After 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the promises made by governments remain unfulfilled for millions of children around the world. All nations must intensify their actions on behalf of the most marginalised and excluded children so no child is left behind.
The policy brief, Delivering Progress for the Most Excluded Children, lays out the critical steps needed to realise these children’s rights. We already have the knowledge and solutions to make rapid progress for the worst-off children. What is needed is political will, action and investments.
How to deliver for the most excluded children
Child Rights Now! calls on countries to make child rights their priority under Agenda 2030, and adopt laws, policies and budgets that promote equality and social cohesion, tackle discriminatory attitudes and practices, and overcome the exclusion faced by the most marginalised children.
We call specifically on all governments to:
- embrace the principles of children’s rights and intensify their actions on behalf of every child in their nations;
- make sure basic services reach and include the poorest and worst-off children, with proactive measures to assist them to overcome poverty and discrimination;
- tackle the roots of the gender inequality, violence and harmful practices that undermine the rights of the poorest girls and other groups of children under-18;
- count, track and demonstrate progress for all groups in society; and
- support the meaningful participation of the most disadvantaged children in decisions that affect them.
The policy brief Delivering Progress for the Most Excluded Children shows how governments can make these changes happen.