The report produced by UNICEF on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989-2014), and entitled: "Every child counts, revealing disparities, promoting the rights of the child", will be launched on 2 April in partnership with the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), it was specified by the Organisation. The report, the result of several studies conducted by UNICEF and its partners, highlights the problem of disparities and inequalities in the realisation of children's rights around the world. It analyses the performance of different countries in terms of realising children's rights, including the right to life and survival, the right to health, the right to education, the right to protection and participation. The report also provides information on some of the many facets of children's lives, the present and the future of each nation.
The figures speak of the circumstances in which children are born and raised, grow up and learn, work and establish relationships with others, and evolve in the world. Child labour and marriage. The report also informs about newborn mortality, the share of registered births, the number of children who benefit from an official identity and the rights that flow from it: right to services, to protection, to the exercise of citizenship, vaccination, the percentage of children who enter primary school, and the number of them who reach secondary school. Let us also point out that the document also looks at child labour and marriage and whether, for example, in adolescence they have the necessary knowledge to protect themselves from HIV. The guiding principle of this report remains the same: credible data on the situation of children are essential to improving their living conditions and indispensable to the realisation of the rights of every child. Data alone do not change the world, according to UNICEF, but they "make changes possible by identifying needs, supporting advocacy activities and measuring progress."
News 24 Mar 2014 2 min read
Launch in Rabat of a study on the situation of children in the world

