MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 recovery roadmap of the Philippines should include measures to improve current conditions for children and the youth, especially as the pandemic has placed young people in more vulnerable situations.
This is among the recommendations that Dr. Najat Maalla, the United Nations (UN) Special Representative on Violence Against Children (VAC), made in a high-level dialogue with Philippine government officials and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef).
Unicef gave some details of the dialogue in a statement it issued on Tuesday.
“(The government must use the recovery from the pandemic) as an opportunity to build back be…
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