«(...)
The report uses the latest available data to show not only where global and
regional gains have been exceptional and gaps have narrowed, but also where
disparities have remained unchanged or widened since 1990.
In presenting achievements
over the MDG period and the challenges children still face, Progress for
Children spotlights where attention and action must now be aimed in order
to reach the most vulnerable children and achieve sustainable growth. It reveals
inequities that – while not surprising – can no longer be ignored,
including:
- Children from the poorest households are two times as likely to die before their fifth birthday as children from the richest households.
- Children from the poorest households are far less likely to achieve minimum learning standards than those from the richest across regions.
- In most sub-Saharan African countries, girls from the poorest households remain most disadvantaged in terms of school participation.
- Adolescent girls are disproportionally affected by HIV, accounting for nearly two thirds of all new HIV infections among adolescents in 2013. (...)».
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