3 November, Pretoria. About 68 p.c of younger individuals in South Africa have complained that they’ve been discriminated in opposition to in colleges, workplaces and even in public locations. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a report on Friday that mentioned discrimination is a daily a part of life.
It is talked about within the report that there’s discrimination because of age, gender, schooling, earnings and pores and skin shade. The report was launched simply forward of World Children’s Day on November 20.
According to the report, about 80 p.c of younger respondents really feel that discrimination has affected their progress in life. UNICEF South Africa Representative Christine Muhigana mentioned the extent of violence in opposition to youngsters and the inequalities affecting and discriminating younger lives in South Africa have to be urgently addressed.
“We should all battle in opposition to discrimination in opposition to youngsters,” she mentioned, “World Children’s Day is a second to strengthen our name for the rights of each youngster.” Xinhua