An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

UNICEF works with governments and other partners to address the impacts of poverty on children and to mitigate poverty-related risks to their health, education and well-being. A look at recent and ...

Poverty in the Philippines is neither a mystery, nor an accident. And certainly, it is not what the poor want for themselves ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty Stigma is a ...

Matthew Desmond needed answers. The question of how the United States, the world’s wealthiest country, could simultaneously abide so much poverty (at a rate of between 11 and 12 percent in 2022, ...

We review evidence on the effectiveness of the minimum wage versus in-work benefit policies in reducing poverty in OECD countries. The most credible evidence suggests that raising the minimum wage is ...

Annually, on Oct. 17, the world marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a day meant to spotlight the grip of poverty on poor communities and to call for action. Yet in 2025, about ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty Stigma is a ...

TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO WATCH AND LEARN AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HELPS PEOPLE IN NEED NOW HAS A NEED OF ITS OWN. THE ROOF AT UNITED AGAINST POVERTY IS FAILING, MEANING SOME OF ITS SERVICES THAT IT OFFERS ...

Syracuse has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the nation. For some kids, this means going to school hungry. For others, it means showing up to class wearing old or dirty clothes. That didn ...