WEBINAR: Building support for child poverty reduction: Advocacy and measurement approaches
UNICEF’s success stories in reducing child poverty from the global evaluation of UNICEF’s work in contributing to child poverty reduction, including in humanitarian and fragile settings
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WEBINAR:
Advocacy and measurement: UNICEF’s success stories in reducing child poverty from the global evaluation of UNICEF’s work in contributing to child poverty reduction, including in humanitarian and fragile settings
Thursday, 16 January 2025
9:00 a.m. New York / 3:00 p.m. Podgorica / 4:00 p.m. Cape Town / 5:00 p.m. Nairobi / 9:00 p.m. Bangkok
Objective
This webinar explores the critical role of evidence-based advocacy and poverty measurement in addressing child poverty, highlighting three UNICEF success stories. Through global evaluation insights, it aims to showcase how UNICEF strengthens government efforts to tackle child poverty using innovative approaches and robust data.
What’s at stake?
Global programming and measurement challenges:
- The dual importance of monetary and multidimensional poverty metrics.
- Ensuring alignment among stakeholders (UNICEF, governments, and partners) for clear methodologies and data ownership.
- Best practices in harmonizing measurement tools (e.g., MODA, MPI) for effective advocacy.
Adaptation for fragile and humanitarian contexts:
- Innovative approaches for child poverty reduction in crisis-prone settings.
- Case studies demonstrating the resilience-building role of social protection systems.
Regional spotlight: UNICEF LACRO
The importance of evidence-based advocacy in child poverty reduction:
- Effective strategies to elevate child poverty as a national priority amid political sensitivities.
- Connecting child poverty data to broader social protection and development frameworks for impactful change.
Panel discussion: Building support for child poverty reduction
Key topics:
Integrated programming and capacity building:
- Fostering intersectoral collaboration within UNICEF and with external partners.
- Strengthening government capacities to institutionalize routine poverty measurement and link findings with interventions.
Good practices in action:
- UNICEF Montenegro: Parliamentary engagement and evidence-based advocacy for expanding child benefits.
- How parliamentarians were engaged, and awareness of child poverty was raised.
- Strategies for replicating Montenegro’s youth engagement and advocacy successes.
- UNICEF Panama: Multidimensional child poverty measurement for policy planning.
- Using poverty analysis to prioritize districts for intervention and inform national policies.
- Key partnerships and processes that enabled the successful use of poverty measurement for impactful planning.
See good practice note on child poverty measurement.
Who Should Attend?
- UNICEF staff and partners | Government officials | Development practitioners | Advocates for child poverty reduction
Learn how evidence-based advocacy and innovative poverty measurement are transforming efforts to reduce child poverty globally!
