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Summary point
Achievements and challenges for children
achievements
under 5 mortality rate has steady decrease, underweight halved, regulations and laws have resulted in fewer deaths to disease, mor sanitation and immunization tests, massive child labor reduction.
education has improved coz of free 12 year schooling but sorry minorities, secondry school drop out rate high. migrants no school assist, poor education, bad teachers (outdated style)
health better in bangers than minority and poor areas. immunizatione etc
nutrition: has improoved but must also look at stunting, obesity and micronutrients iodine, vit a, iron. Breastfeeding low.
accidents are now a higher mortality rate than disease: traffic accidents and drowning.
HIV has reduced significantly: prevention and alliviation plan 2002-2006. Orphans need help
Child labor fell significantly, but still has lots of child workers farms and small scale work places, underpaid and explioted, effects education, parents are poor tho.international conventions help
Lots of young girls turn to prostition because of financial restraints and materialism. More prone to std and expliotation/abuse.
drug use in youth is still prominent but regulations including punishing traffickers, rehabilitation etc are avaliable.
Overview of the Thailand context
Achievements
reduction child mortality, reduced underweight children, rise in immunization rates, double secondary school and reduction of child labour, new laws to protect children rights, effort to reduce child trafficking.
HIV infections down
challenges
Schooling in minorities, isolated and poor areas. No birth registration, more money needed to be allocated, gender despairity
more wide spread and more youths
biggest death to kids 1 year: infectious disease but also high numbers of traffic accidents and drowning
political an legal
sub district administrative organizations, term limits for heads of village, increased local budgets, changes to constitution: equal rights, child protection and free education up to 12 years. watchdog agencies which may not be helpful, says un no resources or no authority to ensure.
2003 child protection act: child rights very important, social issues, wellfare assistance
budget spending on health care and education decreed especially in more isolated areas
30 baht health care scheme has seen increase in hospital visits and no decrease in quality: good for child development, parent dnt need to reallocate funds from edu to cover med costs
Intro
convention of right 1992
survival, development, protection, participation
Major achievements and ongoing challenges
ethnic minority status, exclusion, linguistic barriers, poverty, lack of citizenship, geographic isolation, cultural norms, resource scarcity, lack of social investment
frame works to reach goals
suggestions to improve policy
can relate
drivers are terrible
school comparable different departments that dont communicate, decisions are made by people not in touch with problem, no authority to ensure proper work done
pollution and grandparents primary care givers
thai teacher suck
economic context
ecconomic growth, good for children but must be prtected when downturn comes.
Good job in reducing povety but still big problem in the north and north west.
Plans to improve poverty inline with millennium development goals but no institutionalized way to analyse effects of policies
with ecconomic growth comes these things which suck for youths: environmental degrodation, family ties loosened, grand parents primary caregivers, childhood obecity
institutional challanges and reccomendations,
need to implement legislation
moniter and data alalyses
child friendly judicle and criminal procedures
media can help
more money
Lack of understanding or interest constitutionally has resulted in non action regarding acts and laws
no budgets, staff capacity, mandate with changing agencies, limited understanding and interest in child matters.
Data not accurate and skewered to look better. NEED EVIDENCE BASED POLICY FORMULATION. Respond to dramatical event rather than evidence
children need to be educated on their rights, young children are not encouraged to analyze situations and make their own judgement. Schools style makes it hard for children to talk with teachers or councellors and they dont
social context
measures to help youths dont make it to religious and ethnic minority, isolated poor areas. muslims in the south and minorites and migrant workers north.
Unrest in South
political and legal context