South Korea among top 10 best places for childhood: new report
Original, , 06-02-2017
A new report by Save the Children shows South Korea and Afghanistan are the bookends for Asia in a global ranking of the best and worst countries to experience childhood.
Launched to coincide with International Children's Day, the Stolen Childhoods report analyses factors that end childhood like stunting, child mortality, early marriage, entering the workforce and extreme violence and conflict. It includes a global index ranking the places where childhood is most and least threatened.
South Korea was the only non-European country to make the index’s top 10, ranking equal 10th, while Afghanistan, at 152nd, is ranked the worst country in Asia for children to grow up in, and the lowest ranked country outside of Africa.
“What this report shows is the degree of inequality and disparity across Asia. While some countries are developing at a fast pace and making strong gains in areas like education, health and nutrition and child rights, others are not and that is putting the childhoods – and lives – of millions of children at risk,” Save the Children Interim Regional Director for Asia, Mike Novell said.
The index finds that after Afghanistan, childhoods in Pakistan (148th), Nepal and Bangladesh (equal 134th) are most threatened among Asian nations, with South Korea, Japan (16th) and Singapore (33rd) performing best. At equal 41st, China was the highest ranked developing nation in the region, while Sri Lanka came in at 61, Thailand 84 and Indonesia 101.
The report breaks down key indicators by country, providing one of the most comprehensive analyses to date on the factors that end childhood around the world.
In line with its Every Last Child campaign, Save the Children is calling on governments across Asia to ensure that no child dies from preventable or treatable causes or is subjected to extreme violence; is robbed of a future as a result of malnutrition, early or forced marriage, early pregnancy, or child labour; and that they have access to a quality education.
Globally, the report found that at least 700 million children—one quarter of the world’s children—have had the promise of a full childhood brought to an early end.
Children fared worst in West and Central Africa, with Niger ranking lowest on the index, followed by Angola, Mali, Central African Republic, and Somalia. The countries where childhood is the least threatened—Norway, Slovenia, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden—are all located in Europe.
Original, , 06-02-2017
A new report by Save the Children shows South Korea and Afghanistan are the bookends for Asia in a global ranking of the best and worst countries to experience childhood.
Launched to coincide with International Children's Day, the Stolen Childhoods report analyses factors that end childhood like stunting, child mortality, early marriage, entering the workforce and extreme violence and conflict. It includes a global index ranking the places where childhood is most and least threatened.
South Korea was the only non-European country to make the index’s top 10, ranking equal 10th, while Afghanistan, at 152nd, is ranked the worst country in Asia for children to grow up in, and the lowest ranked country outside of Africa.
“What this report shows is the degree of inequality and disparity across Asia. While some countries are developing at a fast pace and making strong gains in areas like education, health and nutrition and child rights, others are not and that is putting the childhoods – and lives – of millions of children at risk,” Save the Children Interim Regional Director for Asia, Mike Novell said.
The index finds that after Afghanistan, childhoods in Pakistan (148th), Nepal and Bangladesh (equal 134th) are most threatened among Asian nations, with South Korea, Japan (16th) and Singapore (33rd) performing best. At equal 41st, China was the highest ranked developing nation in the region, while Sri Lanka came in at 61, Thailand 84 and Indonesia 101.
The report breaks down key indicators by country, providing one of the most comprehensive analyses to date on the factors that end childhood around the world.
In line with its Every Last Child campaign, Save the Children is calling on governments across Asia to ensure that no child dies from preventable or treatable causes or is subjected to extreme violence; is robbed of a future as a result of malnutrition, early or forced marriage, early pregnancy, or child labour; and that they have access to a quality education.
Globally, the report found that at least 700 million children—one quarter of the world’s children—have had the promise of a full childhood brought to an early end.
Children fared worst in West and Central Africa, with Niger ranking lowest on the index, followed by Angola, Mali, Central African Republic, and Somalia. The countries where childhood is the least threatened—Norway, Slovenia, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden—are all located in Europe.
