Girl Swinging Under The Sun Means Right To Life And Safety
Primary and high school students from Fiji, Republic of Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu signed up for the competition.
Friday 11 December 2020 | 08:01
From left: Aditi Singh, who drew her art on the poster numbered three and her sister Sanaya Singh. Photo: Shreeya Verma
Ten-year-old Aditi Singh is a quiet girl. But give her a pen and paper and her emotions will come to life.
That’s what her father, Rajneel Singh, found when she was drawing a picture of a girl swinging under the shade of a tree and basking in the sun.
Mr Singh had motivated her to participate in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster competition organised by Pacific Community’s (SPC) Human Rights and Social Development (HRSD).
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Yesterday, Aditi’s drawing was featured as one of the 30 depictions of the rights and freedoms set under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The drawing is depicted under the ‘Right to Life and Safety’.
The launch of the poster coincided with World Human Rights Day yesterday.
Primary and high school students from Fiji, Republic of Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu signed up for the competition.
14 out of the 30 drawings, including Aditi’s, are from Fijian students.
SPC’S director Human Rights and Social Development Division, Miles Young, said: “The drawings depicted in the poster are the interpretation of the children about the rights/articles highlighted in the poster.
“We all want our children to enjoy their rights to full potential which can only be possible if they are able to enjoy the rights to which they are entitled to.
“The poster is a timely reminder that in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to remain vigilant to the protection of the rights of our children.”
Also launched yesterday was the Human Rights Situational Analysis Report for the 16 Pacific regions.
Key points covered on the report:
- There was an increase in the cumulative total of international human rights treaties to which Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are a party, from 65 across 10 PICs in 2016 to 73 across 13 PICs in 2020.
- PICs are increasingly engaging in the international human rights system.
- In 2016, only Fiji and Samoa had national human rights institutions.
- Gender inequality and violence against women and girls across the Pacific remain an issue in the regions
