A report was released on Wednesday at the two-day Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit held to discuss the global crisis plaguing children due to the Corona epidemic, with shocking revelations.
A report titled 'Fair Share for Children - Preventing the Loss of a Generation to Covid-19' was released at the summit. There were shocking revelations in this report. The report states that the US $ 8.02 trillion was announced as financial relief by the G20 countries, but only 0.13 percent of the US $ 10.2 billion of that has so far been used to fight the ill effects of the Kovid-19 epidemic. The item is allocated.
The report also shows the uneven economic stance of rich governments towards protecting the future of crores of children in the world. The summit is being organized by the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation.
Close to one billion children in the world are backward from education due to schools being closed
The report reveals that close to one billion children in the world are unable to access education due to the closure of schools due to the Corona epidemic. More than 400 million children are unable to use online learning programs due to a lack of internet facility at home.
Nutrition benefits deprived of school closures
34 crore 70 lakh children are deprived of nutritional benefits due to the closure of schools. The youngest children are most affected by families not having food. Therefore, in the next six months, more than 10 lakh 20 thousand children under the age of five years are expected to die due to malnutrition. At the same time, the risk of disease has increased to eight crore children of one year or less due to the disruption of vaccination plans.
The drastic reduction in household income due to the economic crisis created by the Corona epidemic has forced the children of the poorest families to go to school, forcing them to commit child labor, slavery, trafficking, and child marriages. Where lockdowns have decreased, child workers are being brought back to work again. In India also this danger is looming.
Domestic violence against women increases in India
More than 40 million workers in India suffered from the severe apathy of government support systems between 25 March and 31 March. There was a huge increase in complaints related to domestic violence against women. This report serves to highlight the conditions of poor countries including India. The report further noted that "deep pre-crisis global inequality, foot-borne illnesses, severe economic consequences of lockdown, impact on food supply and prices, closure of nutritional programs in schools and increasing violence against children all together Child rights have been severely harmed. ''
Commenting on the findings of the report, Kailash Satyarthi, founder of Laureates and Leaders for Children and awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, said, "In the last two decades, we are for the first time child labor, slavery, poverty and the growing out of schools Looking at the numbers. This is a direct result of their disproportionate economic stance not being fulfilled by the rich governments of the world, the promises made to remove the ill effects of Kovid-19. Dedicated to ending and collective efforts have made significant progress in this direction. I am not ready to let this unthinkable happen. The world's richest governments pay trillions to get themselves out of the crisis At the same time, the most vulnerable and marginalized children of the society are left to their mercy. Inaction is not an option. "
Significantly, in the context of the epidemic, civil society, United Nations agencies, and other multilateral organizations have worked very fast to publish information on human development issues. The 'Fair Share for Children' report has been collected and prepared to display the scale of the devastation.
The global economy is expected to fall by 5.2 percent this year
According to the report, the global economy is expected to decline by 5.2 percent this year. If the epidemic progresses beyond 2020 and the economy continues to decline in a similar way, there is a danger of 400 million people going into extreme poverty. Two billion people work in the informal economy, whose average income has fallen by 60 percent. Families that have no income from no work are facing starvation.
The report suggests that it would have been transformative if it had received a fair share of global financial support to protect against the side effects of Kovid-19. Last March, the G-20 countries announced a five-trillion US $ package as a preliminary package to defend against Kovid-19. If world leaders allocated just 20 percent of this initial package to 20 percent of the world's poorest children, it would provide one trillion US dollars. Under the banner of Laureate and Leaders for Children, 88 Nobel laureates and global leaders of the world have shared a common appeal. He has asked rich countries to provide 20 percent of the grant money for 20% of the world's underprivileged and marginalized children to overcome the Kovid-19 crisis.