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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2020

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What is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP)? The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is a day for awareness, activism, and advocacy actions against poverty, marked every year on 17th October. This year’s 2020 IDEP theme is, Acting Together To Achieve Social And Environmental Justice For All. Social and environmental justice ensures a world in which […]

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Why Governments Need to “Build Back Better” with Faith Actors in Africa

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Africa Faith Leaders Initiative (AFLI) on Agenda 2030 In the beginning: Five years have elapsed since the United Nations adopted the Post-2015 Development Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It was an ambitious agenda yet one that faith actors believed was achievable by the grace of God. The world is at a critical point

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Ending Child Poverty: Enabling and Listening to the Voices of Children

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“Every child has the right to a life free of poverty.” Today, as the world commemorates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) under the theme “Coming Together With Those Furthest Behind To Build An Inclusive World Of Universal Respect For Human Rights And Dignity,” it is imperative to remember that, despite the

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Children and Youth as Peacemakers

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Violence results not only in poverty but also creates more violence. This vicious circle of violence and impunity transforms many vulnerable groups into agents that replicate abuse and mistreatment from one generation to another, thereby causing unemployment, economic downturns and instability. Violence has a devastating impact on a poor person’s struggle from poverty, seriously undermines

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International Research Conference on ; Putting Children First

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The International conference “Putting Children First – Identifying solutions and taking action to tackle poverty and inequality in Africa”, will be held on October 23-25, 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event will be co-hosted by Equity for Children partners, the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty

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Investment in prevention and social accountability key to ending Child Poverty and Violence : Part 2

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Children need actionable commitments from all stakeholders especially government. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides hope and a promising start since there are clear indicators under goals 5 and 16. However, it is crucial not only to support, but hold accountable countries to translate these commitments into concrete actions at national and sub-national level.

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These 8 Simple Things Are Keeping Millions Of Girls Out Of School

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Vansa loves school. Her eyes lit up as she told me (author, Sara Rossi) about how she dreamed of becoming a physician so she could help her community of Ggaba, a low-income area just south of Uganda’s capital, Kampala. “I’m smarter than the boys in my class,” the 13-year-old stated proudly, “and I get better

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Doctors group calls on pediatricians to address child poverty

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For pediatricians, a routine visit is a chance to chat with parents about their child’s vaccinations, sleep patterns, nutrition and TV time. But new guidelines say that with nearly half of American children living in poverty or close to that line, pediatricians need to broach another health-related matter with mom or dad: Are you having

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Beyond Zero Campaign

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  Beyond Zero Campaign held a Half Marathon this past weekend, spearheaded by the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta, with the aim of raising funds to support zero preventable child deaths, zero maternal deaths and zero new HIV infections.  The marathon brought together members of the public, media houses, philanthropists, civil society and the international

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6 women you should know

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These women are changing the world. Whether it’s through grassroots peace building and conflict transformation work, through education projects or through provision of health care to children and their families; each of these women leaders is forever changing how things work, for the better, in their local community, their neighborhood, their world. And in their

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Access To Justice

Belgium leads in the global rank on children’s access to justice.

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The first ever Global Rank on Access to Justice for Children was released yesterday, 15 February 2016, by the Child Rights International Network (CRIN). According to CRIN, it analyses and measures how effectively children can use the law to challenge violations of their rights, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of The Child.

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Ms. Wambui, A representative from End Child Poverty,Advocating for the voices of Children .

Success at The Alternative Mining Indaba Conference.

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End Child Poverty took part in the high-impact Alternative Mining Indaba Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, from 8th-11th February 2016. Its overarching theme, “Making Natural Resources Work for the People: Leave No One Behind”, was based on the premise of forging constructive dialogue between communities, government and business investors in the mining and extractives

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Thank You

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We begin the year by saying – Thank You! Because of your partnership, your interest, your support and your giving, we have been able to reach and serve thousands of children and their families in the previous year.

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