UNICEF report takes an in-depth view of key trends impacting children in the third running year of the pandemic

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Key Findings for 2022:

  • For global communities, there is a strong need to recast COVID-strategy, particularly when mitigating its effect on children
  •  Consequences of school closures will be increasingly counted, specifically in regards to negative coping strategies like child labor and marriage
  • A lock of global cooperation puts at risk the G20 target to vaccinate at least 70% of populations/country by mid-2022
  • Inequalities in medical care continue to deepen, especially access vaccinations
  • Record humanitarian needs are forecast in 2022, particularly due to the impact of climate change
  • However, children and young people express greater optimism for the future and for 2022
    • Technology and infrastructure developed for pandemic can drive the next revolution in child survival

Ten trends discussed in report:

  1. The pandemic’s uncertain trajectory
  2. A K-shaped, uneven global economic recovery
  3. Global inflationary pressures
  4. Mainstreaming of digital currencies
  5. The multilateral fallout from COVID-19
  6. Political instability and conflict
  7. Renegotiation of social contracts post COVID
  8. Convergence of frontier technologies in modern warfare and politics
  9. Growth of the digital economy
  10. Globalization of climate policies, finance and justice movements

 

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