He 63.5 % of children between 1 and 14 years in the Dominican Republic, some kind of Violence at homethe United Nations Children’s Fund warned this Sunday (UNICEF).
The figure reaches the 70 % in children of 3 to 4 yearsaccording to data from UNICEF published on the occasion of the celebration on Monday of the National Children’s Rights Day In the Dominican Republic, where, according to the data of the last population and housing census, childhood and adolescence represent 31.7 % of the national inhabitants.
“In this National Children’s Rights Day We reaffirm that each boy and girl in the Dominican territory must Grow protectedwith access to education, health and opportunities to develop fully. We cannot normalize the violence nor the inequalities that still affect their present and limit their future, “he said in a statement Anyoli Sanabriainterim representative of UNICEF.
Other problems that persist and threaten the full exercise of childhood rights in the country is that the Caribbean nation has one of the highest rates of early unionsnext to teenage pregnancies in all Latin America and the Caribbeandespite the fact that the percentages of early unions have descended in recent years, he said UNICEF.
The UN agency also mentioned the Child laborsince although the rate fell from 6.7 % in 2014 to 3.8 % in 2019, 16.8 % of minors who do not attend school dangerous works.
- He also referred to Suicide in adolescents And he pointed out that despite the high Sub -registration On this issue, between 2017 and 2022 they were recorded 174 cases of suicides In minors, the teenagers from 15 to 17 years of the greatest risk.
These data show the urgency of strengthen public policiesincrease resources for Child protection and promote one culture of respect To the rights of childhood, throughout society, he said.
“We cannot allow the violence nor the inequalities Keep truncating your dreams. Our organization will continue to accompany the country in the construction of a safe childhoodprotected and with confidence in a future of equality and well -being, “said the interim representative of UNICEF In the statement.
