New opportunities for investing in children
Wat is het?
Stand van zaken over de kinderrechten en kinderarmoede in de EU lidstaten.
Waarom is het belangrijk
The 22.7 million children at risk of poverty or social exclusion represent one of the most vulnerable population groups in the European Union.Children who grow up in poverty have less opportunities than their peers. They have less access to quality education starting from early childhood education until higher education, and are more likely than children from better-off families to face difficulties such as: school dropout; lower educational attainment; health problems (including mental health issues), being in contact with the law, or being in the child protection system. Child poverty can have lifelong effects on children’s lives, including leading to poverty in adulthood, and passing it on to the next generation. According to OECD estimates, it takes on average five generations to exit poverty in its member countries
