What are the Effects of children's rights?

Answer 1

Some of the effects of children's rights were that children got to go to school instead of working. Also, children were often given the worst and most dangerous jobs, so the implementation of children's rights meant that kids got to live longer.

Answer 2

Children are among the groups most susceptible to the risks associated with development projects financed by the World Bank. The detrimental effects of poverty and deprivation are magnified in children because a lack of sufficient nutrition, health care, access to clean drinking water, and educational opportunities early in a child's life have impacts that linger for years and prevent a child from reaching his or her full potential.

As the United Nations has previously noted "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care." It is thus crucial that the World Bank take steps to not only invest in development programs that benefit children but also to enact policies to ensure that World Bank funded projects do not have a detrimental impact on the rights and well-being of children. One key way for the Bank to do so is by incorporating a child rights focus into the environmental and social safeguards for investment lending, which are currently under review.

More information on the World Bank safeguard policies and the civil society campaign to strengthen these safeguards