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Urban inequalities

Mexican Municipalities Take Steps Towards Stronger Collaboration on Child Rights

The 25th Convention of the Mexican Child-Friendly Cities Network (RMCAN) [1], attended by Equidad para la Infancia América Latina, was the setting for the presentation of a number of practical initiatives aimed at improving coordination among various Mexican municipalities, in order to build institutional capacity and strengthen action to safeguard local children’s rights. One of […]

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Urban inequalities

Between Measurement and Action: Debates on Child Wellbeing — Tucuman, Argentina

This two-day conference, held on September 4 and 5 in Tucuman, Argentina, was organized in partnership with UNICEF and the Argentine Secretariat of Public Management and Planning. The seminar featured a presentation by our Executive Director, Alberto Minujin. Background Briefing Note (September 4, 2017) Currently, the total global population living in urban areas reaches 54%, […]

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Urban inequalities

‘Approaches to Equity’ Overview

What is equity and why does it matter for children living in poverty? We want to help you in your work to promote equity for children and to enhance children’s rights. “Approaches to Equity” offers a unique overview of perspectives from leading voices on the topic –international organizations, foundations and research institutions. You […]

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Child Poverty

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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Impact of International Monetary Fund programs on child health

This publication was co-authored by Adel Daoud, Elias Nosrati, Bernhard Reinsberg, Alexander E. Kentikelenis, Thomas H. Stubbs, and Lawrence P. King. The study adds to the state of the art by analyzing the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs on children’s health, mediated by their parents’ education. It is the first to combine macrodata and microdata to address this issue […]

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Voice & participation

“Yes! I Love to Learn”: Education in Children’s Own Words

ATD Fourth World, an Equity for Children partner within the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, recently published, Yes! I love to Learn. This book is a compilation of messages from children about their learning experiences. Although learning is an essential part of their daily lives, many factors impede this process. The children, who come from different […]

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Voice & participation

How to Ensure Children Everywhere Enjoy the ‘Urban Advantage’

Through the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda, countries have committed to ending children’s unequal access to basic services. Yet delivering on this pledge will require a deep shift in how we plan and govern cities. Over a billion children today live in cities and towns, a number set to rise as the world continues to urbanize. […]

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Child Poverty

“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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Urban inequalities

Release of the Urban Inequities and Children Conference Report

This publication, Addressing Urban Inequities and Childhood: Advancing the Agenda for Children and Cities, is based upon conversations and discussions held at Equity for Children’s April 2016 Urban Inequities and Children Conference at The New School in New York City. During the two-day event, nearly 100 international researchers, government representatives, foundations, advocates and practitioners deliberated about […]

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Urban inequalities

“Child Poverty: What drives it and what it means to children across the world”, A Recent Publication by Save the Children

This report from our Coalition to End Child Poverty Partner, Save the Children, takes a look into the lives of children living in poverty in key countries around the world, highlighting what drives child poverty and why it persists, even in some of the world’s richest economies. Children around the world speak movingly about the pain they feel […]

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Monitoring Childhood Inequities in Lima, Peru and Recife, Brazil

Since 2013, Equity for Children has been working in partnership with various other organizations to develop an initiative on measuring and monitoring wellbeing and quality of life among children in several Latin American cities. As part of this project, we carried out a series of assessments in Recife, Brazil and Lima, Peru during the first half of […]

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Voice & participation

“Second Biennial Conference on Childhood and Youth”, November 2016 — Manizales, Colombia

On November 10, 2016, Equity for Children Executive Director Alberto Minujin will give the keynote address for the Second Latin American Biennial on Childhood and Youth: Democratic Change, Social Justice and Peace Processes. This Biennial, which will take place from November 7 to 11, 2016, is led by the University of Manizales, the Centre International Foundation for Education and […]

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