UNICEF reveals challenges to child protection in Costa Rica

In 2020 and 2021 Unicef-CostaRica actively participated in the prevention of Govt-19, safe return to classes and regularization of expatriate students, early childhood development, adolescent empowerment, digital literacy, prevention of various forms of violence and communication. Change social behavior.

The 2020-2021 report indicates that the progress and challenges of the rights of children and adolescents during the COVED-19 epidemics, key decisions include the direct and indirect impact on more than 1.7 million children and adolescents, their families and authorities. Companies associated with the exercise of their rights.

Of the more than $ 6.3 million invested, he said, $ 1.3 million was earmarked for providing basic health care and personal care to communities and particularly vulnerable people, and $ 1.3 million for immunizations. Govit-19, by Kovacs mechanism.

Unicef-CostaRica reports that in response to the immigration crisis, 3,500 immigrant students worked for two years with various national and foreign organizations on official documents.

The 2020-2021 report, on the other hand, outlines five major challenges that Costa Rica must urgently face, with effective measures to ensure that past achievements are not lost, and that investments in the present are not abandoned.

These include quality and inclusive education from an early age, global access to the Internet and new technologies in a secure way; And expanding and strengthening social security policies and eradicating child poverty and protecting the most vulnerable.

In addition, ensuring opportunities for adolescents and young people to complete their education, access to vocational training and improving skills for employment; Measures to mitigate climate change; Coordinated and inter-agency measures to prevent and respond to violence against children.

Patricia Portela, a spokeswoman for Unicef-CostaRica, described the need to accelerate the 2030 agenda to address the challenges facing children and the need to adapt to continuing poverty and inequality.

“We must reduce the social and economic inequalities that severely affect children, adolescents and young people living in rural, border and coastal, urban and indigenous areas,” Bordella stressed.

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