Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 5:50:04 GMT
The lives of millions of vulnerable children are at risk because the majority of the world's nations have not reaffirmed their commitment to children's rights, six leading international children's rights organizations have warned. The agencies, represented by a coalition called Joining Forces , expressed dismay that only a handful of countries have made concrete commitments to promote children's rights to mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. November 20th. To date, less than half of countries have adopted the global commitment “ For every child, every right” to redouble efforts in defense of children, in response to the invitation of UNICEF and the United Nations. Worse still, fewer than 50 countries have submitted national commitments and almost none of the countries with the highest rates of child poverty and marginalization have committed. “There are millions of boys and girls who have been left behind,” said Meg Gardinier, general secretary of the ChildFund Alliance and president of Joining Forces.
Given all we have achieved since 1989, their suffering constitutes a serious breach of the promises made to children 30 years ago. It is essential that states work with renewed vigor and urgency to realize the rights of all children. The six agencies urged governments to make commitments regarding specific policies for children or to commit greater investments in areas such as education, health or social protection. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Argentina Mobile Number List is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. It has driven substantial investment in the areas of health, education and child safety and the adoption of laws and policies that recognize the rights of boys and girls, particularly in areas where they are vulnerable, including labor exploitation, corporal punishment, care alternative and forced and premature marriage. However, the coalition expressed serious concern that despite the extraordinary progress made over the past three decades, the lives of too many children remain ruined. Andrew Morley, President and CEO of World Vision International, said: “Shocking numbers of children continue to die from preventable causes, and millions more are out of school or suffering heartbreaking abuse. An estimated 12 million girls under the age of 18 are married each year.
I recently met an 8-year-old girl in East Africa who had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage. They stole her childhood and ruined her future. "We cannot stand by and allow this atrocity to continue happening." The Joining Forces report: A Second Revolution: 30 years of children's rights and the pending agenda showed that commitments made three decades ago to protect children's rights remain unfulfilled for millions of them. Violence still affects many boys and girls. Discrimination based on age, gender, disability, sexual orientation and religion harms children around the world. Key factors include a lack of investment in critically important services. Most countries fall short of investing the 5-6% of GDP needed to ensure universal coverage of essential healthcare. And foreign aid, on which many low-income countries depend, is insufficient in areas such as health, education, child protection and care. Another factor, according to the report, is the lack of quality data. Governments tend to rely on data that reflects national averages, making it difficult to identify children's specific needs and monitor progress. Comprehensive data collection and disaggregation of data by gender, age, disability and locality are increasingly important as rights violations disproportionately affect disadvantaged children.
Given all we have achieved since 1989, their suffering constitutes a serious breach of the promises made to children 30 years ago. It is essential that states work with renewed vigor and urgency to realize the rights of all children. The six agencies urged governments to make commitments regarding specific policies for children or to commit greater investments in areas such as education, health or social protection. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Argentina Mobile Number List is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. It has driven substantial investment in the areas of health, education and child safety and the adoption of laws and policies that recognize the rights of boys and girls, particularly in areas where they are vulnerable, including labor exploitation, corporal punishment, care alternative and forced and premature marriage. However, the coalition expressed serious concern that despite the extraordinary progress made over the past three decades, the lives of too many children remain ruined. Andrew Morley, President and CEO of World Vision International, said: “Shocking numbers of children continue to die from preventable causes, and millions more are out of school or suffering heartbreaking abuse. An estimated 12 million girls under the age of 18 are married each year.
I recently met an 8-year-old girl in East Africa who had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage. They stole her childhood and ruined her future. "We cannot stand by and allow this atrocity to continue happening." The Joining Forces report: A Second Revolution: 30 years of children's rights and the pending agenda showed that commitments made three decades ago to protect children's rights remain unfulfilled for millions of them. Violence still affects many boys and girls. Discrimination based on age, gender, disability, sexual orientation and religion harms children around the world. Key factors include a lack of investment in critically important services. Most countries fall short of investing the 5-6% of GDP needed to ensure universal coverage of essential healthcare. And foreign aid, on which many low-income countries depend, is insufficient in areas such as health, education, child protection and care. Another factor, according to the report, is the lack of quality data. Governments tend to rely on data that reflects national averages, making it difficult to identify children's specific needs and monitor progress. Comprehensive data collection and disaggregation of data by gender, age, disability and locality are increasingly important as rights violations disproportionately affect disadvantaged children.
