Interview with Francisco H. G. Ferreira, The World Bank

Interview with Nicholas Alipui, UNICEF NY HQ

Interview with Alberto Cimadamore, CROP, about child poverty in 2014

Equity for Children’s Comments on the AINA Open Working Group Global E-Consultation on Inequality

Equidad para la Infancia América Latina: ‘Poverty and Inequality’

EFC Talks with Jessica Espey

‘Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving’

UNICEF and ECLAC present: Guide to Estimating Child Poverty

Why is Equity Important for Children?

Factual Clarification Note for Chapters 4 and 5 of ‘Global Child Poverty and Well-Being’

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