Child Poverty & Wellbeing

	Poverty, Needs and Rights: Definitions in Dispute For centuries, the issue of poverty has been woven into a complex web that includes the production and distribution of goods as well as the power relations of our social,... read more Posted on 04-30-2013

	Premiere and Panel Discussion of 'When Home is the Street' On 30 January 2013, Equity for Children hosted the New York City Premiere of “When Home is the Street” – a documentary short by award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Thereza Jessouroun. The... read more Posted on 02-20-2013

	Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature Abstract: One in seven of the world’s population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of these live in the Global South – mostly in overcrowded... read more Posted on 02-15-2013

	Children and Youth in Urban Cities: When Home is the Street Given our increasingly urbanized world, Equity for Children has been sharpening its focus on the issue of inequity in urban areas and the implications for children and youth. Today in... read more Posted on 02-15-2013

	UNICEF and ECLAC present: Guide to Estimating Child Poverty Having reliable and regular measurements of child poverty is essential to designing and implementing public policies aimed at overcoming it. The study Child Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean... read more Posted on 12-11-2012

	Poverty and Inequality Although some data in recent years shows reducing rates of poverty, there are two major unresolved issues surrounding inequality and equity in the Latin America region. Firstly, it is... read more Posted on 11-27-2012

	'Poverty, Growth and Children: What's the Right Sequence?' Introduction: More than 100 years ago, Henry George – a colourful economist who ran for mayor of New York and whose brainchild is the famous board-game ‘Monopoly’ – noted that ‘the... read more Posted on 11-22-2012

	Equity and the Next Steps Towards the Millennium Development Goals The United Nations set eight goals in the year 2000 – the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – to be achieved worldwide by 2015. These goals addressed deprivation and inequality... read more Posted on 11-22-2012

	UNAM Conference on "Poverty, Human Rights and Children in Latin America" The seminar, entitled "Poverty, Human Rights and Children in Latin America," was held on September 13-14, 2012, and helped to create synergies with UNAM faculty and staff in the Human... read more Posted on 09-23-2012

	Inclusive Early Childhood Care and Development for Children with Disabilities "The MDGs do not specifically mention disability, but they cannot be achieved without the inclusion of people with disabilities....Through catering to the needs of the most marginalised and excluded children,... read more Posted on 09-20-2012

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Child Poverty
Child poverty is a problem experienced by children and young people globally. It differs from adult poverty in terms of its short and long term effects; for instance, even children suffer from short periods of deprivation these can lead to...