Promoting Children’s Rights through the Media
As a journalist and mother of four, Delima Napitupulu always hoped that she could use her platform to help promote the rights of children. But after a decade of working in newsrooms in her home province of Lampung, she still felt that she could do more, especially for children’s health. “I thought that informing (readers) about upcoming…, Two days of training for years of hope, In response to these issues, UNICEF collaborated with AJI to hold a two-day training for journalists on Supporting Children's Health Rights through Immunization. The training, held in Jakarta in May 2022, is part of a series of workshops aimed at strengthening journalists' understanding of children’s rights and encouraging advocacy through the…, Tackling preventable child deaths, While child health and survival have improved substantially in Indonesia over the past two decades, significant obstacles remain. According to UNICEF data , there were over 110,000 deaths of children under the age of five in Indonesia in 2020. Proper reporting by the media can play a key role to provide parents with the information they need to…
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