Poverty and destitution in childhood: the urgency facing Argentina. Estimates for the second half of 2023 place extreme child poverty at 19.4%, five percentage points more than the first half of the year.

In the last three years there has been a decrease in the national budget allocated to children. The implementation of policies that tend to reduce disparities between households and improve income protection schemes are central to improving the lives of millions of girls and boys, says Luisa Brumana, representative of Unicef ​​in Argentina.