An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

A new Stats SA and Unicef report using the MODA approach shows multidimensional child poverty declined marginally from 60,8% in 2015 to 57,3% in 2023, leaving more than half of ch ...

A UNICEF report revealed on Thursday that over 19 percent of children globally live in extreme poverty, with the majority concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The organization urged ...

I recently traveled with UNICEF USA partners on a program visit to South Africa. With 45 percent of the population under age 24, South Africa is a land of rich diversity, dynamic growth and complex ...

Microbiomes influence how efficiently a child’s body extracts and uses nutrients from food for growth and development.

Child maintenance – the duty to support a child – is more than a right. It ensures children have their basic needs met. It also means single mothers don’t have to shoulder the responsibility of ...