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
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
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
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
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
“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 more
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
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
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
The lives of toddlers in two contrasting cities on opposite sides of the world are chronicled in videos from the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF), which works to improve disadvantaged children’s lives.
Five short films highlight...Read more
Registration is now open for the Child Poverty in Western Cities seminar in Leeds in November.
This is an opportunity for you to join fellow children’s rights experts and policymakers for this important event looking at...Read more
Child poverty in The Netherlands remains a significant problem, with around eight per cent of children officially defined as ‘poor’, says a report.
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, (Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, or SCP) which...Read more
Children’s rights experts and policymakers from across the globe head to Leeds, one of the UK’s biggest cities, in November to examine what society can do to tackle child poverty in the west.
Child Poverty in...Read more