81 millioner børn og teenagere i Latinamerika lever i fattigdom. Det svarer til, at 45% af børn og unge betegnes som fattige. Der er dog stor forskel mellem de latinamerikanske lande.
About 81 million children and adolescents in Latin America, or the equivalent of about 45 percent of this population group, live in poverty, two UN agencies said in a new report Tuesday.
The report, entitled Child Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, is jointly written by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru report more than two thirds of their children and adolescents to be living in poverty.
On the contrary, less that one of every four minors live in poverty in Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay.
The researchers took into account the level of household income and whether it was sufficient to meet the citizens’ basic needs.
The report recommends that ‘multisectoral public interventions should be introduced in order to eliminate child poverty, in particular by guaranteeing the right to food, health, water, sanitation, education and information.
