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Universal child benefits – why not?

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What a three days they were! Our hope for the conference on Universal Child Grants (UCGs) was to bring together perspectives on social protection and universality. To move towards achieving universal coverage for children frank conversations about the evidence and options are needed. I find myself thinking about the conference in two… Read more →←
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Paying it forward: Expanding universal child grants in Nepal

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Over the last decades, Nepal has experienced rapid demographic changes, resulting in a young and growing child population. However, many young children in Nepal remain exposed to poverty and hunger, especially those belonging to the most vulnerable groups. We know that the early years of a child are critical for their development because… Read more →←
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The Human Capital Index – an important new contribution

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I’ve been re-reading the World Development Report (WDR) ahead of our conference on Universal Child Grants  (where we’re delighted to have the World Bank participating). The chapter on the Human Capital Index (HCI) was especially interesting, not least because of so much talk around the Index here at UNICEF and outside. More so… Read more →←
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Time for universal child grants? 6 issues to consider

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Today marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Despite the remarkable progress made in past decades, 736 million people still live in extreme poverty. Most worryingly children are disproportionately affected: while they make around a third of the global population, they comprise half of those struggling to survive on… Read more →←
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Argentina: Search ops sweep children into protection

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It’s 12.30 pm and people are arriving. We are in a Wichí indigenous community in Rivadavia, in the northern province of Salta, Argentina. About 35 women quietly stand in line while their children play. They are waiting for their turn to talk with Analía, an employee from the National Social Security Agency (ANSES). She is part of an… Read more →←

No one left behind: Linking families to essential social services

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For the last three years, I’ve been working to make Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net (PSNP) both more nutrition sensitive and better connected to health services. PSNP is the main tool to help forward Ethiopia’s Social Protection Policy and Strategy, which provides regular cash or food transfers to over 8 million people in need.… Read more →←
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Making social protection fit for children in Europe and Central Asia

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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 →←
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Working with governments to reduce child poverty and enhance equity

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UNICEF’s renewed pursuit of equity for children has two central meanings for me. First, children in the worst possible circumstances should always be our very first priority – as UNICEF contemplated our responsibilities under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 26 years ago – this was one of our very first… Read more →←
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7 facts about child poverty you should know

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As we start to celebrate the lasting progress in tackling poverty around the world for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), we are bringing attention to children, who have been so often missed from poverty debates. Here are 7 facts that galvanize UNICEF and partners to take action to end child poverty:… Read more →←

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