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This global report is a consolidation of six regional reports based on consultations conducted between April and August 2020 that used a qualitative approach. The consultation included individual interviews and focus group discussions with 763 children and young people (403 girls, 334 boys and 26 gender not specified) between the ages of 7 to 19 years old. The research was conducted in 50 countries in regions ranging from Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. The interviews and focus group discussions took place in-person…
The most marginalised and deprived children have been hit the hardest, and existing inequalities have been exacerbated. Progress that had been made against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for children is at risk of being disrupted, or even lost. For many children, the impacts of the pandemic will be catastrophic.
Save the Children carried out a global survey of children and their parents or caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, to find out the impact that the pandemic is having on their access to healthcare, their education, their family finances and their safety, and to hear…
About the study
COVID-19 has spread rapidly within and between countries across the globe. Governments worldwide have implemented measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 including school closures, home isolation/quarantine and community lockdown, all of which have secondary impacts on children and their households. Save the Children launched a global research study to generate rigorous evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic and measures implemented to mitigate it are impacting children’s health, nutrition, learning, well-being, protection, family finances and poverty,…
This thematic policy brief aims to seek and secure commitment from regional and national leaders to urgently prioritize and invest consistently in the protection of girls, who are disproportionately exposed to multitude forms of violence and their devastating consequences. It provides evidence and raises concerns of girls’ vulnerability to combined and complex risks that are further intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This brief is primarily intended for regional policy-makers and duty-bearers responsible for regulating, planning and resourcing protection of all children. It offers a set…
Child poverty in Europe was already unacceptably high before the COVID-19 virus outbreak. In 2018, one in four children in the European Union (EU) were already growing up at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The crisis has had devastating consequences for people across the continent and the evidence from this paper shows that children and their families have been further disadvantaged during the pandemic.
The financial pressure on families, the impact of the closure of services on children’s lives, the online education inequality and the impact of the crisis on refugee and migrant…
Save the Children interviewed almost 300 children and adults across Uganda, about the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown measures on children's lives and wellbeing.
This report finds that children are increasingly vulnerable and at risk from an in crease in violence and abuse, stress, poverty, and hazardous coping strategies such as child labour and child marriage. At the same time, vulnerable children have less support than usual.
The findings show that child protection must be at the heart of the national COVID-19 response, and why Government and donors should invest more in…
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on the poorest parts of the world. Street Child has launched a global response to the intensified needs of children and communities in fragile, conflict and crisis affected countries.
The complex, changing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic poses a challenge to assuring assistance for affected children and communities, and require robust information about the greatest needs and gaps. Street Child conducted a rapid assessment aimed at understanding these needs and gaps across their countries of operation from 27 April 2020 and 8…