Adolescent girls face multiple challenges that restrict their horizons. They have to make decisions about employment and fertility at an early age with limited access to formal education and under restrictive social norms. Domestic responsibilities limit their time in school and educational...

The European Child Guarantee was established in 2021 to ensure that children in need have access to a set of key services. This policy brief analyses trends and disparities in children's access to early childhood education and care, education, healthcare, nutrition and housing. This is done...

Between 1854 and 1929, approximately 200,000 children were transported from East Coast cities to new homes in the American West, motivated by the theory that a change of geography and household environment can transform lives. We leverage quasi-experimental variation in child placements to...

Introduction:A country is said to be potential and prosperous only when its basic unit- “YOUTH” is safe and secured, focus will be on both the gender’s equal upliftment (male and female) in the Society. In the light of this, the present chapter is an attempt to move a step ahead towards...

Considering that it is imperative to provide reliable, comprehensive and timely data that serve as a basis to determine the priorities of national and sub-national action aimed at the prevention and elimination of child labour, the ILO Regional Office for the Americas promoted an alliance with...

Ireland has shown a strong commitment to addressing child poverty and improving outcomes for children and young people through significant policy, legislative and organisational reforms over the past decade. This report is part of a joint project between the OECD, the European Commission and...

"Children are Everywhere engages with how demographic anxieties and reproductive regimes emerge as forms of social inclusion and exclusion in a low fertility Western European context. This book explores everyday experiences of parenting and childlessness of 'ethnic' Germans in Berlin, who came...

Ireland has shown a strong commitment to addressing child poverty and improving outcomes for children and young people. Responding to the needs of children and young people, particularly those most vulnerable, requires integrated policies and services. This report is part of a joint project...

In etwa einem Fünftel der Haushalte von Familien leben Alleinerziehende, die besonders armutsgefährdet sind. Zum zweiten befindet sich die Wirtschaft im Wandel: Digitalisierung und Dekarbonisierung führen dazu, dass sich Berufe und Arbeitswelt in den kommenden Jahren stark verändern...

Poor educational attainment is a persistent problem among Latino children, relative to non-Latinos. This paper examines the effects of participation in the Head Start program on Latinos. We find that large and significant benefits accrue to Head Start children when we compare them to siblings...

Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15–29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to...

Despite strong economic performance and significant governance reforms over the past few decades, Lithuania has a higher share of its population at-risk-of poverty than other EU countries (21.4% in 2020 compared to an EU average of 16.3%), with some people more at risk than others, particularly...

The Subregional review of youth policies and strategies in the Caribbean offers an overview of national policies on youth in 29 Caribbean states and territories that are members or associate members of ECLAC. The report aims at providing a comprehensive review of the state of youth policies and...

Young people have demonstrated resilience to shocks and led positive change in their communities across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Young people (aged under 30) constitute more than half (55%) of the population across MENA, compared with 36% of the population across OECD...

Early equity for disadvantaged children can be achieved through nurturing, high quality early learning environments. However, without deliberate action, disadvantaged children face a 12 month development gap compared to their more advantaged peers in key early learning areas such as emergent...

The paper is devoted the problem of interconnection of social advertising and youth policy in Russia. Social advertising is one of the tools of social youth policy, as well as the importance and value it represents for the formation of value orientations of young people. Social advertising is...

Existe consenso sobre la importancia de garantizar los recursos económicos dirigidos a los niños y de elaborar políticas de calidad orientadas a ellos, para evitar condicionamientos del desarrollo y potenciar el logro de mayores capacidades. En la última década, en el Uruguay se han...