Due
to the Covid-19 pandemic, all of us are to stay at home. It has a big impact on
our work, and this might affect the achievement of our shared vision of a world
without violence against children. As the virus continues to spread across the
world, we are all facing multiple new stresses, including physical and
psychological health risks, school and business closures, family confinement,
isolation and economic vulnerability. Through all of that, children are
particularly vulnerable.
As
the COVID‑19 crisis spreads around the world, it is transforming children’s
day-to-day lives. The pandemic and the associated policy responses of
confinement and social distancing touch on almost every part of children’s
worlds. COVID‑19 directly affects formal care arrangements, education and
leisure services offered by early childhood services, schools and other organizations
are interrupted. Recognising that the impacts of these measures will hit some
groups of children harder than others is critical. These groups of vulnerable
children include children living in poverty, children with disabilities,
children in out-home care, children in detention, and also refugee children and
children at risk of child labour. Furthermore, the pandemic has the potential
to create new vulnerable children and countries must prepare to respond to
growing needs for support. To a varying extent, these issues intersect with
income poverty and poor housing, with the common denominator being that
children in poorer families are more exposed.
Let
us not also forget that the children’s' are also having a hard time. They also
need to be taken care of in situations like this, they shouldn't feel like a
burden and feel like their rights are snatched from theirs. Be mindful of the
words you say and the things you do. Treasure the children while also
respecting their rights.
Resources
used:
https://www.end-violence.org/protecting-children-during-covid-19-outbreakhttps://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/combatting-covid-19-s-effect-on-children-2e1f3b2f/
PROTECTING CHILDREN DURING COVID-19 | End Violence
Very well said, Beatrice. I could really relate and agree to your blog about children's rights . As a 15 year old whose still considered as a child in this society, it's very disturbing to know about our rights being unacknowledged and ignored before, the good thing is that they've began to acknowledge our worth and rights as children and are trying to make things up for us. It's never too late to make things right.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Beatrice. The pandemic did not only brought hardships to adults, children are also having a hard time as violence against them are increasing. They need to be saved and their rights needs to be acknowledged and respected.
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