The Kidsrights Foundation has published its annual rankings of children’s rights across 182 countries. It’s a global index of children’s rights based on a number of factors including vaccination programmes, school closures, domestic violence, ill treatment and stigmatization of minority groups, lack of consideration of children’s views in developing policy, lack of legal aid, lack of sufficient concern or consideration by social workers, paid carers, judges and other professionals working in family legal proceedings, lack of funding for child protection, lack of government funding around children’s health, education and protection.
It also looks at the inequality between girls and boys in terms of inheritance rights, access to education and equal treatment in legislation.
The report places the UK at number 169, out of 183 countries. Below Chile, Turkey, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Brazil, Venezuela, Cambodia, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan and 152 other countries…
1 Iceland
2 Switzerland
3 Finland
4 Sweden
5 Germany
6 Netherlands
7 Slovenia
8 Thailand
9 France
10 Denmark
11 Belgium
12 Austria
13 Republic of Korea
14 Norway
15 Italy
16 Latvia
17 Tunisia
18 Portugal
19 Chile
20 Croatia
21 Oman
22 Turkey
23 Uruguay
24 Cuba
25 Czech Republic
26 Kazakhstan
27 Barbados
28 Japan
29 Cyprus
30 Bulgaria
31 Estonia
32 Mexico
33 Colombia
34 Malaysia
35 Egypt
36 Serbia
37 Malta
38 Ireland
39 Georgia
40 Greece
41 Qatar
42 Montenegro
43 Peru
44 Hungary
45 Antigua and Barbuda
46 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
47 Tonga
48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
49 Lebanon
50 San Marino
51 Mauritius
52 Albania
53 Luxembourg
54 Canada
55 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
56 Republic of Moldova
57 Viet nam
58 Bahrain
59 Saint Lucia
60 Azerbaijan
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina
62 Jordan
63 Costa Rica
64 Jamaica
65 Singapore
66 Paraguay
67 Israel
68 Cape Verde
69 Turkmenistan
70 Brunei Darussalam
71 Algeria
72 Morocco
73 Honduras
74 United Arab Emirates
75 Nicaragua
76 Guyana
77 Belarus
78 Belize
79 Ecuador
80 Philippines
81 Argentina
82 Botswana
83 Libya
84 Fiji
85 Grenada
86 Spain
87 Russian Federation
88 Kyrgyzstan
89 Samoa
90 Kuwait
91 Ukraine
92 Trinidad and Tobago
93 Uzbekistan
94 Suriname
95 Mongolia
96 Palau
97 Dominican Republic
98 South Africa
99 Bhutan
100 Slovakia
101 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
102 Brazil
103 Lithuania
104 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
105 Tajikistan
106 Namibia
107 Nauru
108 Sao Tome and Principe
109 China
110 Indonesia
111 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
112 Bangladesh
113 India
114 Armenia
115 Timor-Leste
116 Maldives
117 Lao People’s Democratic Republic
118 Bahamas
119 Kiribati
120 Panama
121 Senegal
122 Rwanda
123 Swaziland
124 Gabon
125 Solomon Islands
126 Djibouti
127 Ghana
128 Cambodia
129 Romania
130 Seychelles
131 Myanmar
132 Kenya
133 Vanuatu
134 Nepal
135 Australia
136 Burundi
137 Guatemala
138 Zimbabwe
139 Malawi
140 Mauritania
141 Congo
142 Gambia
143 Sri Lanka
144 Zambia
145 United Republic of Tanzania
146 Syrian Arab Republic
147 Pakistan
148 Haiti
149 Uganda
150 Togo
151 Madagascar
152 Burkina Faso
153 Angola
154 Liberia
155 Lesotho
156 Benin
157 Yemen
158 Saudi Arabia
159 Cameroon
160 Mozambique
161 Mali
162 Iraq
163 Eritrea
164 Comoros
165 Côte d’Ivoire
166 Micronesia (Federated States of)
167 Sudan
168 New Zealand
169 United Kingdom
170 Ethiopia
171 Niger
172 Nigeria
173 Guinea-Bissau
174 El Salvador
175 Guinea
176 Democratic Republic of the Congo
177 Papua New Guinea
178 Central African Republic
179 Equatorial Guinea
180 Sierra Leone
181 Afghanistan
182 Chad
What’s even more concerning is that the Guardian reports that that advocacy group’s chairman, Marc Dullaert, believes that the pandemic will have a significant negative impact with further cuts expected to budgeting around child services and child protection of rights.
