Latest news, updates, publications and events on child poverty research, policies and programming     

DECEMBER 2020
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Dear readers,

Our November issue presents a number of fresh analysis and publications on child poverty, and exciting new initiatives to support children living in poverty. This is welcome news amidst the unprecedented economic crisis we're experiencing, which is hitting the most vulnerable populations particularly hard. Many of the Coalition members commemorated the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Oct 17th, highlighting the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on poor children, and the need for urgent and concerted actions, namely in social protection and social services. Please read below the details and links to these updates.

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** Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty: An Update
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New analysis by UNICEF and World Bank estimates that 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 crisis. The number of children living in extreme poverty decreased moderately between 2013 and 2017, but progress made in recent years is concerningly slow-paced, unequally distributed, and at risk due to the economic impact of the pandemic. →Read the report ([link removed])


** Are countries committed to ending child poverty by 2030? A review of VNR reports from 2017 to 2020
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Ending poverty in all its forms for everyone, including for children, is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted five years ago by the global community. Voluntary National Reviews ([link removed]) (VNRs) is one of the key mechanisms to assess progress on Agenda 2030. This Coalition brief is the second annual analysis of the VNRs from a child poverty perspective, looking at how countries mention and discuss their efforts to end child poverty, through measurement and policies. Among the 179 VNRs presented in the past four years, less than a third reported on monetary child poverty rate, and only 22 reported on multidimensional child poverty rate in their countries. →Read the briefing note ([link removed]) and summary two-pager ([link removed])


** A Foundation to End Child Poverty: How universal child benefits can build a fairer, more inclusive and resilient future
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Children from all walks of life have suffered immensely from the COVID-19 outbreak; to avoid the huge rise in poverty levels from failing an entire generation of children, the report is calling on governments and donors to urgently scale up regular, financial support to families, over time delivering on every child’s right to an adequate income and build towards Universal Child Benefits. → Read the report ([link removed])


** The 6th African Report on Child Wellbeing
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African Child Policy Forum's flagship report ([link removed]) finds that girls living in Africa today are more likely to be victims of trafficking, sexual abuse, and labour exploitation, more likely to get married much younger and/or experience FGM than girls anywhere else, and likely to be poorer than boys. The report assesses the performance of African governments in fulfilling their obligations to girls using a robust statistical framework – The Girl-Friendliness Index (GFI). → Read the report ([link removed])
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Mapping of COVID-19 child poverty analysis and socioeconomic impact assessments
by UNICEF

Timely, quality and context-specific assessments are critical to understand the scale and scope of the COVID-19 crisis, and to inform national policies and programmes to reach the most vulnerable children. Working closely with UN partners, international financial institutions and civil society organizations, UNICEF supports child poverty analysis and socio-economic assessments in over 100 countries across all regions.

Check out the living list ([link removed]) of published and upcoming reports that present preliminary findings from regions and countries.

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Report
COVID-19: A catastrophe for children in sub-Saharan Africa
by UNICEF

This report investigates how COVID-19 and other shocks have impacted child well-being in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during 2020 and the potential role of cash transfers and external resources to help children and economies.

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Report
A lifeline at risk: COVID-19, remittances and children.
by UNICEF

Remittances are a key support for millions of families and children around the world. What are the potential risks of decline in remittances due to COVID-19 for children, and what can be done to minimize these risks? Featuring case studies from Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Canada and Brazil.

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Phone survey
COVID-19: poorest young people in developing countries hit by deepening inequalities and falling well-being
by Young Lives

Since 2001, Young Lives ([link removed]) (http://) research programme at Oxford University has followed the lives of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam. Using an innovative new phone survey, the project has continued to follow these young people (now aged 19 and 26), during the pandemic, to better understand how COVID-19 and associated national policies have affected their lives. . → Read more ([link removed])

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COVID-19 Poverty Monitor
by ODI-CPAN

How is COVID-19 impacting the poorest and those at risk of impoverishment? What policies are needed to address the negative social and economic impacts of the pandemic?

CPAN’s new poverty monitoring initiative combines interviews with people living in or near poverty in Kenya and Nepal, well-evidenced analysis and perspectives from leading experts to provide a full picture of the measures needed to support those most adversely affected. → Discover more ([link removed])

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Policy briefs
Adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 and the public health response
by ODI-GAGE

COVID-19 has rapidly disrupted the lives of individuals across the globe. While the direct health effects are largely concentrated among the elderly, the virus will almost certainly have multidimensional effects on young people’s wellbeing in both the short- and long-term. This fact sheet is part of a cross country series designed to share emerging findings in real-time from quantitative interviews with adolescents in the context of COVID-19. → Browse the policy briefs ([link removed])

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Report
UNICEF’s social protection response to COVID-19
by UNICEF

COVID-19 is having a devastating impact on children and their families. Social protection is playing a crucial role in the response, with countries expanding their social protection coverage and expanding national cash transfer programmes. This report highlights UNICEF’s role in supporting governments with both the immediate response and longer-term recovery, outlines key areas of expertise in social protection and country examples covering the range of UNICEF's work across all regions. → Download the report ([link removed])

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Working Paper
Children’s Engagement with Exploitative Work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
by IDS

The CLARISSA programme at IDS aims to find innovative solutions for reducing the worst forms of child labour. As part of this programme, Terre des Hommes in Bangladesh and IDS will implement a ‘cash plus’ pilot in slum areas in Dhaka. This paper provides a background study.

