Child poverty in Argentina reached 70% in first quarter of year: UNICEF
- March 12, 2024
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child poverty in Argentina grew from 57.5% in the second half of 2023 to 70.8% in the first quarter of 2024in conditions of high inflation and where “Work
child poverty in Argentina grew from 57.5% in the second half of 2023 to 70.8% in the first quarter of 2024in conditions of high inflation and where “Work is not enough”according to the report UNICEF presented on Tuesday, which did “wake-up call” to the authorities.
According to modeling conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), child homelessness also increased from 19.4% in the second half of 2023 to 34.4% in the first three months of this year.
At the end of 2023, 7 million minors lived in poverty and 2 million in extreme monetary poverty, “associated” with economic stagnation, the situation with wages, the labor market and “Basic (food) baskets are growing at a faster rate than price indices as a whole. and the salaries of registered workers and, above all, those who are not registered,” explained UNICEF Argentina Inclusion Specialist Sebastian Weisgrais during the presentation of the report in Buenos Aires.
Sebastian Weisgrais, Inclusion Specialist at UNICEF Argentina. | Photo: X @sebawaisgrais.
“In the last 40 years, we have not reached 30% of monetary poverty among children,” and this “a problem that remains”Weisgrace added.
Child poverty is higher general povertybelonging 40.9% according to UNICEF, by the second half of 2023, and the rate of poverty among minors will exceed the overall rate of 12.2%.
Rates rose sharply in the first quarter of 2024, with the average poverty rate in the first half of 2023 being 57%. “hides strong differences”because it rose to 75% if household members had informal work, to 84% if they lived in a popular area, to 67.9% if households were single-parent, and to 63.5% if they were headed by a woman.
Weisgrace was assertive and stated.
Work is not enough.
A man collects food from a trash can at the Central Market of Buenos Aires. | Photo: Reuters.
In terms of child poverty related to basic rights such as education or adequate housing, 42.6% of young people (5.4 million) suffer from at least one deprivation, and 16.7% suffer from at least one severe deprivation ( 2.1 million).
According to UNICEF’s multidimensional poverty indicator, 7 out of 10 children experience deprivation, whether monetary payments or deprivation in the exercise of certain fundamental rights; Meanwhile, 31% suffer from deprivation in both dimensions simultaneously.
“We have a strategy that is about collecting evidence to make decisions.”said UNICEF Argentina representative Luisa Brumana with the “idea” to “understand the situation” and present “proposals to governments,” hinting that meetings had been “requested” with the government of Javier Miley. took office on December 10.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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