A ceremony to unveil the report "The State Of the World’s Children 2016 - A Fair Chance for Every Child" in Vietnam was organised in Hanoi on July 6.
Addressing the ceremony, UNICEF representative in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel-Jelil stressed that the rejection to give a fair chance for millions of children will create an intergenerational cycle of disadvantage that endangers their futures and the future of their societies.
He suggested that Vietnam should invest in those children to become a fairer country for all people.
He said UNICEF’s support would look at addressing barriers and bottlenecks that kept children away from the support and services they need.
Laws like the recently adopted Child Law set the tone for positive transformation, but the nation should continue to translate this commitment into action through equity-focused programmes and public spending, he added.
The country also must shift public spending in order to better serve the most excluded, Abdel-Jelil said.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep said that after 25 years of implementing the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Vietnam has reached its Millennium Development Goals on gender equality, making primary education compulsory and improving children’s and mothers’ health.
Strong support from international organisations, especially UNICEF, and the country’s efforts to complete its system of laws and policies, will help improve the care and protection of children, ensuring an equal chance for every child, he said.
The 2016 report focuses on equality for every child. The report affirms that progresses that need to be achieved for the most vulnerable children and their families are a prerequisite condition to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals.
According to the report, Vietnam has made significant progress in saving children’s lives, getting children into school and lifting people out of poverty.
The report notes that in Vietnam, the poverty rate was reduced from 58% in 1993 to 10% in 2014. The infant mortality rate also fell from 36 to 10 deaths per 1,000 live births during 1990-2014.
The report also gives several recommendations to boost measures to support children, including intensifying information about children left behind, investing in equality and seeking new ways to bring support closer to the most disadvantage children, and encouraging the involvement of all people in the work.
Addressing the ceremony, UNICEF representative in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel-Jelil stressed that the rejection to give a fair chance for millions of children will create an intergenerational cycle of disadvantage that endangers their futures and the future of their societies.
UNICEF representative in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel-Jelil speaks at the ceremony.
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He said UNICEF’s support would look at addressing barriers and bottlenecks that kept children away from the support and services they need.
Laws like the recently adopted Child Law set the tone for positive transformation, but the nation should continue to translate this commitment into action through equity-focused programmes and public spending, he added.
The country also must shift public spending in order to better serve the most excluded, Abdel-Jelil said.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep said that after 25 years of implementing the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Vietnam has reached its Millennium Development Goals on gender equality, making primary education compulsory and improving children’s and mothers’ health.
Strong support from international organisations, especially UNICEF, and the country’s efforts to complete its system of laws and policies, will help improve the care and protection of children, ensuring an equal chance for every child, he said.
The 2016 report focuses on equality for every child. The report affirms that progresses that need to be achieved for the most vulnerable children and their families are a prerequisite condition to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals.
According to the report, Vietnam has made significant progress in saving children’s lives, getting children into school and lifting people out of poverty.
The report notes that in Vietnam, the poverty rate was reduced from 58% in 1993 to 10% in 2014. The infant mortality rate also fell from 36 to 10 deaths per 1,000 live births during 1990-2014.
The report also gives several recommendations to boost measures to support children, including intensifying information about children left behind, investing in equality and seeking new ways to bring support closer to the most disadvantage children, and encouraging the involvement of all people in the work.
