Events
Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: A Contradiction in Terms?
Evidence suggests that poverty estimates based on monetary and non-monetary multidimensional measures are often loosely associated and that one measure cannot serve as a proxy for another
Reducing Child Poverty in Serbia
A team of PEP researchers have produced a study analysing data from the 2013 Survey on Income and Living Conditions, conducted by the Statistical Office of Serbia.
Call for Proposals: Child Poverty Conference 2017
The 2017 Child Poverty Conference will be held in Addis Ababa from 23-25 October. This three-day international conference aims to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa, and inspiring action towards change.
The Impact of Child and Youth Work on School Performance in Brazil
A team of local PEP researchers set out to measure the impact of child work on learning outcomes to better understand the consequences of children combining work and study in Brazil.
Youth Find Solutions to #ENDchildpoverty
The Winter Youth Assembly was held on February 2, 2017. Organised by the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty in partnership with UNICEF and hosted at United Nations Headquarters in New York, this three day event placed the voices of youth at the heart of discussions on the most pressing factors affecting child poverty today, and highlight the interdependence and universality of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Feel inspired this International Women's Day
In December last year, Zinester worked with ten girls from Egypt to get their voices heard. Zinester aims to give marginalized groups a voice by teaching them to make DIY magazines and using these ‘Zines’ for social impact and to provide assets for campaigns.
Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty, says joint World Bank Group – UNICEF study
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF
The Painful Reality of Child Poverty: Told by Children.
Child poverty is everyone’s problem having devastating impacts on all societies and economies, be it rich or poor, urban or rural - it affects everyone.
Poverty, illiteracy and early deaths await world’s most disadvantaged children
Millions of children are disadvantaged for no reason other than the circumstances into which they are born. But inequity is not inevitable, nor insurmountable, says a new UNICEF report..
Invest in better social protection for the most disadvantaged children
Low public spending, ineffective social protection policies and programmes are hampering progress for children in CEECIS region
New figures on growing inequality among children in high-income countries
A new UNICEF report presents evidence on how inequality affects children in high-income countries.
Global Coalition hosts event on child poverty and the SDGs
Member States and Coalition highlights new focus on child poverty as part of the SDGs, and discuss national practices.
Multidimensional poverty discussed at UN Side Event
Side Event at UN Statistical Commission discusses multidimensional poverty as an indicator of the SDGs.
Millions of world’s poorest children left behind despite global progress
‘Progress for Children’ report by UNICEF finds poorest children lagging behind in MDGs.
Report Finds 400 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty
World Bank analysis shows finds 400 million children living in extreme poverty.