The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is pivotal in ensuring that society is on the road to complete equality. Too many children around the world do not possess freedoms and liberties. The world has experienced civil rights movements, feminist movements but not child movements, the main reason being that children do not have a voice. The CRC voices what vulnerable children around the world can not put into words. Without the CRC, children would not have the empowerment to want to change, children would not have the power to change and children would not know how to change. Children are the most used resource in this world and until they are not taken advantage of, the CRC will then fully achieve its purpose.
I have gone to school all my life, I have been educated, and I have never had to work a full time job to ensure security, food and water for my family. I have gained experiences and I have laughed and cried and every single child in this world needs to experience a carefree life. No child deserves to starve, to be cold, to be hungry and excessively go through manual labour. No child needs to feels like an adult when they are not. Every child deserves to play, laugh, love and live. The CRC's notion of highlightening three main principles of dignity,development and dialogue is essential to the success of eliminating the discrimination of children.The CRC is making things that seemed impossible, possible by empowering children and equipping them with knowledge and most importantly, a voice.
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