Child poverty continues to be most prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, as the region accounted for more than 70 percent of the world’s children in extreme poverty in 2022. A joint paper from the World ...

A report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty. That's about 27% of the world’s youngest children. Africa’s population of more than ...

Study finds that rates soar to 90 percent in some regions as humanitarian crises compound childhood exploitation.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KALTUNGO, Nigeria (AP) — The 9-month-old ...

In a new report, UNICEF examines the status, trends, inequities and drivers of child food poverty in early childhood — and how some countries are successfully addressing it. A mother feeds her ...

This is significantly more than the Child Support Grant, currently valued at R560 a month. More than 13-million children ...

Food Security Index praises resilience of women in rural areas who are turning to small-scale farming and local food networks ...

Leila Patel receives funding from the National Research Foundation for the Communities of Practice (CoP) study for social systems strengthening for better child wellbeing outcomes. Matshidiso Valeria ...

Centre for Social Development in Africa, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg Child maintenance – the duty to support a child – is more than a right. It ensures children have their basic ...

Nomzamo Mbatha amplified her advocacy for gender equality by reminding young girls to find fertile ground on which to ...