{"id":45779,"date":"2024-06-20T06:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/molo-songololo-urges-enhanced-promotion-of-childrens-rights-20240620\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:36:39","slug":"molo-songololo-urges-enhanced-promotion-of-childrens-rights-20240620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/molo-songololo-urges-enhanced-promotion-of-childrens-rights-20240620\/","title":{"rendered":"Molo Songololo urges enhanced promotion of children\u2019s rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Local children\u2019s rights organisation says more should be done to promote children\u2019s rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The organisation adds that too many children\u00a0do not enjoy the freedom of their rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Western Cape commissioner for children adds that more needs to be done to ensure the realisation of children\u2019s rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\u2019s rights organisation Molo Songololo says more should be done to promote children\u2019s rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patric Solomon, managing director of the organisation, says while children in South Africa live in a society with a constitution that has the highest regard for their rights and the equality and dignity of everyone, these rights are not always implemented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the curtain came to a close on Child Protection Week and with Youth Day commemorated over the weekend Solomon feels that too many children do not enjoy the freedom of their rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Western Cape is one of the most unequal provinces in South Africa. We have a large group of children and families that are poor. And the gap between the rich and the poor is big. Children live in communities that threaten their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the 2022-2023 Western Cape Commissioner for Children annual report, it was estimated in 2021 that 85 900 children in the Western Cape (39,9%) live in income-poor households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon says as an organisation they do awareness campaigns in various communities to educate children about their rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also tell them about their responsibility because with each right comes responsibility. We work with primary and high school learners. We also see how children who know and understand their rights are better able to protect the rights of others and their own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says too often neglect and abuse are normalised, and children are not aware that their rights are being violated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_276d1432\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cIf a parent is violent and mistreats a child, that child needs to know that that is not normal behaviour. If a teacher is inflicting corporal punishment in the classroom the learners need to know that that is against the law. If children understand what their rights are they can report these violations.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon explains that in their child protection and victim empowerment programme, they also work with parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOften parents know something is not right, but they don\u2019t report it. They don\u2019t understand that if they for example have a 13-year-old girl, and she has sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy, that could be an illegal relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome parents allow relationships between a 15-year-old girl and a 21-year-old boyfriend, but it could be against the law. We try and create awareness of what is appropriate and what is illegal. We also provide them with the knowledge in terms of what they can do about these violations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-address-violations\">Address violations<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAcknowledge what is happening. When it comes to sexual violations teenagers are often treated like adults and expected to take on adult roles. We need to understand that even if a child behaves like an adult, that is no excuse for abuse or exploitation. We need to know who is responsible and who must be held accountable,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-undocumented-children\">Undocumented children<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Solomon, too many children do not have important documentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn some of the areas that we work, we find that some children don\u2019t have birth certificates or ID\u2019s. Home Affairs needs to roll out mobile units to go to these communities. We do have some dysfunctional parents but not all of them are. Some of them just cannot afford public transport to get to Home Affairs offices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-way-forward\">The way forward <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon believes that children should play a role in developing policies and in decision-making that affects them. 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