Save the Greek Children

According to a Unicef report on childhood in Greece, there are more than 400 thousand

of children living below the poverty line. They represent almost a quarter of all children.

One third of poor families are single parent. Greece has the highest percentage of children

suffering from malnutrition in OECD countries.

This dramatic situation puts in question the efficacy of national legislation and policies to

improve children living conditions. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is once

again violated as every child has the right to have a decent life. But this is also another evidence

of harmful austerity policies which affect in primis the children, especially those belonging to

poor families.

P.S: B.Atkinson, the Oxford economist, known for his studies on economic inequality, carried
out a study for Unicef where he develops a framework to assess the relationship between
macroeconomic policies and family welfare, especially for children in the context of the EMU. If
we follow his reasoning, it would come out that the outcome of economic policies has been
globally unfavourable, not to say penalizing for children in Europe. 

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