Globally, populations are changing at a rapid rate, and it is essential that any efforts designed to improve the well-being of societies recognise and respond to these changes. This includes the design of the framework that will replace the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and consultations on the content of this framework rightly include specific attention to population dynamics.
Key trends identified by this background paper for the Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics in the Post-2015 Development Agenda include: population growth, population ageing, urbanisation and migration. In this paper we focus on some of these trends to illustrate the major impact of population dynamics on children, with a particular emphasis on their care and protection. We focus specifically on:
- The rising numbers of children in the developing world, many of whom are at risk as a consequence of living outside of parental care
- The growing rates of child migration and consequent exposure to trafficking and other forms of exploitation, abuse and neglect
- The impacts of rising adult migration on the children who are left behind
- The increasing vulnerability of children as a result of urbanisation
- The phenomenon of 'skipped-generation' households and the impacts on children and older people of the rising use of grandparent care.
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- Save the Children
- Terre Des Hommes
- Family for Every Child
- SOS Children's Villages
- Better Care Network
- Consortium for Street Children
- World Vision International
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