Children look out from a parked auto-rickshaw along a roadside in New Delhi on June 3, 2021. AFP PHOTOTHE HAGUE: The coronavirus pandemic has severely affected children's rights worldwide, with young people risking a "generational catastrophe" if governments do not act, a rights group said in an annual survey Thursday. The group said schools for more than 168 million children have been closed for almost a full year, with one in three children worldwide unable to access remote learning while their schools were shut. Meanwhile 80 million children under the age of one could miss out on routine vaccination for other diseases because of disruption to healthcare systems, it said. AFP PHOTOThe report said there was also an "astonishing increase" in domestic violence during lockdowns, with children often the victims.

Source: Manila Times June 03, 2021 03:11 UTC