SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

BBC 3283: DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

GROUP ASSIGNMENT: CHILD AND DEVELOPMENT

TITTLE: ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN RIGHTS IN MALAYSIA, INDIA AND

NEW ZEALAND

PREPARED BY:

NAME STUDENT ID
ANDI NUR ELISYA SYAHIRA BINTI BAHRI AIU18092007
SITI NORALINNAH BINTI JUSNEH AIU18092008
SITI NURAFIFAH BINTI MOISON AIU19032001
NUR SARAHA BINTI AWANG AIU19032002

PREPARED FOR:

ASSOC. PROF. DR. SURAYA HANIM MOKHTAR

SUBMISSION DATE:

05TH JANUARY 2021

(TUESDAY)
 1. India
(a) Right to health
Addressing access to health is a crucial predictor of achieving the rights of children. Almost 1
million children die under the age of five in India, with an estimated 39 deaths per 1,000 live
births. Disadvantages related to accessing health care, such as maternal and newborn
coverage are more likely to be faced by women and children. With rates as high as 39
percent, children in India also face a high prevalence of stunting. The latter, as a result of the
unequal allocation for women and children of universal health services in rural states.
(b) Right identity
Realizing their right to identification and registration is another major factor in the realization
of children's rights. India suffers from one of the world's highest rates of non-registration for
girls. There are only 41 per cent of births recorded. There is a wide urban-rural registration
divide, with 59 percent of urban children under the age of five enrolled, compared with just
35 percent in rural areas. For these people, this leads to severe difficulties because they will
not profit from child-sensitive social security services and initiatives, since they are invisible
in society's eyes.
 2. New Zealand
The rights of children in New Zealand in general, well known. This Oceanian nation,
however, conceals even more of its shadowy the fields regarding the right to rights of
children, particularly with regard to children's position within the Maori minority group. As
well as violence, trafficking and kidnapping, children who belong to such a group groups
suffering from prejudice.
(a) Abuse
Studies by UNICEF have shown that nearly 3,500 children under the age of 15 are dying
each the physical year -based violence also ignore in the industrial world. The child violence
rate in New Zealand is one of the highest in the developing the planet. In New Zealand, for
instance, the rate of death following infancy violence, it is 4 to 6 times greater than that in
Norway. The government is not anymore willing turning a blind eye against a guy severity
about the situation and spends $2 billion the year in the year the war kid versus child
violence.
(b) Child prostitution
A number of young girls are coerced towards prostitution in New Zealand. Conducted a
survey in April 2004 by the Study Committee of Prostitution Law (PLRC) reports that every
day, about 200 minors are coerced into prostitution. There are about 500 women from
Thailand and young girls employed in the Auckland sex industry, according to the New
Zealand police force. The police face several challenges in their effort in order to crack the
sex the network for prostitution, as the victims are also regulated via pimps. Therefore, A lot
of women are too scared to come forward and send a declaration. This results in
complications of law as well. The government is collaborating with non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) to try to solve the issue of funding initiatives such as housing projects
and other types of housing support to help young girls are leaving prostitution and are
returning to society.
 3. Malaysia
The picture of a country where various ethnic groups live together in peace and
harmony is portrayed by the Malaysian government, but the truth is very different. There are
many challenges facing children of ethnic and religious minorities, and the rights of children
in general are still not completely recognized.
(a) Poverty
Many children are suffering from poverty in Malaysia. Although the nation has made
considerable Efforts to make the situation safer, UNICEF, reports the one that over 72,000
kids under 15 years of age are still here living in challenging situations without the means of
having meet Their own underlying needs. The organization is collaborating with the
leadership of the country to combat poverty and the impact it has on children's lives.
(b) Right to an identity
Malaysian authorities prohibit the registration of children of refugees or parents seeking
asylum. If they attempt to register their children, some asylum seekers also risk being arrested
as illegal immigrants. Moreover, marriages are not officially recognized Muslims and non-
Muslims. Parents in a union like this often have trouble registering their children. Children
are stateless, without a certificate of birth, and they are barred from enrolling in kindergarten.
They are denied their rights to an identity and to an education.