Introduction As COVID19 continues to spread across Europe, it is bringing havoc and devastation to people’s lives, exposing weaknesses of European healthcare systems, and intensifying social inequalities. Although children are considered as a low-risk group, they will be hit hard…

March 2020 This is a historic turning point to ensure that child poverty is eliminated across the EU. The EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes the prioritisation for a European Child Guarantee from the European Commission, European Parliament and…

17 February 2020 Today, 23 million children grow up at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU. At particularly higher risk of social exclusion, are children in vulnerable situations and disadvantaged groups such as Roma children, children in…

Child poverty in the European Union today In 2019, 1 in 4 children  in the European Union are still being failed, despite the EU being one of the most prosperous regions in the world. Child poverty and social exclusion can…