Chinanews, September 21, comprehensive foreign media reports, a few days ago, the latest report released by UNICEF and "Save the Children" showed that due to the new crown epidemic, the number of poor children in the world increased by 150 million.
The report urges governments to take action to help children escape poverty.
According to UN News, the number of children living in poverty in low- and middle-income countries around the world has increased by about 150 million to 1.2 billion due to the impact of the new crown epidemic and the shutdown measures.
The report's data comes from more than 70 countries, covering children's access to education, medical care, housing, nutrition, sanitation and water services.
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said: “The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures taken to prevent its spread have pushed millions of children into poverty... The most worrying thing is that we It is far from the end of this crisis."
The report pointed out that child poverty means more than money.
Although indicators such as household income are important, they only partially reflect the plight of poor children. This means that it is necessary to implement multi-sectoral policies involving health, education, nutrition, water supply, sanitation, and addressing housing shortages to eliminate multiple dimensions. poor.
Fore also pointed out that governments must give priority to children and their families on the margins of society, rapidly expand the social security system, including measures such as providing cash and child benefits, and increase opportunities for learning, health insurance and free school meals.
She said, “Doing this kind of investment now helps countries prepare for future shocks.”
According to German media reports, Save the Children CEO Inger Ashing said that the global new crown epidemic has triggered the world’s largest education emergency in history, and the increase in poverty has made it difficult for most vulnerable children and their families to get out of trouble. .
She warned that children who have lost educational opportunities are more likely to be forced into child labor, early marriages, and trapped in a cycle of years of poverty.