Local Government: Respecting the Rights of Our Children

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) contains a number of universally agreed human rights that are specific to children.  As a ratifying State, our Government has an obligation to report on its compliance (or otherwise) with UNCROC. UNICEF NZ believes that the principles of UNCROC reach beyond central government and also require local authorities to perform their functions in accordance with its principles.   UNICEF NZ is also a party to the International Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI).  Underpinning the CFCI is the reality that people's lives are shaped by their early experiences and as local authorities are on the front line in matters affecting children they need to be particularly mindful of the…

Innocenti Report Card No. 1: A League Table of Child Poverty in Rich Nations

This new report on child poverty in the world’s wealthiest nations, concludes that one in six of the rich world’s children is poor - a total of 47 million. The new research, published in the first…

Innocenti Report Card No. 2: A League Table of Child Deaths by Injury in Rich Nations

In every single industrialized country, injury has now become the leading killer of children between the ages of 1 and 14. Taken together, traffic accidents, intentional injuries, drownings, falls, fires,…

Innocenti Report Card No. 3: A League Table of Teenage Births in Rich Nations

The third Innocenti Report Card presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey so far of teenage birth rates in the industrialized world. And it attempts at least a partial analysis of why some…

Innocenti Report Card No. 4: A League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations

This new report from the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre considers the effectiveness of public education systems across the rich nations of the industrialised world. The Report Card takes an overview…

Innocenti Report Card No. 5: A League Table of Child Maltreatment Deaths in Rich Nations

This report represents the first ever attempt to draw a comparative picture of the physical abuse of children in the 27 richest nations of the world. UNICEF research estimates that almost 3,500 children…

Innocenti Report Card No. 6: Child poverty in rich countries 2005

The proportion of children living in poverty has risen in a majority of the world's developed economies. No matter which of the commonly-used poverty measures is applied, the situation of children is seen…

Innocenti Report Card No. 7: Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries

This report builds and expands upon the analyses of Report Card No. 6 which considered relative income poverty affecting children and policies to mitigate it. Report Card 7 provides a pioneering, comprehensive…