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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

Childhood poverty, demographics associated with DNA methylat...

A University of British Columbia and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) study has revealed that childhood poverty, stress as an adult, and demographics such as age, sex and ethnicity, all leave an imprint on a person [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

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

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

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

Poverty forces children to work in industries, shops in Kris...

The State government was making tall claims over eradication of child labour, but the number of children employed in shops and industries is on the rise in Krishna district. Most pathetic is that many children were reportedly engaged [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 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

Spotlight turned on North's shocking child poverty

Northland's shocking poverty levels have been highlighted by the Salvation Army's state of the nation report, which warns of a permanent and dangerous fracture in society if more is not done to help the country's poor. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids Count: More children falling into poverty

Child abuse and neglect in Berrien County jumped 19 percent over the decade while more than half of Berrien K-12 children now qualify for free and reduced price lunches, the latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book concludes. Michigan&r [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Every sixth Crawley child living in poverty

NEWLY released figures have revealed that one in every six children in Crawley is "living in poverty". There are also concerns that the gap between the rich and poor in the town is getting wider. A report by the Campaign to End [...]