the ROME – “a year of the signing of the peace agreement between the government of the Central Africa and other parts of the conflict – says the UNICEF representative in Central african Republic, Christine Muhigana – the lives of millions of children in the country continue to be threatened by violence and lack of access to food, health care, education, water and sanitation”. Between January and December 2019, have been reported in more than 500 serious violations against children’s rights, from the killings to the mutilations, the recruitment in weapons, sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals. But the number of 500 to be considered for the defect, because the real numbers are surely much higher. It remains incredibly difficult, also, to estimate how many children are still forced to fight on the side of the armed groups, the fate of which remains obscure.
But there are also signs of hope. we Welcome the formal commitment of a greater number of armed groups to prevent serious violations against children, and the fact that children continue to be released, both through joint efforts of the support, that through the “national programme of demobilisation”. In 2019 have been issued 1.253 children associated with armed groups. Thanks to the efforts of the Country to adopt a Code of national Protection for children. A crucial tool to ensure and strengthen the protection of children in central Africa from all forms of violation of fundamental rights.
The complex path towards peace and stability. A transition towards peace and greater stability translates into a better access to the most vulnerable children assisted by UNICEF and its local partners: special actions of vaccination are reaching a greater number of children, and through the mobile clinics, it was possible to have access also to the communities in the most isolated and remote to bring aid to thousands of malnourished children. Recent data shows a significant decrease in cases of malnutrition and acute malnutrition among children under 5 years of age compared to 2018 with 5.8% of acute malnutrition overall in 2019, compared to 7.1% on the previous year and 7.8% in 2012. Progress in responding to the rates of chronic malnutrition (currently about 40%, or 2 children over 5), however, have remained stagnant for the past 20 years, this demonstrates the need for further efforts and investments.
the rate of early school leaving is 40%. in Addition, the number of initiatives with the potential to create opportunities to change the life is in growth for the children of Central Africa: a Oaese in which the drop-out rate of primary school is estimated at 40% because of the insecurities, initiatives such as education programmes on the radio, guided by UNICEF in Bangui and Bambari, may be a lifesaver for children, whose school attendance was interrupted because of years of conflict and displacement. “These preliminary results, although encouraging, said Christine Muhigana – should not lead us to settle: the journey towards full understanding, respect and promotion of the rights of every child in central africa is long and steep”.
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