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Adolescents

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Enabling Environment

Legislation, policy, resources, coordination, data

Bottlenecks

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CRC Recommendations (2022)

  • 20(b) Ensure that the participatory structures, including the Youth Parliament and Student Councils, represent children with distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural backgrounds, as well as children with disabilities.

National Actions

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Supply

Adequately staffed services, facilities, information, commodities

Bottlenecks

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CRC Recommendations (2022)

  • 36(a) Ensure that all children, including those who are out of school and those in rural and remote areas, receive confidential and child-friendly sexual and reproductive health information and services, including access to contraceptives;
  • 36(b) Address mental health issues among adolescents, including those that contribute to suicidal behaviour; increase the availability and accessibility of child psychiatrists and child psychologists and encourage children to seek mental health services, without stigma;
  • 36(c) Continue its efforts to prevent substance abuse and provide accessible and youth-friendly substance dependence treatment and support services.
  • 38(j) Ensure the right of all children to rest and leisure and to engage in recreational activities and maintain a sufficient number of certified playgrounds for young children and spaces for adolescents.

National Actions

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