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Los días 16 y 17 de septiembre de 2021, el Comité de los Derechos del Niño de las Naciones Unidas celebrará en Ginebra un Día de Debate General (DDG) sobre los Derechos del Niño y el Cuidado Alternativo. El DDG es una reunión pública destinada a fomentar una comprensión más profunda del contenido y las implicaciones de la CDN de la ONU en lo que se refiere a temas específicos. Un grupo de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (OSC) encargó este informe en un esfuerzo por obtener una perspectiva amplia de lo que piensan las mismas niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes sobre sus experiencias en el…
Les 16 et 17 septembre 2021, le Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations unies organisera à Genève une Journée de débat général (JDG) ayant pour thème les droits de l’enfant et la protection de remplacement. La JGD est une réunion publique cherchant à favoriser une meilleure compréhension de la teneur des interventions et de la nature des implications de la CIDE concernant des sujets spécifiques. Ce rapport a été mandaté par un groupement d’organisations de la société civile dans le but de mieux comprendre ce que les enfants et les jeunes eux-mêmes pensent de leur expérience en prise en…
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The climate crisis is a child rights crisis that needs global urgent action. Its prolonged impacts on the mental and physical health, as well as on the general welfare of children and young people (CYP) stem from shifts in the environment like wildfires, droughts, and heightened exposure to air pollutants. Almost all children (>99%) worldwide are already exposed to one or more climate and environmental risks to their health and millions do not have access to their determinants of health, including clean air, safe water, sanitation, affordable and nutritious food, and…
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Approximately one in ten children globally live with kinship caregivers—relatives and family friends who step in to care for a child when parents are unable to do so. When families take on the role of informal kinship care—care of a child outside of the child welfare system—they often do so without financial assistance and advice in navigating the systems of support available to them. This is the unique role of kinship navigator programs in the U.S: to provide kinship caregivers a single point of entry for connecting to needed resources such as financial, health,…
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Este resumen para niños y jóvenes acompaña al informe 'Hagamos que nuestras voces cuenten: respuestas de niños y jóvenes a una encuesta mundial para el Día de debate general 2021 sobre los derechos del niño y cuidados alternativos'. El informe se presentó al Comité de los Derechos del Niño de las Naciones Unidas, que organizó un …
Ce résumé adapté aux enfants et aux jeunes accompagne le rapport "Faites que nos voix comptent : les réponses des enfants et des jeunes à une enquête mondiale pour la Journée de discussion générale 2021 sur les droits des enfants et la protection de remplacement". Le rapport a été soumis au Comité des Nations Unies sur les droits de l'enfant qui a…
This child and youth-friendly summary accompanies the report 'Make Our Voices Count: Children and young peoples’ responses to a global survey for the Day of General Discussion 2021 on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care.' The report was submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child who hosted a…
On 16-17 September 2021, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child held a Day of General Discussion (DGD) in Geneva on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care.
The DGD is a public meeting aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of the contents and implications of the UNCRC as they relate to specific topics. This report was commissioned by a group of civil society organizations (CSOs) in an effort to get a broad sense of what children and young…
This global report is a consolidation of six regional reports based on consultations conducted between April and August 2020 that used a qualitative approach. The consultation included individual interviews and focus group discussions with 763 children and young people (403 girls, 334 boys and 26 gender not specified) between the ages of 7 to 19 years old. The research was conducted in 50 countries in regions ranging from Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. The interviews and focus group discussions took place in-person…