Contents, continued Perspectives a fair chance for girls – end child marriage by Angélique Kidjo 38 Give children a chance by Gordon Brown 66 What are we waiting for? Sustainable societies begin with children by Kailash Satyarthi 86 endnotes 102 list of Boxes BoX 1. equity defined 7 BoX 1.1. female volunteers help health workers reach the marginalized in nepal 23 BoX 1.2. every child counts: The importance of quality data on child survival 27 BoX 1.3. Bangladesh shows the challenge of sustained progress in child survival 35 BoX 1.4. health equity funds provide free health care to the poor 36 BoX 1.5. eliminating malnutrition can help break the cycle of unequal opportunity 36 BoX 2.1. The developing brain: an early window of opportunity for learning 50 BoX 2.2. The destructive impact of armed conflict on education 53 BoX 2.3. Brazil and Viet nam: Making the grade 63 BoX 3.1: Monetary child poverty measures 72 BoX 3.2. Measuring multidimensional child poverty 74 list of figures figure 1.1. Countries with limited economic growth can still reduce child mortality 13 figure 1.2. Progress in under-five mortality does not necessarily come with greater equity 14 figure 1.3. The poor will need to make faster progress to reach the 2030 goal 15 figure 1.4. Progress must accelerate for the least advantaged children 18 figure 1.5. accelerated progress in neonatal mortality is key to meeting the SdG target 22 figure 1.6. Many countries will miss the under-five mortality target, some by a wide margin 25 figure 1.7. antenatal care and skilled birth attendance save newborn lives 29 figure 1.8. in 63 countries, equity in intervention coverage could reduce under-five mortality rates by almost 30 per cent 30 figure 1.9. Many countries do not have enough health providers 32 figure 2.1. More than half of the 59 million out-of-school children live in sub-Saharan africa 44 The STaTe of The World’S Children 2016 iv