Save The Children, in Italy in 15 years 600 thousand fewer minors

In 15 years in Italy there are over 600 thousand fewer minors and one million more those in absolute poverty with the last ten years characterized by low investment in education, especially in early childhood and full-time services. The arrival of the pandemic, then, has exacerbated the educational crisis and the economic, social and geographical inequalities in which minors live. This is the picture that emerges from the XII edition of the Atlas of Childhood at Risk in Italy 2021 "The future is already here" by Save The Children which, a few days before the World Day of Childhood and Adolescence, is pushing to denounce in Italy a "risk of extinction" for children and ask for "an urgent change of course starting from the NRP".

    Absolute poverty, the organization underlines, has seen continuous growth over the last 15 years and only registered a slight slowdown in 2019 with the entry into force of citizenship income.

Then, in 2020, with the arrival of the crisis triggered by the pandemic, the race of absolute poverty resumed, and out of an audience of 3 million individuals benefiting from citizenship income, 753,000 are minors.