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“As the official COVID-19 death toll around the world passed 4 million earlier this month, UNICEF is increasingly concerned for children left without one or both parents”. [Henrietta Fore [...]

The pandemic “baby bust” could push 2021’s tally down even further; researchers have estimated that the coronavirus and its economic impact could lead to about 300,000 fewer births in the United [...]

How do we keep a child motivated during the pandemic? What can we do to help protect children’s mental health? Psychologist and child development expert Dr. Lisa Damour answers these [...]

As the nation celebrated Father’s Day, data released in the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual Current Population Survey, or CPS, showed that the number of children living without a father in the home [...]

COFACE believes the Child Guarantee offers an opportunity to strengthen the fight against child and family poverty and social exclusion in Europe. [COFACE, 11 June 2021.]   READ MORE

For the first time in two decades, the number of children being put to work has risen – to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase of 8.4 million over four years – while millions of [...]

The decision has been adopted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party to help improve China’s population structure, actively respond to the aging population, and preserve the country’s [...]

In an era where women are projected to make up 60% of the workforce in the next five years, employers can leverage existing technology to provide fully managed child care benefits, giving their [...]

It’s a thorny problem with no easy solutions. Some, like Russia, have tried throwing money at it, offering parents generous cash incentives to have children. But policies like this rarely [...]

This year, as the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures drastically change everyday life, moms and all caregivers have taken on tremendous added burdens. They often continue to work either [...]