TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards Comprehensive Guidance for States in the African Region to respond to Children’s Rights in Emergencies, Disasters and Pandemics
AU - Bouah, Nicole
AU - Sloth-Nielsen, Julia
N1 - Special Issue: COVID-19 and Children’s Rights: Space for Reflection, Tracing the Problems and Facing the Future
Publisher Copyright:
© Nicole Bouah and Julia Sloth-Nielsen, 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6/15
Y1 - 2021/6/15
N2 - The covid-19 pandemic spread has it impacted health systems, economies and communities across the African continent. It has also exacerbated risks already faced by children: limiting access to education, reducing protection from sexual and gender-based violence, harmful traditional and cultural practices including child, early or forced marriage (cefm), female genital-mutilation (fgm); and further limiting access to reproductive services and food insecurity. This article illustrates that because demonstrably different considerations arise by comparison to children’s experiences in the global north, it would be a valuable contribution for the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child to develop a General Comment on state responses to upholding children’s rights in the context of epidemics, pandemics and emergencies, tailored to the specificities of the region.
AB - The covid-19 pandemic spread has it impacted health systems, economies and communities across the African continent. It has also exacerbated risks already faced by children: limiting access to education, reducing protection from sexual and gender-based violence, harmful traditional and cultural practices including child, early or forced marriage (cefm), female genital-mutilation (fgm); and further limiting access to reproductive services and food insecurity. This article illustrates that because demonstrably different considerations arise by comparison to children’s experiences in the global north, it would be a valuable contribution for the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child to develop a General Comment on state responses to upholding children’s rights in the context of epidemics, pandemics and emergencies, tailored to the specificities of the region.
KW - Africa
KW - African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
KW - Child protection
KW - Right to education
KW - Right to health
KW - Right to nutrition
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U2 - 10.1163/15718182-29020002
DO - 10.1163/15718182-29020002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85108426783
VL - 29
SP - 447
EP - 474
JO - International Journal of Children's Rights
JF - International Journal of Children's Rights
SN - 0927-5568
IS - 2
ER -