As we enter 2021, the world continues to grapple with containing the deadly spread of the COVID-19 virus. And education continues to be the silent victim of this pandemic.    Save Our Education Now sets out five, evidence-based actions that governments sh

This briefing presents the results of new analysis of the impacts that public spending and taxation are having on child poverty and inequality in Kenya. Public spending is critical for putting essential foundations in place for economies to develop and so

Globally, many countries are failing to sufficiently prioritise the wellbeing of children and invest in their future potential. In the context of rising child poverty and deprivation resulting from COVID-19, and persistently high humanitarian caseloads fu

The global community has committed to work together to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Despite this, at least half the world’s population still lack access to essential health services and some 100

Four years on from the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, child mortality rates continue to fall, yet big inequalities in child survival persist. Deprived and marginalised children are far less likely to have access to basic healthcare services

Tipping the Balance provides new evidence showing that children are denied their right to health based on the circumstances they grow up in. Children from poorer backgrounds are disproportionately affected by mortality and malnutrition. This steep social

In the Prime Minister’s first remarks from Downing Street, he outlined his aspiration for a powerful Britain that is “generous in temper and engaged with the world”.1 In order to fulfil this ambition of reshaping the UK’s role on the world-stage – at the

The pledge to Leave No One Behind within the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda has the potential to revolutionize how the world defines and strives for progress, putting the world’s most deprived and marginalised children first. One of its key cha

While many legal restrictions have been employed to address child marriage globally, as many as 7.5 million girls are married illegally each year. This has a profound impact on the girl, her family, and society as a whole. Child brides are associated with

This report shows that pneumonia, ‘the forgotten child killer,’ is responsible for the deaths of more children under five than any other disease. It kills two children in this age group every minute—more than malaria, diarrhoea, and measles combined. More