only put women and children at further risk, ” said Poonam Muttreja, the executive director of the

NEW DELHI — Some children have forgotten the alphabet or what their classrooms look like.... As pandemic restrictions are lifted, then reimposed, schools are often the first places to close and the last to reopen. Mahesh Davar, a farmhand in central India, is pained to see his young sons working beside him.... Around the globe, more than 120 million children have faced the same situation, according to the United Nations.“ Poor people like us fight every day to keep the stove burning, ” Mr....