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Despite international commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), no country is doing enough to protect children’s health and wellbeing. Children are suffering from the ill effects of the climate crisis; inequality and poverty; disease and malnutrition; inadequate housing, social protection and education; and harmful commercial marketing.
These difficulties have been compounded by Covid-19. Children have faced disruption to education, essential services, and protection. Mental illness, an increasing concern among children before the pandemic, has been exacerbated by the isolation, uncertainty, and loss so many children are confronting. Domestic violence has increased, placing many children in dangerous situations.
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