World News On Poverty

Pope Francis last week made a donation of approximately 20 thousand euros in support of the Shanti Ashram women’s health and social centre in Coimbatore, India. Through a food bank and medical assistance and volunteer training facilities, Shanti Ashram has assisted over 50,000 children and their families in the villages around the city of Coimbatore,

1 in 3 children is poor, compared with 1 in 6 adults. In almost every country of the world, more children live in multi-dimensional poverty, in relation to all other groups of society.  Multidimensional poverty means deprivations across several facets of life, and not just income poverty. The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) looks beyond income

As of April 2020, Covid-19 had led at least 188 country-wide school closures, impacting more than 90% of the world’s student population. Following these mass closures, many children’s learning experiences began being reshaped by the sudden introduction of remote learning, including – where available – technology and virtual platforms as a substitute for the classroom

What is the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on children? The good news is that so far children seem to be resilient to the worst effects of the virus. Studies have so far found that children accounted for anywhere between two and 13% of all infections. Research is still evolving and these figures may

A new report showing  how climate change and related disasters contribute to child poverty by limiting their wellbeing and life choices has been releaseds. The report was released by the Overseas Development Institute, (ODI), a member of the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty earlier this month (March) and features case studies from India and Kenya.

A recent paper by the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, reveals how the very worst-off families can lead the way to create lasting change for children in poverty in Africa. The paper was written by Martin Kalisa and Diana Skelton from ATD Fourth World, a member of the coalition.

Legislation setting targets for the eradication of child poverty in Scotland has been tabled at Holyrood. The Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will set a series of statutory targets to reduce, and ultimately wipe out, what minsters call a “systemic problem”.

WHITPAIN – It wasn’t until 2015 that the percentage of Montgomery County children living in poverty dropped back down to below the 2008 pre-recession level, Public Citizens for Children & Youth reported in its October 2016 “Left Out: The Status of Children in Montgomery County.”

President and CEO of the United Nations kids agency is in Vancouver this week addressing poverty reduction advocates. Canada has fallen to 26th place in the world when it comes to economic inequality, according to the United Nation agency UNICEF, whose Canadian president was in Vancouver this week.

Soup kitchens have sprung up to provide meals for some of the estimated 3.5 million children officially living in poverty in one of world’s richest countries The smell of beef stew wafts from a kitchen as a brigade of volunteers put their cooking skills to use on a recent Saturday evening in Tokyo’s commuter belt.

In almost every country worldwide, children are more likely than adults to be living in poverty.* This wide-spread child poverty is multidimensional in its causes and its consequences for children, their families and the larger society.

The Global Coalition to End Child Poverty launches its new website today, to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, IDEP, 17 October 2016. The Global Coalition is a worldwide initiative that raises awareness about children living in poverty across the world and supports global and national action to alleviate child poverty. As

 Children’s charities are urging the New Zealand government to do more to help the most vulnerable in society after a Guardian report highlighted the extent of child poverty in the country.

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass Pediatricians aren’t usually day-to-day policy-makers but policy decisions affect the work they do every day as front-line caregivers for our nation’s children. That’s why I was extremely pleased the official journal of the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) recently devoted an

Almost four million children in Argentina are poor and 8.5% live in extreme poverty, according to a report from UNICEF which measures multidimensional poverty which considers 28 indicators such as nutrition, access to healthcare, exposure to violence, among other more traditional references.

Ross Meyer is vice president of community impact at United Way of Greater Cincinnati, where he oversees United Way’s community change strategies and investments. When I was 13 years old, my service-learning teacher took me to Over-the-Rhine for the first time. Growing up in a comfortable, middle class home in Finneytown sheltered me from the

A report released earlier this month reveals some uncomfortable truths about child poverty in Texas. For example while 1 in 4 Texas kids live in poverty— for black and Latino children, it’s 1 in 3. KERA took a deep dive into the State of Texas Children, produced by the Center for Public Policy Priorities.

Child poverty is in the political news. But is there really a political commitment to ending it?

Israel has the highest level of child poverty in the world’s 41 most developed countries, according to a United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) report released yesterday. Some 27.5 per cent of children in the country live in poverty, higher than rates in Mexico, the report showed.

Child poverty is on the rise, with all three Metro Detroit counties showing an increase over the past eight years, according to data released Monday by the Michigan League for Public Policy. The data, published in the Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2016, revealed that Macomb County had the biggest jump among counties between

We all know that feeling of outrage, of sorrow, or regret that we feel every time we hear news of another child murdered, abused, raped, trafficked, bullied online or in school. No country or community is immune to the violence that is committed against children every day.

MORE than seven million children from low-income families will be affected by a four-year benefits freeze if the Government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill is accepted without amendment, the Children’s Society has warned.

How safe is the internet for our children? The question often plagues parents, guardians and teachers alike. This February in Visoko City, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms. Ismeta Begić organised a Safer Internet workshop for elementary school children aged 10 -14. Nearly 200 children participated in discussions and activities on Child Safety on the Internet and

Scotland will become one of the first countries in the world to sign up to a new international action plan to tackle poverty and inequality and promote sustainable development across the globe, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

She wakes to the sound of breathing. The smaller children lie tangled beside her, their chests rising and falling under winter coats and wool blankets. A few feet away, their mother and father sleep near the mop bucket they use as a toilet. Two other children share a mattress by the rotting wall where the