UNICEF: One in five children in low and middle-income countries lack most basic services

On World Children’s Day, Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Cécile Aptel, Author and Deputy Director of UNICEF’s Global Office of Research and Forecasting. UNICEF is offering a sobering reminder: national and global policies too often leave the world’s most vulnerable in the shadows. In a world of progress and innovation, 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are still denied the most basic necessities: clean water, healthcare, education, nutrition. And even in a high-income country like France, official figures show that 2.76 million children live in poverty: one tenth of France’s child population. Putting an end to child poverty requires political will and social commitment and to decide, collectively, that children’s well-being is non-negotiable.