The Netherlands has dropped to the second spot to thirteenth place. The decline in the index of 2016 is mainly due to the assessment that has been Netherlands last year of the Child by the United Nations.
So Netherlands underperforms on two of the seven indicators: enabling legislation and budget available
“Kidsrights also worried. about children in the Netherlands living in poverty and cuts that also affect families living on a minimum income ‘, “said the organization.
” the recent decentralization of the youth in the Netherlands differ supply and budget by municipality, so that children in the Netherlands may have unequal access to the youth. “
Complied
on the index, 163 countries. The annual ranking shows how children’s rights are respected worldwide and how countries are committed to improving the rights of children.
Norway for the second consecutive year list leader. In the top 10 are furthermore Switzerland, Finland, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland and Slovakia. At the bottom as worst performing countries are countries like Papua New Guinea, Chad and Afghanistan.
According to former Children’s Ombudsman Marc Dullaert, founder of Kids Rights, countries are not doing enough to encourage children’s participation.
“Not one of the 163 countries achieved at this point the highest score possible. this means that the positions of the 2.2 billion children are not sufficiently taken into account in the world on issues that affect them directly.”
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