I assume Canada is in this report as well.

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From: Nancy Krieger <[log in to unmask]>

fyi ...
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:36:38 -0500

>here is the website for the child poverty report:
>http://www.unicef-icdc.org/pdf/poverty.pdf

info on the recent and astonishing UNICEF Report, "CHILD
POVERTY IN RICH
NATIONS:  A LEAGUE TABLE" As you can imagine, the US stands
near the
bottom of rich nations, not only in failure to enact universal
health
insurance, but also in our tolerance of high levels of child
poverty.
This report ... shows the deplorable position of the US.  The
report
preface quote:

"The persistence of child poverty in rich countries undermines
both
equality of opportunity and commonality of values.  It
therefore confronts
the industrialized world with a test both of its ideals and of
its
capacity to resolve many of its most intractable social
problems."

The US is 22nd out of 23 countries (above only Mexico) in the
child
poverty league, the percent of children living below national
poverty
lines (22.4%). The report discusses absolute and relative
poverty, women's
employment and poverty, child poverty in single or dual parent
households;
child poverty and unemployment rates; low wages & child
poverty; social
expenditure as a percent of GNP and child poverty; as well as
the impact
of tax & transfer policy on child poverty.  It looks at child
poverty
overall (the US is deplorable!) and at the persistence of
child poverty.
It looks at European commitment to monitoring child poverty,
and the UK
commitment to eradicating child poverty.

It offers, from the Irish, an eight point campaign to
eliminate poverty:

1.  Define & measure poverty.
2.  Prove there is a problem.
3.  Create awareness.
4.  Highlight risks to children.
5.  Appeal to a respect for human rights and fairness.
6.  Debunk myths.
7.  Build partnerships.
8.  Demonstrate need for action.

It the US, as this report indicates, it would take 0.66% of
GNP to eradicate
child poverty.  Not much!




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