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- The International Labour Organization–UNICEF Second joint report on social protection for children has been released.
- Globally 26.4 per cent (just 1 in 4 children) of children aged 0-15 years are only shielded by social protection.
- The remaining 73.6 per cent are exposed to poverty, exclusion and multidimensional deprivations.
- Nearly 1.77 billion children aged 0-18 years lack access to a child or family cash benefit
- It is a fundamental pillar of a social protection system.
- Regional disparities exist in effective social protection coverage for children.
- In the Americas, coverage is 57.4%, in the Arab States at 15.4 % and in Asia and the Pacific, coverage is currently 18.0 %.
- 31 Indian states have implemented the national “PM CARES for Children” scheme launched during the pandemic.
- So far, only 4,302 children have received support from the scheme.
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