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Growing up in lockdown: Europe’s children in the age of COVID-19
by EuroChild

The report compiles information gathered from 25 countries across Europe, and provides recommendations for improving public policies in the short and long-term to support better outcomes for children and families. The assessment is accompanied by reflections on the 2020 European Semester.
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Case study
Strengthening Livelihoods and preventing child marriage in times of COVID-19
by World Vision International

Millions of parents and caregivers have lost income and jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the sudden economic shock has forced many households to expose children to harmful and dangerous practices, such as begging or child marriage. This series of case studies on Savings for Transformation groups demonstrates how this common livelihoods-strengthening intervention can also support efforts to end child marriage.
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Report
Analysis of Child-Sensitive Social Protection in Malawi
by Save the Children

About 60 percent of the children in Malawi are multi-dimensionally poor. Child-sensitive social protection (CSSP) can help to tackle, at scale, a wide range of childhood deprivations among the most deprived and marginalised. The analysis shines a light on the implications of the social protection system for children and provides recommendations to make the sector more child-sensitive. → Read the analysis ([link removed])

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Webinar paper
Securing the Recovery, Ambition, and Resilience for the Well-being of Children in the post-COVID-19 Decade
by OECD

The document details the critical challenges for the well-being of children in OECD countries in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and lays out the foundations of a Framework for Achieving the Well-Being of Children in the post-COVID-19 Decade to ensure that children are put at the centre of efforts to build back better.

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Let’s convert unpayable debt into investments for children
By Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director and Kevin Watkins, Save the Children UK CEO

The COVID-19 pandemic has created perfect storm conditions for a new debt crisis across large parts of the developing world. Economic growth has slowed, export revenues have declined, currencies are depreciating, and reserves are shrinking. Faced with a crisis of this order of magnitude, children — not creditors — should have first claim on national budget resources.

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The impact of COVID-19 on children in Africa: a thorn in the flesh
by Angeline Munzara, World Vision International, in partnership with Bristol Poverty Institute and Poverty Unpacked

The COVID-19 outbreak is like a double-edged sword to a poor African child, piercing through bone and marrow. Even before the pandemic, children in sub-Saharan Africa were disproportionately affected by poverty. As we look into COVID-19 Recovery Responses, integrated and sustainable solutions are required. → Read the blog ([link removed])

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Poverty: Robbing girls of their life choices
by Richard Rumsey, World Vision International

Child marriage is most often a choice poor parents are forced to make in order to survive in crises like COVID-19. To bridge the gap, World Vision is being innovative. Savings Groups is one tool that can be used to economically empower women and girls in crises such as COVID-19 in order to give them back their freedom to make life choices. → Read the blog ([link removed])


** International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Commemoration
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ATD Fourth World and UN partners, with the support of the Permanent Missions of France and Burkina Faso to the UN, hosted a digital commemoration for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Watch the commemoration ([link removed] ) and read the message ([link removed] ) from Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, ATD Fourth World Director.
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Together We Can End Child Poverty Worldwide
by Arigatou International

Arigatou International organized an online dialogue "Together We Can End Child Poverty ", aimed at highlighting community solutions to overcoming child poverty. The event featured perspectives of various stakeholders – including children, faith actors, policy advocates and civil society.

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#FirstYearsFirstPriority: A fair start for every child in Europe
by EuroChild

On December 15, Eurochild and the International Step by Step Association (ISSA) are launching a Europe-wide campaign First Years First Priority, aiming to build a strong community of ECD advocates at the EU and national level to ensure ECD stays high on the political agenda. The campaign will prioritize children from birth to 6 years old, with special attention on the first 1,000 days of the child’s life, and also focusing on the most vulnerable children (including those living in poverty). → Learn more ([link removed])

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Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) launched
by OECD

OECD has established a new Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE), which includes a Child Well-Being Unit. WISE will generate new data and solutions to improve people’s well-being and reduce inequalities. For more information on WISE and its mission, visit here. ([link removed])

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European Commission and UNICEF launch pilot programme in 7 Member States to break the cycle of child poverty and social exclusion
by UNICEF

Nearly one-quarter of Europe’s children remain at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The European Commission and UNICEF announced the start of a pilot programme to address the issue. The “Child Guarantee” pilot programme, to be implemented in seven Member States, will undertake innovative approaches for prioritizing children in national budgets and planning processes to tackle child poverty and social exclusion. → Find out more ([link removed])

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Joining Forces hosts a global forum on children’s right to be heard
by ChildFund Alliance

The Joining Forces alliance (ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages, Terre des Hommes, World Vision) hosted a global forum on 20 November, to elevate children’s voices on Universal Children’s Day. → Find out more ([link removed])

WEBINARS
* #PuttingChildrenFirst ([link removed]) : Eurochild, in partnership with its national members hosted webinar series to bring a children’s rights perspective to Europe’s recovery. The series was organised to coincide with 20th November World Children’s Day which marks the 31st anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

ONLINE COURSE
* The Centre for Social Protection at IDS, in collaboration with Irish Aid, launched a free, online course that provides a basic introduction to social protection. . → Start Learning ([link removed])
* Technical Academy | World Vision International (wvi.org): ([link removed]) Check out World Vision's online training courses on Livelihoods programming, now available to non-WV development practitioners.

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