One billion children are threatened by the effects of climate change, and the living standards of minors worldwide have not improved over the past decade, the NGO KidsRights said on Wednesday (October 19th).
The Covid-19 pandemic has also had a significant impact on minors, who have sometimes been deprived of food or medicine due to disruptions in the health sector, leading to the deaths of some 286,000 children under the age of five, the ministry said. in the annual survey.
Children’s future is at stake
Published annually,Children’s Rights IndexBased on UN data, it ranks 185 countries in terms of compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the 2022 ranking, the first places are occupied by Iceland, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands, followed by the Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Chad.
The 2022 study “alarming for the children of our present and future generationsMark Dullaert, founder and president of KidsRights, said in a press release. “A rapidly changing climate now threatens their future and fundamental rightsMark Dullaert said.
“Children’s living standards have not improved significantly over the past decade and, in addition, their livelihoods have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.“, he added. For the first time in two decades, the number of child workers has reached 160 million, an increase of 8.4 million over the past four years.Children’s Rights Index“, was made with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
Some improvements
However, the study welcomes the progress made by some countries. Angola has more than halved under-five mortality, while Bangladesh has nearly halved the number of underweight children. Bolivia, for its part, has almost halved the number of workplace accidents involving children.
Last year’s runner-up Switzerland fell to 31st place.due to insufficient implementation of the principle by the country“best interests of the child» in decisions concerning children“, the NGO emphasized. Other countries singled out in the report include Nigeria, 175th for high maternal mortality rates, and Montenegro, 49th for low vaccination rates.
Source: Le Figaro
