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

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

The inclusion of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, is a testament to the importance of gender equity in realising the SDGs’ ambitious vision. Not only does it recognise that “the achievemen

Extreme poverty continues to be a fatal outrage, but a disproportionate number of children who die or lose out on education are not ’just’ poor. Whether they live in a rich country or in one of the world’s poorest countries, they tend to experience a comb

Nearly 16,000 girls and boys under the age of five die every, mainly due to causes that can be treated. While around 250 million school-aged girls and boys are unable to study. Extreme poverty continues to cause havoc, but a number disproportionate number

16,000 children under five will die today. About 250 million children of school age (two out of five) do not receive adequate education.These are the children that the world has forgotten. For nearly a century, Save the Children has been fighting to take

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) launches its landmark report "The geography of poverty, disasters and climate extremes in 2030". The report is intended as an input to the post-2015 debates and aims to make clear that ending extreme poverty will n