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To date, children have been spared from the direct health effects of the COVID-19 virus. They are the hidden victims of the pandemic rather than the face of it. Yet children around the world have had their lives upended because of actions taken to contain the disease. Families are facing heightened stress under lockdown with many experiencing financial insecurity. And children are missing out on life-saving vaccines and much-needed free meals because of the suspension of services. While others experience increasing threats to their safety and wellbeing as services that prevent and respond to…
This report from UNICEF assesses the world’s performance towards meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to date, focusing on 44 indicators that directly concern 2030’s most important constituency: children. The indicators are clustered into five dimensions of children’s rights: survive and thrive, learning, protection, environment, and fair chance. The indicators include birth registration, violence against children,…
Executive Summary
For at least 700 million children worldwide – and perhaps hundreds of millions more – childhood has ended too soon. The major reasons included poor health, conflict, extreme violence, child marriage, early pregnancy, malnutrition, exclusion from education and child labor.
When taken together, these factors have created a global childhood crisis of massive proportions. For nearly a century, Save the Children has been fi ghting to save children from poverty and discrimination. This new report – the first in an annual series – takes a hard look at the…
Executive Summary
For at least 700 million children worldwide – and perhaps hundreds of millions more – childhood has ended too soon. The major reasons included poor health, conflict, extreme violence, child marriage, early pregnancy, malnutrition, exclusion from education and child labor.
When taken together, these factors have created a global childhood crisis of massive proportions. For nearly a century, Save the Children has been fi ghting to save children from poverty and discrimination. This new report – the first in an annual series – takes a hard look at the…
The State of the World’s Children report presents research from around the globe on the status of children, particularly those who are most disadvantaged, and their wellbeing. The report includes data on child health, with a focus on early care and intervention, education, children in poverty, and pathways to equity in these areas. The report includes data on children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS and other causes and the use of social protection and cash transfers to strengthen families and enhance their capacity to provide care to children.
This study by UNICEF sought to identify key determinants of vulnerability among children –including those affected by HIV and AIDS – that can contribute to developing an improved global measure of vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS. Data from the most recent available household surveys at the time of analysis was used from 11 countries – Cambodia, Central African Republic, Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe – were pooled.
Based on the results of the pooled analysis, the key indicators of vulnerability for…
This report provides data on children living in urban settings, including statistics, conditions, and personal testimonies. The report also includes UNICEF’s recommendations for policy regarding children in urban settings, working with this population, and for future action. Sections that are relevant to children’s care include: children living and working on the streets, migrant children, urban emergencies, and many more.
Public Law 109-95, the Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005 (herein after referred to as PL 109-95), was signed into law four years ago to respond to the global orphans and vulnerable children crisis. It calls for the U.S. Government (USG) response to the crisis to be comprehensive, coordinated and effective.
U.S. Government and Partners: Working Together on a Comprehensive, Coordinated and Effective Response to Highly Vulnerable Children: Third Annual Report to Congress on Public Law 109-95 provides global…
In this report an attempt is made to address the issues that were defined in the terms of reference of the Working Group on Children at Risk and in Care.
The report starts with a discussion on the effect of institutionalisation on children and society at large. This is followed by an overview of the situation in Europe in terms of placement of children in residential care. Three distinct categories are identified: states with high rate of child residential care coupled with large institutions (Central and Eastern Europe); states with low rate of residential care and large institutions (…
We examine the impact of orphanhood on children’s school enrollment in 10 Sub-Saharan African countries. Although poorer children in Africa are less likely to attend school, the lower enrollment of orphans is not accounted for solely by their poverty. We find orphans are less likely to be enrolled than are non-orphans with whom they live. Consistent with Hamilton’s Rule, the theory that the closeness of biological ties governs altruistic behavior, outcomes for orphans depend on the relatedness of orphans to their household heads. The lower enrollment of orphans is largely explained caregivers…