The Many Faces of Exclusion: End of Childhood Report 2018

Launched ahead of International Children’s Day on June 1st, the annual global index examines the events that rob children of their childhoods and prevent them from reaching their full potential. This year’s report, The Many Faces of Exclusion, reveals how poverty, conflict and discrimination against girls are putting more than 1.2 billion children – over half of children worldwide – at risk for an early end to their childhood.

In its second year, the report also includes a ranking of 175 countries where childhood is most and least threatened as a result of poor health, malnutrition, exclusion from education, child labour, child marriage, early pregnancy and extreme violence.

These “childhood enders” are most prevalent where the three risks - poverty, conflict and gender bias - overlap to create toxic environments for children.