COVID-19 is predicted to make child poverty worse. Should New Zealand’s next government make temporary safety nets permanent?
Despite the 2017 Labour-led government taking power with a mandate to fight Aotearoa New Zealand’s abysmally high child poverty rate, only incremental progress has been made. The percentage of children living in poor households dropped only...Read more
‘Bleak winter’ ahead for many children in UK cities
The knock-on effects of COVID-19 mean many children in Britain’s inner-cities face ‘the bleakest of winters’, with thousands of families set to be plunged into financial crisis.Read more
EU Summit: leaders urged to ‘rescue’ children from poverty
European Union leaders have been told they must initiate a rescue plan now to help pull vulnerable children out of poverty. The call has come from hundreds of organisations and individuals acting under the umbrella of...Read more
Lockdowns threaten childrens’ nutrition: why extra care is needed
Data from two years ago shows that close to 60 per cent of children in South Africa lived below the poverty line, while a third were below the food poverty line. Statistics also show that...Read more
New Irish government ‘must prioritise child poverty’
Child and family homelessness in Ireland must be the number one priority for the next Government, says the country’s Children’s Rights Alliance. That’s the overriding message from the organisation’s Report Card 2020, its annual report –...Read more
Italy must invest or face ‘irreversible process of child impoverishment’
Italy must act and put an end to child poverty or face ‘an irreversible process of impoverishment’. That was the stark message from Elena Bonetti, the country’s minister for Equal Opportunities and Family, to the Alliance...Read more
A quarter of all families with children in Spain live in poverty
Save The Children says more than a quarter of all families with children in Spain are living in poverty, with most of them in three-generation households. The Families at Risk report is based on a detailed...Read more
Child poverty in The Netherlands unchanged in 2018
Around 264,000 youngsters were living in ‘poverty’ in The Netherlands last year – meaning the rate has stabilised – according to latest government figures. And while that figure is largely unchanged from 2017, the number of...Read more
Social deprivation linked to changes in eating style in early childhood
Childhood obesity rates are high in the UK, but not all children are affected equally – a family’s wealth makes a big difference to a child’s risk. Rates of overweight and obesity among children are...Read more
Child Poverty in Western Cities 2019 – event report
The pressing issue of child poverty in western cities has brought together professionals from across the world to debate and share ideas for solutions to what has become a global concern. Child Poverty in Western...Read more
Food poverty at record levels – a children’s book on food banks shows how normal it has become
“Wake up, mum. I’m hungry!” This is the opening line to the recently published children’s book, It’s a No-Money Day, by Kate Milner, a powerful exploration of food banks and life below the poverty line. The...Read moreChild Poverty in Western Cities: learning from global approaches
Learning from global experiences will be central to the debate around child poverty when Leeds hosts next week’s Child Poverty in Western Cities seminar. Practitioners, advocates, academics and policymakers concerned with helping create child-friendly cities across...Read more
Learn from local experience at Child Poverty in Western Cities event
How do we identify and tackle child poverty in the cities of the west? One way is by learning from local projects that have already galvanised communities. Some of these examples will provide a fascinating insight...Read more
Big differences in how Dutch councils tackle child poverty
Central and local government need to work together better to help prevent vulnerable families from falling into poverty, say two Dutch children’s organisations. A report by Save The Children Nederland and Defence for Children says that...Read more