Niger, 2012: The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) –
the world’s most endorsed human rights treaty – celebrated its twenty-third
anniversary on 20 November 2012. The CRC expresses in international law the
rights due every child, including the poorest and most marginalized. All
children have the right to grow “in the spirit of peace, dignity, tolerance,
freedom, equality and solidarity,” advises the CRC’s Preamble. A girl leads
donkeys to fetch water in Maradi Region.
DOES
THIS GIRL IN NIGER GO TO SCHOOL?
IS
HER BIRTH REGISTERED?
WILL
SHE BE FORCED INTO EARLY MARRIAGE?
CAN
SHE BREAK HER FAMILY'S CYCLE OF POVERTY?