Children's Rights Archives - Equity for Children

Child Poverty

Eradicating Poverty, Particularly Among Children and Women: Facing Systemic Challenges in a New Way

Discover how Equity for Children is championing the fight against child and women poverty. Our Executive Director, Alberto Minujin, presented groundbreaking insights at the recent UN Expert Group Meeting. Dive into his innovative strategies and join us in our mission to build a world without poverty.

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Child Poverty

Exploring New Perspectives on Poverty Eradication and Social Justice: Bristol Poverty Institute Conference: Poverty and Social Justice in a Post-COVID World

Join us at the BPI Conference 2024 to delve into the critical issues of poverty and social justice in a post-COVID world. This two-day hybrid event, featuring Equity for Children's Executive Director Alberto Minujin, will bring together experts from various sectors to explore innovative solutions for improving the lives of those affected by poverty.

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Voice & participation

Participation in public spaces: a right of childhood.

Five innovative experiences of design and participation in public spaces in Latin America carried out by Equity for Children for the ARCOR Foundation.

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Publications

Impact Report 2023

Equity for Children’s is dedicated to improving child well-being worldwide by: Generating and disseminating knowledge about child poverty. Leading local projects that address child poverty and urban inequality. Advocating for increased voice and participation from children, adolescents, and their families

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Publications

Human Rights and Social Policies for Children and Women: The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Practice

A joint publication of Equity for Children’s Executive Director Alberto Minujin and UNICEF that monitors progress toward Sustainable Development Goals, offering a crucial data tool that goes beyond income measures, capturing a comprehensive view of child well-being through topics like immunization, nutrition, and education.

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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

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Uncategorized

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 […]

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Uncategorized

Book Launch: Leaving No Child and No Adolescent Behind

The future of our world over the next decade is being shaped by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that seek to uphold children’s wellbeing and, by their call to leave no one behind and to reach the furthest behind first, shine a spotlight on the world’s most vulnerable populations including children and adolescents living in […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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