Schools across the globe are closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This violates one of the most basic children’s rights: the right to education. More than 897 million children worldwide are faced with the consequences, both in the short and the long term. Because for many children in a difficult home situation school not only means education but also, and more importantly, a safe haven. In the long term children who are deprived of access to education are at greater risk of child labour, criminality or situations of child abuse.
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