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20 October 2020

1 in 6 children lives in extreme poverty, World Bank-UNICEF analysis shows

The pre-COVID-19 analysis reveals that 356 million children struggle to survive on less than $1.90 a day, two-thirds of them in sub-Saharan Africa

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17 September 2020

150 million additional children plunged into poverty due to COVID-19, UNICEF, Save the Children say

New analysis reveals the number of children living in multidimensional poverty – without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water – has increased by 15 per cent since the start of the pandemic

A mother preparing a meal

COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year

New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million

A group of young school children, wearing cyan-blue UNICEF backpacks, sit on a bench and look at the camera with wide smiles.

18 November 2019

30 years of child rights: Historic gains and undeniable achievements, but little progress for the world’s poorest children

Urgent action and a recommitment to child rights needed to address age-old and emerging threats

Mahadi, an adolescent boy, smiles at the camera wearing a dark blue shirt striped with red lines.

24 September 2019

Battling climate change with school and success

[Youth Skills] On Mahadi's island, the challenges youth face are already being compounded by the effects of climate change. Mahadi is fighting back.....

Poverty, illiteracy and early deaths await world’s most disadvantaged children: UNICEF

Making the right choices now can, and will, reverse this fate, new report says