Transcript Advances and Challenges of KIDS COUNT Mexico

Towards statistical
visibility in children’s
rights
Advances and challenges of Kids Count
Mexico
By Gerardo Sauri
Since 2003. 4 stages
Model construction and
diagnosis
Data-warehouse construction
Report production
Data exploitation
1. