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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 [...]

Work and life are often thought of as a zero-sum of hours in conflict but work-life balance also depends on investment in care and men’s full participation in the home. [Frances McGinnity – [...]

A country that does not publicly fund national defense won’t have much of it. A society that doesn’t support parents will have fewer children. [Stephanie H. Murray – The Atlantic, 25 April [...]

Inequality has seemingly caused many American parents to jettison friendships and activities in order to invest more resources in their kids, while prior generations didn’t need to be as [...]

As well as the impact of population dynamics on development is understood, there is surprisingly little global awareness of the next great stage of the world historical demographic story, even [...]