East Asia and Pacific
This region faces income inequality that creates social inequity and widening disparities that affects the population. This inequality creates segregation and equal opportunities for households and young children.
UNICEF works to manage and implement programs that supports children's rights in 28 countries across the region of East Asia and Pacific. UNICEF is working to help children earn their rights to holistic development. UNICEF is trying to help children achieve their full potential regardless of their abilities, gender or other difference and to receive equal opportunities to education, health care, nutrition, protection and cognitive stimulation.
Many children who have disabilities are denied the rights to live and reach their full potential in this region as they lack the programs and resources, and or they are denied the access to programs and resources. Children with disabilities are most likely to experience violence or higher risk of emotional abuse. Many children do not receive equal education opportunity due to their gender. Boys are more likely offered higher education opportunities than girls. In this region common gender barriers is that girls are to do domestic work and taking care of siblings, set up for early marriage and sexual abuse, while boys are to face corporal punishment such as spanking, unsupportive classroom environment and irrelevance of curricula for work.
UNICEF recognizes the crisis that young children face in this region, where they try to help them reach their full potential regardless of what they face and to be given the equal opportunity to be who they are.
Ms.Seklii
ReplyDeleteI also slected South Asia. The picture included in on your blog is so beautiful. Children are so innocent and blind to many things that are going on around them. The children look so happy regardless of thier families social economic status. I hope programs like UNICEF will continue to provide health care needs to children with different abilites.