Your rights: no need to hide
“All children have rights and those rights must be protected”
The National Children's Month celebration strives to defend every child and to support children's rights and welfare in the new normal. As the Coronavirus spread throughout the country, it impacted all individuals, the economy, and the country, as well as every child in the society.
Children are not the face of this pandemic. However, they risk being among its biggest victims, as children’s lives are nonetheless being changed in profound ways. COVID-19 can quickly change the context in which children live. Quarantine measures such as school closures and restrictions on movements disrupt children's routine and social support. As the virus continues to spread across the world, lockdowns and quarantine measures can expose children to a range of risks such as the risk of mental health, physiological distress, risk of disease and illness, and negative impact on the development of every child. In a direct way, the virus might result in the loss of parental care due to death, illness, or separation, putting children at a higher risk of violence, neglect, or exploitation. This pandemic is also having an impact on children's learning. The effects and risk of this pandemic on children are increasingly rising so, we must protect them. To secure and keep children safe from the risks and threats of this pandemic, we must work with the government and other sectors to implement or strengthen the regulations in order to protect every individual. We can also utilize print, broadcast media, outdoor, social media, and other platforms as tools to educate Filipinos about children's rights, parenting, and related issues. Creating a program aimed at protecting children may also be of tremendous assistance to young people. Collaboration with other officials to ensure child-friendly health facilities and access to health care, including health guidance and special measures to support children's psychosocial well-being when undergoing treatment and quarantine, can help children cope with the effects of the pandemic.
So, as we celebrate Children’s Month with the theme “No One is Left
Behind under the New Normal: Focus on Children’s Rights” it’s intended to
protect children from the effects of this pandemic, to ensure their safety, and
to promote and uphold children’s rights.
Children must be safeguarded at all costs because they have rights, the
right to have their special needs, the right to live, to be educated, to have
the finest health care, family life, and the right to be safe. They have to
live healthy, away from any abuse and harm because, as they say, young people
are society’s hope for a better and brighter future.
Kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan! Sila’y ating protektahan tungo sa magandang kinabukasan!
References:
UNICEF. https://data.unicef.org/covid-19-and-children/
Malipot, M. (2021, November 20). DepEd focuses on children's
rights in the new normal. Manila Bulletin. https://mb.com.ph/2021/11/20/deped-focuses-on-childrens-rights-in-the-new-normal/
The Alliance Organization. Protection of Children during the
Coronavirus Pandemic. https://alliancecpha.org/en/COVD19
Quote fancy. https://quotefancy.com/quote/1018349/Novak-Djokovic-All-children-have-rights-and-those-rights-must-be-protected
United Nations. Children. Retrieved November 27, 2021. https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/styles/large-article-image-style-16-9/public/field/image/un0381303.jpg?itok=SaL3L4vb
Children's Commissioner. We’re launching a once-in-a-generation “Beveridge Report for children” with an ambitious call to rebuild childhood after the Covid-19 pandemic. Retrieved November 27, 2021. https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/group-of-children.jpg
Hi there! I appreciate very much the post on the National Children’s Month Celebration coz’ it really gives important on the rights and privileges of children in the community and their own rights as well in the society.
ReplyDeleteDespite the pandemic, I admire your blog about children's month celebrations. I agree with you that children's rights must be preserved, particularly in light of the current pandemic. I learned something new when you highlighted the effects of a pandemic on children and what should be done to keep them safe.
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