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Poverty

UNI171376
Press release
10/20/2020
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
UN0319274
Press release
09/17/2020
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
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Press release
05/28/2020
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.
Press release
11/18/2019
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.
Article
09/24/2019
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.....
Press release
06/28/2016
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

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