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Two European policies present a unique opportunity for every child to thrive
By Eurochild
On 5 July the European Parliament adopted an important Resolution ‘Towards a Common European Action on Care’. The Resolution calls for a rights-based and person-centered approach to care and caregiving and for “more investment in high-quality public care for every child in the EU”. This showcases the European Parliament’s clear call for greater ambition to ensure access to quality care for every child in the EU, including those under the age of three and especially those facing poverty, social exclusion, and discrimination. Read more.
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Millions failing to access social protection entitlements
By the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Social protection is an investment that societies make to enhance resilience against shocks, create an inclusive economy, and achieve multiplier effects for the realization of human rights. Despite its potential, however, social protection benefits often go unused even though they are designed to protect individuals throughout their lives, a phenomenon known as “non-take-up” affecting millions around the world. It results in a waste of public resources, and it significantly undermines the effectiveness of social protection in reducing poverty and inequalities. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights recently presented a new report on the non-take-up of rights in the context of social protection. Read more.
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News highlights and events
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Projecting to 2030 – Exploring the UK’s role in eradicating extreme poverty
By Brac UK
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Extreme Poverty held a hybrid event exploring the UK’s role in eradicating extreme poverty on Wednesday 20 July 2022 in the UK Parliament, London. This event examined what the UK government needs to do to re-prioritize the world’s poorest people and achieve the SDG target of ending extreme poverty by 2030. Participants included Stefan Dercon; Professor of Economic Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and Kate Hampton; CEO, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, chaired by Chris Law MP, Chair of APPG on Extreme Poverty.
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All Out to End Child Poverty – Looking back, Forging ahead
By Arigatou International
16 June 2022 marked the commencement of the ‘All Out to End Child Poverty – Looking back, forging ahead’ campaign, commemorating 10 years of Arigatou International’s Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty. The event took stock of the milestones, challenges, and emerging trends in child poverty over the last 10 years. The discussions were shaped through conversations between children and adults including faith leaders, academia, and researchers. Children shared their views on poverty and called on leaders and policymakers to put in more effort to respond to child poverty. Read more.
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Fighting child poverty - challenges and opportunities
By Eurochild
Eurochild participated in Early Childhood Ireland's event “ECEC Exchange” with a video message in which Jana Hainsworth, Eurochild Secretary General, explains the work that is needed to break the cycle of disadvantage for children and families in vulnerable situations. Watch the video message.
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Ending poverty through achieving quality education for all
By the International Movement ATD Fourth World and Arigatou International
The International Movement ATD Fourth World and Arigatou International organized a side event entitled "Ending poverty through achieving quality education for all," on 5 July 2022. This side event was organized as part of the 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) which focuses on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on quality education and interlinkages with other SDGs. The discussions focused on how discrimination on grounds of poverty perpetuates unequal access to quality education, transforming education, children’s vision, and country-level practices. Check out the event recording and the concept note for more.
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ATD Fourth World took the floor at the High-level Political Forum
By the International Movement ATD Fourth World
Victoria Huallpa Mamani, a member of ATD Fourth World in El Alto, Bolivia took the floor at one of the official panels of the High-Level Political Forum. She is co-responsible for the education program in Urkupiña, Bolivia, a marginalized neighborhood of the city in which ATD Fourth World has been working for more than 20 years. The program offers personalized support to girls and boys to allow them to experience success and confidence at school and creates spaces for dialogue to accompany mothers in their ambitions for their daughters and sons. Since 2020, she has participated in the regional project "Finding the way back to school". Read more about the panel and check out her statement (in Spanish).
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Children’s Rights Alliance launches new child poverty monitor
By Eurochild
Children’s Rights Alliance, a national partner network of Eurochild in Ireland, launched their child poverty monitor – a new annual publication that will document, analyze, and report on child poverty. The monitor will track government progress on reducing the number of children living in poverty, showcase best practice solutions, and spotlight key areas of concern across several issues including, adequate income, food poverty, early childhood education, and care, education, health, housing and homelessness as well as play, culture, and participation. Read more.
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The violence prevention dividend: Why preventing violence against children makes economic sense
By ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, World Vision, and UNICEF
On the margins of the High-Level Political Forum, ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, World Vision, UNICEF, the Office of the Special Representative on Violence against Children launched “The Violence Prevention Dividend” policy brief. The brief shows how investment in evidence-based violence prevention programmes can avert the economic costs of violence as well as remove a critical barrier to children achieving their health, educational and economic development potential.
