Goal 1 strives to eradicate all forms of poverty worldwide. For the first time, nations have vowed to lessen child poverty as part of the SDGs. Children experience poverty differently than adults do because they have different needs and expectations, and because poverty can have lifetime repercussions on children. However, it is rare to distinguish between child and adult poverty, and its unique aspects are frequently overlooked. When a child lacks the resources—public or private—to exercise their legal entitlements to adequate housing, food, water, education, and health care, they are considered to be living in poverty. Children's childhoods are snatched from them every day if these rights are not guaranteed to them. The possibilities that disadvantaged children have of living a full life and being able to reach their full potential are also reduced by these deprived conditions. Children, future generations, and society are all negatively impacted by these deprivations, which have terrible, long-lasting effects. For the first time, countries have vowed to expressly and forcefully combat child poverty as part of the SDGs. Many of the child poverty indicators used today came from household poverty. This has not been sufficient since, even though children experience deprivation, a household may not be classified as poor based on measures linked to adults. These families' poverty would not be obvious and the children in them would not be counted as impoverished. Children must at the very least be mentioned in all national poverty reporting for the SDGs. This focus on children fits with UNICEF's goal to assisting the world's youngest citizens in thriving as well as surviving. The primary way UNICEF contributes to achieving Goal 1 is through working with nations to develop, implement, and track child poverty reduction strategies. It is essential to measure poverty in accordance with national definitions in order to do this. When combined, data on kids from financially struggling families and indicators of multidimensional poverty give a complete picture of kid poverty and the deprived lives these kids lead. Additionally, UNICEF is a co-custodian of Indicator 1.b.1, which tracks government spending on social safety, health, and education services for the poor and offers vital information about how children are doing.
Comments
Post a Comment