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UNICEF Murcia Committee has presented to the municipalities that this year have received the recognition of Child Friendly Cities in the Region of Murcia: Sewer, Bullas, Calasparra, Campos del Río, Cartagena and San Pedro.
Thus, there are already 11 municipalities recognized as Child Friendly Cities, since Cieza, Lorquí, Murcia, San Javier were recognized in 2016 and Torre Pacheco has renewed its recognition for four years in this edition.
The event, held in Cartagena and chaired by the president of UNICEF Committee Murcia, Amparo Marzal, attended by mayors and councilmen of all recognized municipalities, who highlighted the strengths and actions developed in each of the local governments in favor of children.
Above all, attention has been given to children in situations of greater vulnerability, as well as networking and the commitment of these municipalities to: strengthening child participation, the interest of incorporating the improvement of children's well-being , girls and adolescents in the municipal public agenda, and the comprehensive development of local policies for child care.
All Spanish municipalities recognized as Child Friendly Cities in the 2018 edition received their awards on November 27 in Oviedo, in a special event organized by UNICEF Spanish Committee and the City Council.
With these acknowledgments the network of Child Friendly Cities grows from 170 to 274 local governments throughout the Spanish territory, that is, that 4 out of 10 children in our country live in municipalities where local governments are committed, within their management , to put children's rights at the center of their public activity.
Amparo Marzal thanked the new municipalities recognized their commitment and effort and urged all mayors and representatives of municipalities to continue working on the program lines to promote compliance with the rights of children, both at the municipal level and global level.
Child Friendly Cities Program
The Child Friendly Cities Program, which the UNICEF Spanish Committee has been leading since 2001 in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, the University Institute of Needs and Rights of Children and the Adolescence (IUNDIA), seeks to contribute to improving the living conditions of children and adolescents through the promotion and implementation of municipal policies that guarantee their integral development with a focus on rights.
All local governments recognized as Child Friendly Cities have launched a Local Childhood Plan that targets the 5 objectives of the initiative, so that cities are places where children: have access to quality social services (health and education), they live in a clean and safe environment, they can enjoy their family life, play and leisure, are respected and treated in a fair way in their neighborhoods and their needs are taken into account in laws, policies and decisions that affect them.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco
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