I want to have a better life;
Life and child development must be a priority for our authorities;
To ensure a decent life I will emigrate from the country;
I want to know more about the right to life and development.
In 2019, the Children's Ombudsman monitored the situation of respecting the child's right to
life on the segment of the phenomenon of "children giving birth to children", so in 2018, in
Moldova, 2167135 girls up to 18 years old are raising their children, even they are still children. The
People's Advocate for Children's Rights notes that, although the indices experienced a slight
decrease from 2010 to 2018 (by 1/3 from 9.4% to 6.7%)136, the situation remains alarming. Thus,
only in 2018, 141137 girls under the age of 18 underwent the abortion procedure.
During this period, the following problems were identified:
Lack of effective sectoral policies in the field of health and education, aimed at
informing children about sexual life and the prevention of infant pregnancy;
Lack of a national curriculum on sex education in the educational system;
Society is dominated by stereotypes and stigmatization in terms of sexual
development;
High rate of sexual offenses committed by children or committed against children.
The Children's Ombudsman argues that this situation is a violation of the child's life and
development. Moreover, non-compliance with the right to life and development leads to a violation
of all related rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
For these reasons, we mention that promoting the phenomenon of "children give birth to
children" is a serious violation not only of the right to life and development, but also of all related
rights enshrined in the Convention.
The People's Advocate for Children's Rights concludes that this phenomenon is largely
caused by the poor level of education and information of children. In the Republic of Moldova,
children are not sufficiently informed or practically do not know at all what the intimate security of
the person means, they do not know how to relate to their peers and especially do not know about
the consequences of premature sexual activity. At the current stage, the situation is alarming and we
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