Poverty puts people at greater risk of getting infected with coronavirus, and also makes them carry the brunt of its economic fallout. 

Existing research on children’s well-being highlights dire risks to children in light of COVID-19 pandemic.

Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, is now present in virtually every country on earth. Each at different stages of the pandemic, there is a sense of foreboding that for many, the worst is yet to come. As the number of cases in fragile contexts begins to rise, we are starting to see the impact this will have on the most vulnerable children in all communities across the world.

The Climate Crisis is pushing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) out of reach - with the poorest children already worst affected.

A staggering 22.7 million children live in poverty or social exclusion across the European Union. That’s one in four children in the EU. This is unacceptable for one of the most prosperous regions in the world.

Nearly two-thirds of children around the world are not protected from the lifelong consequences of poverty.

The July High Level Political Forum provides an opportunity for 47 Governments to showcase their commitment and efforts to end child poverty

In order to make a difference for the poorest children, policy-makers must first understand what differentiates their lives from those of children who are less poor and why they are particularly hard to reach. This blog explores some of the characteristics of extreme poverty, such as shame and stigmatisation, separation of children from their families, lack of civil registration for several reasons, and lack of access to education and health care.

Blog by Janet Nelson, Vice-President, ATD Fourth World

Extreme poverty is a violation of human rights. States are obliged to take actions to alleviate poverty under international human rights law, but how does it translate to concrete actions? ATD Fourth World’s new handbook presents a guide

Blog by MasterCard Scholar Faith Mvula,

“Let youth be set free to dream. Set them free from the idea that they cannot do anything about the way their future turns out”

Expanding cash transfers for children could offer a way to achieving the SDG goals of eradicating extreme child poverty and halving multidimensional child poverty. But does a universal cash grant (UCG), offer an effective way of getting there?

Here are six areas and some key questions that we need to understand better.

Two major studies on global poverty have just come out. The information they provide can help us to assess progress on world leaders’ ambitions to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030

How can we use technology to promote youth employment? Save the Children's skills to Succeed is testing and refining digital solutions.

Dr Agnes Akosua Aidoo,  keynote address at, 'Putting Children First': Identifying Solutions and Taking Action to Tackle Poverty and Inequality in Africa - International Conference 23-25th October 2017, Addis Ababa

Around the world, the shame felt by those enduring extreme economic hardship can become a trap. Only when policymakers grasp that dignity and self-respect are prerequisites in the struggle against privation – rather than outcomes of its alleviation – will the world have a fighting chance to eradicate poverty in all its forms. Read Keetie Roelen's blog.

Reflections from the "Putting Children First" conference. Read blogs from those who were there!

In this blog Christian Oldiges of OPHI reflects on one of the many discussion points of the "Putting Children First" conference, that of the basic but important principle that child poverty is multidimensional in nature. Drawing on real world examples of how governments can easily apply the Alkire-Foster (AF) method to identify multidimensionally poor children and compute Child Multidimensional Poverty Indices (C-MPIs) to guide policy making