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Gender Gap Closing but Challenges Persist While the global Gender Gap in school enrolment is narrowing, adolescent girls continue to face serious obstacles in their progress along the education continuum. According to recent data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), drop-out rates remain...

Cereal import has played a crucial role in compensating local water deficit. A quantitative account of water deficit and cereal import relations therefore is of significance for predicting future food import demand and formulating corresponding national and international policies. On the basis of...

This video shares the experience of a girl that was forced to marry, but tried to evade it and how the community responded to her. UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles explains how the European Commission supports UNICEF programmes that help end child marriage and aid families who do not want their...

This video explains the water crisis and the importance of water security. It explains how water can affect all other SDGs. ...

This video explains the struggle of getting access to clean water in India. It shows the effect on children as well.

Child poverty and well-being is a holistic overview of the approaches to poverty pertaining to individuals less than the age of 18. With descriptions of UN goals and perspectives of a "rights-based" approach, capability approach, and human development approach. Through an aggregate of these three...

This psychological study tracked the influx of money provided to a community when a Casino opened nearby. The study found that as families moved out of poverty, children with behavioral disorders became asymptomatic. This study demonstrates the repercussions of poverty and its relationship with...

This paper reprises the changes in global poverty and discusses the case for continued development assistance to middle‐income countries. It is interesting to also note whether this trend that was captured in the beginning of the previous decade is still following as predicted.