THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
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AWARENESS
How was your childhood?
ACTIVITY
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Presidential Decree no. 603 “Child and Youth Welfare Code” Article 3 – Rights of a Child
•Rights of a Child All children shall be entitled to the rights herein set forth without
distinction as to legitimacy or illegitimacy, sex, social status, religion, political
antecedents, and other factors.
Rights of a Child
•1. Every child is endowed with the dignity and worth of a human being from the
moment of his conception, as generally accepted in medical parlance, and has, therefore, the right to be born well.
Rights of a Child
•2. Every child has the right to a wholesome family life that will provide him/her with
love, care and understanding, guidance and counseling, and moral and material security.
•3. Every child has the right to a well-
rounded development of his personality to the end that he may become a happy, useful and active member of society.
•4. Every child has the right to a balanced diet, adequate clothing, sufficient shelter, proper medical attention, and all the basic physical requirements of a healthy and
vigorous life.
•5. Every child has the right to be brought up in an atmosphere of morality and rectitude for the enrichment and the strengthening of his character.
•6. Every child has the right to an education commensurate with his abilities and to the development of his skills for the
improvement of his capacity for service to himself and to his fellowmen
•7. Every child has the right to full
opportunities for safe and wholesome
recreation and activities, individual as well as social, for the wholesome use of his
leisure hours.
•8. Every child has the right to protection against exploitation, improper influences, hazards, and other conditions or
circumstances prejudicial to his physical, mental, emotional, social and moral
development.
•9. Every child has the right to live in a
community and a society that can offer him an environment free from pernicious
influences and conducive to the promotion of his health and the cultivation of his
desirable traits and attributes
•10. Every child has the right to the care, assistance, and protection of the State,
particularly when his parents or guardians fail or are unable to provide him with his fundamental needs for growth,
development, and improvement.
•11. Every child has the right to an efficient
and honest government that will deepen his faith in democracy and inspire him with the morality of the constituted authorities both in their public and private lives.
•12. Every child has the right to grow up as a free individual, in an atmosphere of peace, understanding, tolerance, and universal
brotherhood, and with the determination to contribute his share in the building of a
better world. Rights of a Child
THE SITUATION OF FILIPINO
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
• While there will always be young people who continue to experiment with sex, drugs and alcohol, today’s generation of young Filipinos
seem to behave better compared to their counterpart a decade ago.
• Findings from the 2013 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS 4) released today by the Demographic Research and
Development Foundation, Inc. (DRDF) and the University of the
Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) show that the levels of current drug use, drinking alcohol and smoking among young people aged 15- 24 have dropped considerably. The declining pattern is found in the practices of both young men and women, as well as in younger and older youth.
• The percentage of young people who are “current smokers”
declined from 20.9 percent in 2002 to 19.7 percent in 2013.
• Eleven years ago, 41 percent of young Filipinos reported to be “current alcohol drinkers”. Now, 37 percent of young
adults are engaged in this behavior.
• But the most substantial decline is found in drug use. Only 4 percent admitted to have ever used drugs in 2013, compared to almost 11 percent in 2002. The National Capital Region has the highest level of youth smokers (27 percent) while ARMM registered the lowest. Only 12 percent of young people in ARMM are smokers.
• A total of 1,100 Filipino youth aged 15 to 24 years old were recorded as HIV-positive from January to August 2014. In August alone, 146 cases of HIV in the same age bracket were recorded by the
Department of Health.
• The Filipino youth are worse off than their counterparts in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Morocco, and Ghana, - countries, like the Philippines, that are also classified as "lower-middle income" - a study said.
• In a survey conducted by Global Youth Well-being Index, which measures a set of 40 indicators that address the overall national environment, youth-specific outcomes, and youths' outlook and satisfaction levels across six interconnected aspects of their lives (domains): citizen participation, economic opportunity, education,
health, information and communications technology (ICT), and safety and security. The Philippines placed 22nd among 30 countries
included in the rankings.
• The Filipino youth, the study said, ranked weakest at citizen
participation (24th) and economic opportunity (24th). They also ranked 23rd in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), 21st in health, 19th in education, and 18th in safety and security.
• The literacy rate of youth in Philippines was reported at 98 percent in 2013 (NSO, 2013). The literacy rate of young Filipinos has improved over the last 30 years, from 92% in 1980 to 98% in 2008. A total of 5,825,425 children and youth are at risk: consisting of 3,000,000
children with disabilities, 246,011 street children; 64,000 victims of armed conflict; 2,400,000 who are exposed to hazardous working conditions; 4,097 sexually abused; 11,317 in conflict with the law;
3,694 abandoned and neglected, and 100,000 commercial sexually exploited.
• Latest statistics of street and working children show that there are approximately four million street and working
children and youth in the country which accounted for 20%
of the total number of employed persons.
• Out of this 2.2 million children and youth, are forced to stop schooling who are working in hazardous conditions.
• These children are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
About 37 percent of the children work from5-8 hours a day, while approximately nine percent worked for more than
eight hours and about one-fourth worked even in the evenings
APPLICATION
•How will you protect a
child?
ASSESSMENT
