Portrait in Paradox: Fulfillment of Children Rights in Early Childhood Behind the Child-Friendly City Label in Bandung Fatiha Khoirotunnisa Elfahmi, Rudiyanto
Early Childhood Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Jl. Dr. Setiabudi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
elfa[at]upi.edu, rudiyanto[at]upi.edu
Abstract
A Child-Friendly City (KLA) introduced by the Ministry of Women^s Empowerment and Child Protection is a recognition of a city or district that commits to fulfill children^s rights while carrying out functions that aim to protect children specifically according to conditions by the government, society, and the world. effort through and sustained that later legitimized. KLA has the initial goal of accelerating the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) from a legal framework into definitions, strategies, and development interventions such as child-friendly policies, institutions, and programs. However, the facts on the ground show interesting data to be discussed, especially in the context of the fulfillment of children^s rights which do not touch the problem to the grassroots. There is an assumption that the assessment of these cities has assessment indicators that are not explored and not explored so that entities to build harmonization do not touch the fulfillment of children^s basic rights. To prove this, research was conducted in the city of Bandung, which has won awards for the last three years in a row. As a result, there are still vulnerable children, child laborers, and children with disabilities who are not accommodated in the fulfillment of their children^s rights. This incident needs to be reviewed, especially regarding the commitment to fulfill children^s rights. When the KLA label is set, a city must have sensitivity in realizing social inclusion.
Keywords: child-friendly city, early childhood education, fulfillment of children^s rights, sensitivity