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Three lessons to accelerate inclusion and women’s economic empowerment outcomes in market system development programs
By World Vision International
For a market system to be healthy, it needs to be inclusive and integrate as many varied parts of society as possible. Through the participation of diverse people in a market system, the system can more effectively adapt and innovate in response to various threats and opportunities. This blog presents World Vision’s efforts to improve the inclusivity of market systems with a specific focus on women’s participation. Read more.
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Economics of child wellbeing
By PEP
Economic analysis can provide a rich and varied understanding of many key aspects of child well-being. The videos in this course cover measuring and characterizing the well-being of children in monetary and multidimensional terms and explore the nature, causes, and consequences of specific dimensions of child well-being such as schooling, labour, nutrition, and health. Learn more about the economics of child Well-being through PEP’s newest online learning videos, available for free YouTube.
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Reports
The latest national child poverty analysis
By UNICEF
Explore the compilation of national child poverty analyses on the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty website including the latest updates from:
- Argentina: Pobreza monetaria y privaciones no monetarias en Argentina, 2021
- Brazil: Children in Monetary Poverty in Brazil: Impacts of the pandemic on the income of families with children and adolescents(In English & In Portuguese), 2022
- Botswana: Child Poverty in Botswana: Updating the National Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis, 2021
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Pauvreté et privations de l’enfant en 2021
- Iraq: Assessment of COVID-19 Impact on Poverty and Vulnerability in Iraq, 2020
- Madagascar The multiple deprivations of children in Madagascar, 2020 (In English & In French)
- Mozambique: Multidimensional Child Poverty in Mozambique, 2020
- Uganda: What Works for Africa’s Poorest Children: From Measurement to Action, 2020 and Multidimensional Poverty Profile, 2020
- Tunisia: Impact des mesures de confinement associées à la pandémie COVID-19 sur la pauvreté des enfants, 2020
- Zimbabwe: MODA final report, 2021
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Paper
Starting unequal: How’s life for disadvantaged children?", OECD Papers on Well-being and Inequalities
By OECD
Not all children have the same opportunities to enjoy good childhoods and to learn and grow in ways that set them up well for adult life. Children from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds are at particular risk. This paper examines how the well-being of children from disadvantaged backgrounds compares both across OECD countries and relative to their more advantaged peers.
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Report
Cash transfers in Madagascar
By UNICEF
An impact evaluation has been undertaken to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impacts, coherence, and sustainability of the cash transfer programme in Madagascar. Cash transfers led to an increase in school enrolment.
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Report
Shock-responsive social protection and breaking barriers to access social protection
By Save The Children
This document sets out Save the Children’s understanding, experience, and added value on the topic of shock-responsive social protection. It situates this work in relation to other related areas of work, helping to clarify overlapping and often confusing terms and concepts.
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Save the Children also published three studies reviewing the interventions to improve people’s access to government social protection programmes in Nepal, India, and the Philippines, with the aim of understanding their appropriateness and their alignment with national and state initiatives and the scope for wider scale-up.
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Report
Investing in sustainable outcomes for children
By World Vision International
Climate change is a key driver of extreme poverty, inequality, and child vulnerability, and it impedes the realization of children’s rights as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This report presents the different areas of work and highlights promising examples of environmental and climate action.
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Policy Brief
ChildFund Alliance Web Safe & Wise Campaign and policy brief
By ChildFund Alliance
Digital connectivity presents an opportunity to improve children’s lives by increasing their access to information and learning resources, and by expanding opportunities for social and civic engagement. Conversely, it represents a risk to children’s health and wellbeing. The expansion of digital technologies and platforms has fostered an environment where perpetrators have the power to abuse, groom, and exploit children. This new publication by the ChildFund Alliance focuses on protecting children online.
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Guide
Cities for and with Children and Youth - Ideas to Inspire Action
By Save the Children
What can we do to make cities better for children and young people? This publication by Save the Children and Cities4Children - The Global Alliance responds to this question by offering some concrete ideas for local and low-cost action that have worked in cities around the world. The actions cover the following topics: safe and active journeys to school, data-driven advocacy for Air Pollution, Early Childhood Care, Urban Gardening, engaging youth in urban governance, solid waste management, play streets and pop-up spaces, and reducing child malnutrition. A central focus of the guide is children growing up in slums and informal settlements.
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Report
Arigatou International published the latest annual report
By Arigatou International
Arigatou International has released its latest annual report covering the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. You can find out more about new developments in efforts to promote interfaith cooperation for children, advance ethics education, end violence against children through prayer and action, and bring an end to child poverty.
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Brief
Food security and livelihoods for child outcomes: An overview of Save the Children’s approach and portfolio
By Save the Children
This document provides an overview of Save the Children’s Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) global footprint, key initiatives, publications, and tools. It describes the approach, highlighting programmatic examples from around the world.
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