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Children play outside a metal polishing workshop in the Shivnagar Mohalla slum in India.
Programme
18 November 2019
Child poverty
Children are more likely to live in poverty than adults. They’re also more vulnerable to its effects.
A child poses with her bike in Romania.
Press release
05 December 2023
More than 1 in 5 children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries
France, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom saw sharp rises in child poverty between 2014–2021, while Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovenia achieved the largest reductions, according to UNICEF’s latest Report Card
A child amidst rubble after a hurricane
Blog post
13 November 2023
Climate finance is about fulfilling obligations
It’s no longer about developed countries being “good-hearted”
Bangui, Tahoua Region. This mother and her child just received a non-food item kit, distributed by UNICEF and its partners, to build a shelter. In recent years, thousands of families have fled violence in Nigeria and settled in Niger
Press release
11 September 2023
Children bearing brunt of stalled progress on extreme poverty reduction worldwide
333 million children globally survive on less than US$2.15 a day as new analysis reveals three lost years due to COVID-19
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
Press release
01 September 2023
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell visits Brazil to highlight the impact of poverty and climate change on children
The Executive Director’s visit to Sao Paulo, Recife and Brasilia highlight the more than half of Brazil’s children living in poverty, with many more vulnerable to climate and environmental risks
A girl smiles while on a swing
Press release
20 June 2023
Lebanon’s crisis stretches families’ coping ability to breaking point
Document
15 March 2023
Leveraging Nutrition and Social Protection Programming

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Sudan. A girl participates in a drawing activity at a club currently serving as a shelter for internally displaced people who arrived in Port Sudan.
Document
27 October 2022
The urgency of tackling child poverty
Ending child poverty: A policy agenda
Ukraine. A woman holds her young daughter in eastern Ukraine.
Press release
16 October 2022
Child poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia soars by 19 per cent, as Ukraine war and rising inflation drive four million children into poverty - UNICEF
On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, UNICEF warns that the ripple effects of the increase in child poverty could result in a steep rise in school dropouts and infant mortality
Children at the playground of the Noma school, in Maradi, in the South of Niger.
Document
30 June 2022
UNICEF’s Commitment to Ending Child Poverty
For more than 15 years UNICEF has been at the forefront of measuring, monitoring and addressing child poverty.

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