World's Poorest, Richest Children Are Dramatically Inequal: UNICEF

Millions of poor children will die of preventable disease by 2030 if nothing is done to eliminate global poverty, a new report released by UNICEF has revealed. The organization claims that in the past few decades, the number of children not going to school and those getting married early has only increased.

According to the report released by the United Nations' children's agency, a major inequality exists among the rich and poor children. The report has revealed that poor children are twice as likely as rich children to die because before the age of 5. In addition, poor girls are twice likely to become child brides than rich girls. These signs of inequality are particularly troubling and disturbing.

While some progress has been made in terms of global mortality rates for children under the age of 5, the researchers say that the development has been neither fair nor even. These developments have had several repercussions for global turmoil.

According to Undine's deputy executive director, Justin Forsyth, the increase in the number of migrants and refugees, in addition to other big challenges are linked to the poverty and inequality that exist among children. Eliminating or reducing the inequality is beneficial not only for the children, but will also help put an end to future crises.

The report has further emphasized on the need to provide education for children. According to UNICEF, an year of additional education increases the chances of earning 10 percent more money as an adult. In addition, the organization states that an additional year of schooling completed by a young adult helps reduce the poverty of the nation by almost 9 percent.

The rate of child marriage among girls has remained unchanged since the 1990s. Each year, around 15 million girls are married as children.