As the world faces up to the challenges of dealing with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, CRIN is producing a series of features exploring how the pandemic and the measures to prevent its spread impact the human rights of under-18s.
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What is the impact on the mental health of under-18s in a country that spends less than one percent of its health budget on mental healthcare? CRIN spoke with Kavita Mangnani, clinical psychologist and director of the restorative care programme at HAQ-Centre for Child Rights in Delhi.
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CRIN is monitoring policy developments and recommendations on children’s rights in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This page includes recommendations by international, regional and national human rights bodies and organisations on a wide range of issues.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many people to move their lives almost exclusively online. What are the concerns around the collection of children’s data and their surveillance?
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Overcrowded facilities such as prisons, care homes and orphanages are breeding grounds for Covid-19. But children living in residential institutions have received little media attention. How should governments be responding during – and after – this pandemic?
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Most of Chile’s Mapuche people live in La Araucania, the country’s poorest region which also presents the second highest number of Covid-19 infections. We spoke with local Mapuche activist and educational psychologist Onésima Lienqueo to find out how the pandemic is impacting Mapuche children.
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To contain the spread of Covid-19, most countries have introduced curfews for all citizens, but a number of them have only introduced them for certain age groups, including under-18s. Here we review the ethics of age-based curfews and their effectiveness in the fight against the pandemic.
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(SPANISH) En la región chilena de La Araucanía vive más gente del pueblo indígena mapuche que en cualquier otra región del país, y además presenta tanto el índice de pobreza más alto y el número más alto de infecciones de covid-19. CRIN habló con Onésima Lienqueo, psicopedagoga y educadora tradicional mapuche para conocer mejor la situación actual del pueblo mapuche de Chile.
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Some countries have categorised abortion as a non-essential health service during this pandemic, while others have removed certain restrictions to accessing abortion. To find out what is the current state of women and girls’ reproductive rights we spoke with the Senior Global Advocacy Advisor at the Center for Reproductive Rights office in Geneva.
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Are you bored at home or isolated without any other means of entertainment aside from Netflix and mindless browsing? Check out some of our workshops and activities to enjoy at home.
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Country lockdowns and social distancing make us believe protest gatherings are off-limits, but youth climate protesters have shown that activism doesn’t just happen on the street.
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With federal recommendations that elective surgeries be suspended, what does that mean for the most common elective surgery in the US - routine male circumcision?
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How have youth climate activists adapted their work and what lessons from the pandemic can be applied to the fight for climate justice?
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In this entry of the CRIN Diaries, a series of articles in which staff members reflect on aspects and experiences of their work in human rights, Lianne Minasian, Deputy to CRIN’s Director, shares her thoughts on volunteering during the Covid-19 crisis, drawing on her own experience as a volunteer with her local response group.
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What are the specific challenges for under-18s in prisons and detention facilities within the criminal justice system, and how governments respond?
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With the spread of Covid-19 keeping many of us and our families at home for extended periods, we’ve put together an assortment of materials that we’re currently reading, watching or listening to which are helping us to take our mind off things, and we hope they’ll be useful to our readers too.
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