CHANGINGLIVESINOURLIFETIMEGLOBALCHILDHOODREPORT2019##SAVETHECHILDRENPhoto:VictoriaZegler/SavetheChildren1Introduction4EndofChildhoodIndexResults2000vs.2019910FactorsDrivingChangeforChildrenSince200013MoreChildrenAreHealthyandSurvivingtoAge516FewerChildrenSufferMalnutritionthatCausesStunting19MoreChildrenAreAttendingSchoolandLearning23FewerChildrenAreForcedintoWork26FewerChildrenAreMarriedBeforeAge1829FewerGirlsAreBecomingMothers32FewerChildrenAreBeingMurdered35MoreChildrenAreSufferingDuetoConflict41Recommendations47ProgressRankings2000-201949EndofChildhoodIndexRankings201950CompleteEndofChildhoodIndex201954MethodologyandResearchNotes59Endnotes64AcknowledgementsSomenamesofparentsandchildrenhavebeenchangedtoprotectidentities.CONTENTSGLOBALCHILDHOODREPORT##increase.Findingwaystofulfillchildren’shealth,educationandprotectionrightsinconflictzonesiscentraltothechallengeofensuringeverychildhasthechildhoodtheydeserve.WHATDRIVESPROGRESS?Inthe1990s,SavetheChildrenpioneeredaradicalapproachtomakingchangethatcametobeknownas“positivedeviance.”Theapproachwasbasedontheideathatwithineverycommunity,therearesomepeoplewho,withthesameresourcesandconstraintsaseveryoneelse,dothingsdifferentlyandachievebetterresultsthanthenorm.Theirchildrenarehealthier,bettereducatedorbet-terprotectedthanonewouldexpect,giventhechallengestheyface.LearningfromthesesuccessstoriesprovedtobeIncommemorationofitsfounding100yearsago,SavetheChildrenisreleasingitsthirdannualGlobalChildhoodReporttocelebrateprogressforchildren.Weexaminethemajorreasonswhychildhoodcomestoanearlyend,andfindsignificantlyfewerchildrensufferingill-health,malnutrition,exclusionfromeducation,childlabor,childmarriage,earlypregnancyandviolentdeath.Intheyear2000,anestimated970millionchildrenwererobbedoftheirchildhoodsduetothesecauses.Thatnumbertodayhasbeenreducedto690million2–meaningatleast280millionchildrenarebetterofftodaythantheywouldhavebeentwodecadesago.AcomparisonofEndofChildhoodIndexscoresfindstheoverallsituationforchildrenhasimpro...
