Listen to children’s experiences of COVID-19 - UNICEF

his year’s anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world, takes place during one of the most challenging moments for the fulfilment of children’s rights in the Philippines. The COVID-19 pandemic, combined with a threatening typhoon season, have upended thousands of children’s lives and has left many more children uncertain about their future.

Children face a trifecta of threats: direct consequences of the disease itself, interruption in essential services and increasing poverty and inequality.