Changing children’s chances: new findings on child policy worldwide

A new report provides, for the first time, a detailed international comparison of the laws and policies that shape children’s lives around the world.

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The Children’s Chances website allows people to view maps of key policies for children’s healthy development, and answer pressing questions such as:

• Can children in your country go to school?

• How many countries protect children from child labor?

• In which countries is child marriage legal?

• Does your country prioritize child health?

• Can parents in your country meet the needs of their children?

• How do the unemployed or underemployed fare across different countries?

• In which countries do children of different genders, religions or ethnicities have equal rights?

• Which countries support the education and inclusion of children with disabilities?

The World Policy Analysis Center collected and analyzed information on laws and policies relevant to children’s and adults’ lives in the following areas: education, income, discrimination, equity, health, disability, family, parental labor, child labor, child marriage, as well as social, economic, civil and political rights. This website summarizes key original findings from these databases on current laws and policies in UN member states that are essential to the healthy development of children and youth around the world.

Detaled information, access to the report  and a range of media supporting the report are available by visiting http://childrenschances.org