In order to further rights realization for ALL children, child rights mainstreaming through CRBA focuses on the most marginalised girls and boys – those children whose rights are not being fulfilled due to poverty, exploitation, discrimination, abuse or neglect – as a priority consideration for attention, action and resources. In policy and programme decision-making, it is therefore crucial to understand which rights are being violated for which children in order to improve rights fulfilment for all children. Disaggregating data on rights violations by age, gender, and situation (socio-economic, ethnic, religious, geographic, disability, etc), can help to better understand whose rights are violated, how and why. This allows for more targeted and more effective interventions.
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The Most Marginalised Girls and Boys
| Child Needs Approach | Child Rights Approach |
|---|---|
| 75% of children are enrolled in school – Needs are not universal. The aim here is to get as many children as possible enrolled in school, given limited timeframes and scarce resources. Some children cannot be reached but the focus is on reaching as many as possible with the means available. | The right to education is being violated for 25% of children – The State has an obligation to progressively realise the right to education for all children in its jurisdiction. Resources are mobilised in priority for the most marginalised - girls aged 10 to 13 years, from poor, rural families are identified among those whose right to education is most often being denied and as a priority for action. |