Global challenges to children’s health are rooted in social and environmental determinants. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates the rights required to address these civil-political, social, economic and cultural determinants of child well-being. The literature shows that the principles of child rights universality, interdependence and accountability define the tenets of social justice and health equity required to ensure all rights accrue to all children, and the accountability of individuals and organisations (duty-bearers) to ensure these rights are fulfilled.
This piece dear reader is in support of the recent appointment of the First Lady, Mrs Neo Masisi as the UNAIDS Champion for adolescent girls and young women. It provides why such an appointment is a welcome development in the country, and in doing so uses various literature sources to support the argument. It borrows from the UN Conventions on the fundamental rights of adolescent and young girls which set a policy window for adoption and adaptation by using policy transfer.
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