Tagged "Child Rights"

Children from the poorest communities frequently miss out on the nutrition and care they need to grow up healthy.

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Parliamentarians address the rights of children
More than 600 parliamentarians participated in the 128th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly held from 22–27 March in Quito, Ecuador. The parliamentarians came together to tackle a range of challenges – from crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic to development priorities after 2015.

Among the issues high on the agenda was their role in addressing the rights of children with disabilities.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union is a critical UNICEF partner in mobilizing members of parliaments on behalf of the world’s children.

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Click here for more information on UNICEF’s work on disability.

TEASER ALERT: In May, UNICEF will launch this year’s edition of its flagship publication, State of the World’s Children. The focus for 2013 is Children with Disabilities.

With this report, UNICEF hopes to add a strong voice and increased visibility to the global, necessary and increasingly urgent debate about disability rights, especially those of children. State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities will focus on the position of children with disabilities in a varying worldwide landscape: how do they fare at home, in school, or at health care centres? What happens to children with disabilities in emergencies or conflict? How do these situations fluctuate around the world? The report will ask readers to consider the lost opportunities in denying the full potential of these children.

With that in mind…we thought we would share with you an article from The Guardian titled: Disability must be a central plank of the post-2015 development framework

As far as they are concerned…”No development goal should be considered met unless it equitably reaches the world’s 1 billion disabled people“…We agree…what do you think?

Photo credit: © UNICEF/BANA2012-02005/Jannatul Mawa

Photo caption: Shova Baraik, age 6, attends class at a pre-school in Mirtinga Tea Estate in Maulavi Bazar, Bangladesh. At the age of three, Shova lost her eyesight in one of her eyes after a severe case of typhoid, and she can barely see with her other eye.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 21 March 2013
A girl in Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest countries.

To achieve equity for all children, current global, social and economic disparities that deprive children of the right to reach their full potential must be redressed. UNICEF seeks to address the root causes of inequity so that all children, particularly those who suffer the worst deprivations, have the support necessary for their optimal development.

©UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne

To see more: www.unicef.org/photography

From cotton field to classroom
Meet Iqra, second from left, sitting here with her siblings. She is 13 years old. A year ago, she would spend her days picking cotton and helping with domestic work in order to help support her family.

Today, thanks to an IKEA Foundation-supported project implemented by UNICEF, she is enrolled in school and has plans for her future.

You can learn more and see what she has planned by visiting: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_68289.html

Daily life: Toys (part 2)
M. Sarangoo plays with animal figurines in her ‘ger’, a traditional mobile home for nomadic families in Khövsgöl Province on Mongolia. Her parents are nearby. Toys – a universal part of childhood – make a critical contribution to realizing children’s rights to play, expression, education and healthy social development. UNICEF supports these vital rights for all children, everywhere.

Watch UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lang Lang discuss the right for all children to play: http://youtu.be/bVQkIxO0Gc4

Or…visit UNICEF.org to learn more.

© UNICEF/Sokol

March 8 - International Day of the Woman
Violence is an issue that blights the futures of millions of women and girls, every day, all over the world and impedes a nations’ social and economic development.

With that in mind…the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women’.

Learn more here and lets make an effort to celebrate next years’ International Day of the Woman as we should…with joy and cheers.

The long march: children go to school
A blog post by Andy Brown, Digital Communications Consultant for UNICEF East Asia and Pacific
Published Monday, March 4, 2013

In Cambodia, ten-year-old Pan In (pictured above - center) is attending school for the first time this year, following a local school enrolment campaign. She wears a clean white-and-blue uniform. “I walk to school every day with my brother,” she says. “It’s a long way and we don’t always get there on time, but my teacher is nice and she doesn’t blame me. I like learning literacy but not maths. Between classes, I water the flowers in the school yard.”

Soksan Primary School is in Pouk district, Siem Reap province. It consists of two long single-story buildings, which are clean and freshly painted. Outside, there are latrine blocks with colourful murals, a water pump and well-tended flowerbeds. In one classroom, young girls sing a handwashing song. “We will always be clean and wash our hands before eating,” they chant in Khmer language. “We do not play with dirt because it will make us ill.”

Pan In is a shy girl and older than the other children in her class. Sometimes she finds it difficult to fit in. “Once the children in Grade 2 stole my pencil and ruler,” she says. “I told my teacher and she made them give them back. They don’t steal from me anymore. The teacher also helps my Mum by giving us her daughter’s old clothes and books.”

Of her two younger brothers, six-year-old Pev still doesn’t attend school because he has a bad leg and can’t manage the walk. But seven-year-old Pean goes to the same school. “I like learning the alphabet,” he says.