Eurochild, EAPN and UNICEF are organising "Taking action to fight child poverty and to promote child well-being", a high-profile political round table and seminar on 10-11 April 2013 in Dublin, under the patronage of the Irish Presidency of the EU. This event will stress the importance of the European Commission’s Recommendation Investing in Children: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage and its implementation at Member States level. The aims are to:
- Push national governments to take the fight against child poverty seriously
- Launch the Child Poverty Explainer & Unicef Report Card
The facts are known: one in four children in the European Union is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, amounting to 25.3 million children. The crisis and austerity measures across the continent have had an enormous impact on the most vulnerable in society - among them children, who have been disproportionately affected.
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What is child poverty?
EAPN and Eurochild take the opportunity of this event to launch "Towards Children’s Well-Being in the EU", which aims to raise public awareness on child poverty in Europe and on the devastating effects it has on lives of children and families as well as on society as a whole. The explainer illustrates concrete solutions at EU, national, local and individual levels to support the implementation of the European Commission Recommendation. This will be available as from 10 April 2013 at www.eurochild.org
UNICEF Report Card 11 – Child well-being in rich countries. A comparative overview
UNICEF will launch its Report Card 11 at the Round Table. UNICEF Report Cards provide a mirror to industrialised countries on how children are faring in their societies, and present a wide range of measures of progress. Report Card 11 also includes an important section on how children see their own lives. The Report Card will be available from 10 April 2013.
