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Two young girls in facemasks

Economic fallout from COVID-19 tightens its grip on children

Two young girls in facemasks
Children in emergencies

By David Stewart, Sola Engilbertsdottir

Economic fallout from COVID-19 tightens its grip on children

“Poverty is when you don’t have any money. Because of a lack of money, children don’t have a chance to develop. They may not have a good profession or a good foundation for life.” This is how Marieta and Gor from Armenia recently described the impact of poverty. Whether it’s the instant loss of income that so many parents face… Read more →←
Two young girls - one sitting on, and the other behind a wheelchair.

10 social protection areas: towards universal coverage

Two young girls - one sitting on, and the other behind a wheelchair.
Experts speak

By David Stewart, Atif Khurshid

Story also available in: العربية

10 social protection areas: towards universal coverage

Emine El Ilevi (front) and her sister Zeynep, in the picture above, are Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Adana. The sisters, their three siblings and her father Ahmed arrived in Turkey after a bomb landed in the middle of their living room, killing Emine’s pregnant mother and seriously injuring her. The eldest four children of… Read more →←
A boy pushing two other children in a wheelbarrow across a wooden platform that appears to be on a river.

UNICEF and the IMF: Making public resources work for children

A boy pushing two other children in a wheelbarrow across a wooden platform that appears to be on a river.
Experts speak

By Alexandra Yuster

UNICEF and the IMF: Making public resources work for children

UNICEF staffers often share stories from community visits to illustrate how we work for children where they live. But to make a difference we also must go to the halls of power where decisions are made that can have a massive impact on children’s lives. Why would UNICEF want to talk to the IMF?  And why would the IMF talk to UNICEF?… Read more →←
Children peeking into a room through an open window

How committed are countries to ending child poverty?

Children peeking into a room through an open window
Experts speak

By Sola Engilbertsdottir, Enkhzul Altangerel

How committed are countries to ending child poverty?

Today, over 700 million people struggle to survive on less than $1.90 a day. If you take a broader definition of poverty that goes beyond income, the number almost doubles, with more than 1.3 billion people living in multidimensional poverty globally. The tragic truth is that half of these people are children. Children are twice as… Read more →←
Two girls standing with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera; another girl, blurry, in the background

Overcome inequality by ending child poverty

Two girls standing with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera; another girl, blurry, in the background
Big picture

By Maria Cristina Perceval

Story also available in: Español

Overcome inequality by ending child poverty

For the past 20 years, economic, social and cultural progress in Latin America and the Caribbean has had a positive impact on children’s well-being, creating better institutional conditions and making it possible for children and adolescents to enjoy their rights. The region reduced mortality among children under 5 by 67 per cent… Read more →←
Closeup of toddler's head and hand, waving at the camera

Keeping the family together

Closeup of toddler's head and hand, waving at the camera
Big picture

By Sultanbek Khudaibergenov

Keeping the family together

Thanks to assistance from nurses, a mother in Kazakhstan’s southern city of Kyzylorda is able to raise her five kids herself, without sending them to state-run care. Three little girls are hugging and climbing on their mother, who is sitting on a bed in a room of the local Kamkorlyk (Care) crisis centre in Kyzylorda. Her… Read more →←

Katy Perry in Vietnam

Impact

By Katy Perry

Katy Perry in Vietnam

Last month, I traveled nearly 8,000 miles to Ninh Thuan Province, a rural region in Vietnam’s south central coast, and one of the most disadvantaged areas in the country. The stunning coastline of Ninh Thuan Province is a stark contrast to the barren, hard-to-reach hillsides and dilapidated wooden homes inland, where most people live,… Read more →←
A father kissing his daughter

Making social protection fit for children

A father kissing his daughter
Big picture

By Elena Gaia

Making social protection fit for children

As a child, I never had to go to bed hungry because my family could not afford to buy dinner. A few times, I felt ashamed comparing myself to my class-mates, or lonely and isolated because of hurtful comments friends made about me, or that I made about them. Has any of this ever happened to you as a child? Do you remember how you felt?… Read more →←
A group of kids standing on risers.

Burundi’s children: Optimism despite continued violence

A group of kids standing on risers.
Impact

By Sarah Pilchick

Story also available in: Français 中文

Burundi’s children: Optimism despite continued violence

For a long time, everything I knew about Burundi came in the form of headlines: missives from the New York Times and Guardian that spoke of political instability and coups, a press whose freedom was rapidly decreasing, rapes and mass graves, disease and hunger. When I came to support UNICEF Burundi for two weeks, my first visit to a… Read more →←

Peru shows the way in safeguarding public investment in children

Data and research

By Joaquin Gonzalez-Aleman, Mónica Darer

Story also available in: Español

Peru shows the way in safeguarding public investment in children

Significant economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean helped bring tens of millions of people out of poverty over the past decade. In recent years, this economic growth has been decelerating overall, though unevenly, throughout the region. Forecasts by major financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and… Read more →←
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