(London) The Kid Rights Index 2017, an annual global ranking that
charts the performance records of 165 countries concerning children’s rights –
looking at life, health, education and the child right’s environment - ranks
the UK among the worst performing countries at 156th place, not only that but
it has New Zealand in at 158 and Poland as the worst place in the world for a child.
It seems that while the UK, NZ and Poland did extremely well in the
first four categories:
Life
Health
Education
Protection
They all fell at the hurdle when it comes to Child Rights environment:
• Non-discrimination
• Best interests of the child
• Enabling legislation
• Best available budget
• Respect for the views of the child/child participation
• Collection and analysis of disaggregate data
• State-civil society cooperation for child rights.
Here is what they had to say about the child rights environment in the UK:
(c) Youth parliaments have not been established or operationalized in Northern Ireland, Wales, Montserrat,Turks and Caicos or Jersey;Wow, The UK must be a really nasty place then,seeing as the UK comes really down the list when it comes to child welfare, (Iraq, Eritrea, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Pakistan, Yemen and even Syria all score higher than the UK and New Zealand.) I suppose that all those child migrants demanding to be let into the UK will seek a better future in the countries they left behind. Right, something tells me they won't
(d)Many children feel that they are not listened to by their social workers, reviewing officer paid carers, judges, personnel working with children in conflict with the law or other professionals.
