Blogs Posts in Childs category; 25 blog posts

The government should act to end child poverty now

In his speech on child poverty (Three-quarters of local authorities to put up council tax for poorest families, 30 January), the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, described addiction as "one important form of poverty&qu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2013 | Comments : 0

Child poverty leading cause of student underachievement

Poverty is the leading cause of educational underachievement and it’s vital that the Government addresses poverty if it wants to lift student achievement. NZEI National President Ian Leckie says he’s not surprised that today&r [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty – A Social Bane

Poverty – A Social Bane

Ian Robertson described poverty as, “The inability to maintain minimal standards of food, clothing, shelter and health care”. While, the World Bank classifies a person to be poor if he earns less than a dollar a day! – T [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Gloucester County child poverty rates on the rise

Gloucester County child poverty rates on the rise

By 10 a.m. Saturday, at least 75 people had lined the sidewalk outside St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Glassboro. Some held infants, some waited in wheelchairs, and some helped the elderly carry canvas bags or push small carts. They had [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Chilean poverty data controversey reveals tough truths about...

Chileans are, in many ways, as unlike their next-door-neighbours, the Argentines, as it is possible to be. But allegations that Santiago is massaging official poverty data sound stomach-sinkingly familiar to anyone used to Buenos Aires. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Poor South African kids unlikely to escape poverty: World Ba...

JOHANNESBURG: Inequalities in South Africa are threatening economic growth, with children born into poor families unlikely ever to escape poverty or reap the rewards of living in Africa’s largest economy.   The World Bank&rsq [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Poor South African kids unlikely to escape poverty: World Ba...

JOHANNESBURG: Inequalities in South Africa are threatening economic growth, with children born into poor families unlikely ever to escape poverty or reap the rewards of living in Africa’s largest economy.   The World Bank&rsq [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Child poverty increases in Wisconsin

The percentages of Wisconsin children living in poverty and whose parents lacked stable employment both showed significant increases in 2010, according to a new report that compares state trends in children's well-being. The increa [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Chilean Poverty Rate Resumes Downward Path as Economy Expand...

The percentage of Chileans living below the poverty line fell to 14.4 percent last year, reversing the increase posted in the previous survey in 2009 when the economy was mired in recession. The poverty rate slid from 15.1 percent thre [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty: 1m children on the brink by 2015 warn charities

Poverty: 1m children on the brink by 2015 warn charities

A joint study on behalf of the NSPCC, the Children’s Society and Action for Children predicts that the equivalent of three pupils in every school class will be facing serious deprivation by 2015. That would amount to a “moral [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

U.S. Child Poverty in International Context

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre has issued its report: "Measuring child poverty: New league tables of child poverty in the world’s rich countries.  The United States doesn't stack up very well, although it's impor [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

U.S. Child Poverty Second Highest Among Developed Nations: R...

Can government spending lift poor children from poverty? A new report from UNICEF suggests it's possible. The latest edition of UNICEF's report on child poverty in developed countries found that 30 million children in 35 of the [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty’s Poster Child

This sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is a Connecticut-sized zone of prairie and poverty, where the have-nots are defined less by the money they lack than by suffocating hopelessness. In the national number line of inequality, p [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Child Poverty Rises in 2000s

The number of children living in poverty in rural communities increased by 200,000 between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures. The number and percentage of children (those under 18) living below the feder [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0
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