South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to Covid forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on April 19, 2023
In 2023, A report titled “More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection” was released by the International Labour Organization and UNICEF.
As per this report, only 26.4% of children between the ages of 0 and 15 are protected by social welfare programs.
In April 2023, The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems report was released by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).
According to the report, eliminating gender discrimination in agriculture could result in increase in the size of global economy and alleviate hunger at a time when over 345 million people are estimated to experience acute food insecurity.
