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Top pick: Building forward together and ending persistent poverty
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People across the world observed the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with events and initiatives under this year’s theme Building forward together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet. A virtual commemoration, led by ATD Fourth World, brought together international organizations, civil society and governments galvanizing support to eradicate poverty.
On this occasion, the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty launched a new brief analyzing Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) from a child poverty perspective, looking at how countries mention and discuss their efforts to end child poverty, through measurement and policies. Check out the dashboard showcasing country reporting on child poverty indicators on their VNRs and take a look at the Global Coalition’s recent “ Child Poverty: A Call to Tackle its Persistance” briefing paper.
In their statement, Arigatou International emphasized how this year’s theme highlights efforts by communities to build resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling the intergenerational persistence of extreme poverty, and responding to the global challenge of climate change as well as realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
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News highlights and events
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High-level event on child poverty features innovative national solutions
by UNICEF
The Government of Lao PDR and UNICEF organized an event, with participation from Ireland, Montenegro, South Africa and the World Bank, to highlight the unprecedented increase in child poverty and inequality in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, and outline the critical need to accelerate and reinforce global and national commitments for achieving the SDGs, ending extreme poverty and halving multidimensional child poverty. Read more and check out the social media messages.
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Leaders reflect on poverty reduction at the UN General Assembly
by the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network
The Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) co-hosted an online side event at the 76th UN General Assembly yesterday for 19 world leaders and policymakers. In the event, organised by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford, speakers discussed how to envision a more equitable future using Multidimensional Poverty Indices (MPIs) as policy tools. Read more.
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Virtual event brings inclusive and child-sensitive recovery to the fore
by UNICEF
Side event organized by UNICEF within the Civil 20 (C20) Summit, supported by the G20 Finance Track and Development Working Group, highlighted opportunities to promote an inclusive, sustainable, child-sensitive and equitable recovery via public and private finance, with the aim of identifying issues for the forward agenda of the G20. Watch the event recording. Read UNICEF’s call to action.
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Series of webinars looks into COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts on children
by Equidad Para La Infancia
Equidad Para La Infancia organized a series of webinars about Covid-19, children, and the social and economic crisis it has caused in Latin America. Each dialogue was led by a professional journalist and a guest speaker with expertise on a specific field such as pediatrics, nutrition, or epidemiology.
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A virtual dialogue reflects on child and youth rights
by the Institute of Development Studies
Led by a team at Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), the REJUVENATE project aims to re-energise child and youth rights in social justice processes through a growing networks of child rights actors and to further consolidate, evidence and develop the principles. To that end, a virtual dialogue brought together experts in the fields of child rights and children and youth participation. Read more.
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Five project teams selected for support under Climate Change in Africa initiative
by the Partnership for Economic Policy
Five teams of researchers and government officers will benefit from Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) support under the Climate Change in Africa: Impacts and Responses for Women and Girls initiative. Read more.
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High-level representatives exchange experiences on multidimensional poverty measurement
by the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network
Hosted by the Government of Chile, 8th High-Level Annual Meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN) brought together delegations from 35 countries and representatives from 8 international agencies to share their progress with multidimensional poverty measurement and reduction. Read more.
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Report
COVID-19's impact on hunger and education is forcing children into marriage
by World Vision International
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, most experts estimated child marriage would continue for many more decades. Because the pandemic has increased poverty levels and hunger, and decreased access to education, the number of girls at risk of child marriage is increasing.
→Read the report
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Report
Born into the climate crisis: Why we must act now to secure children’s rights
by Save the Children
The threat posed to children and their rights by the climate crisis is not theoretical: it is real, and it is urgent. Save the Children has partnered with an international team of leading climate researchers led by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel to quantify the extent to which children will experience extreme weather events as a manifestation of climate change, the disparities between generations, and the widening inequality between high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
→Access the report
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Research
Effectiveness of cash-plus programmes on early childhood outcomes compared to cash transfers alone
by the University of Oxford
To strengthen the impact of cash transfers, these interventions have begun to be packaged as cash-plus programmes, combining cash with additional transfers, interventions, or services. A recent study observed that cash-plus programmes were more effective than cash transfers alone.
→Read the article
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Report
Sharp rises in food prices push millions in poverty and hunger
by World Vision International
The world is on the brink of a child-malnutrition pandemic. This is due to a perfect storm of sky-rocketing food prices, lower incomes, reduced nutritional services and disrupted food-supply chains as a result of COVID-19, reveals World Vision’s recent report.
→Download the report
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Research
Recent study uncovers the scale of child labour in Bangladesh’s leather industry
by the Institute for Development Studies
New research in Bangladesh reveals striking facts – children as young as seven years old are working in thousands of small businesses across Bangladesh’s leather sector, new research has found. Based on observations of over 150 children working 12-14 hour days, six days a week, it showed they are exposed to dangerous chemicals and at risk of injury.
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Report
Children at the center of the COVID-19 response
by Arigatou International – End Child Poverty
Arigatou International – End Child Poverty has launched its 2020/2021 annual report which largely focuses on its interventions towards putting children at the center of the COVID-19 response. The report details activities towards protecting, empowering, and supporting children in the context of and under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also reports on results, footprints and impacts with regards to; child participation, community mobilization towards ending child poverty, peace building and building partnerships and synergies.
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- Upcoming resources and events by the African Child Policy Forum:
- A High-Level Pan-African Virtual Event on “The Economic Case for Investing in Children and Celebrating Model Practices in Africa”
- Children and Socioeconomic Policies in Ethiopia: National Dialogue Forum on Best Economic Policy Practices
- A Report on The Economic Case for Investing in Children in Africa: Investing in Our Common Future
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The Global Coalition to End Child Poverty is a global initiative to raise awareness about children living in poverty across the world and support global and national action to alleviate it as outlined by SDG Goal 1: No Poverty. Our members work together as part of the Coalition, as well as individually, to achieve a world where all children grow up free from poverty, deprivation and exclusion.
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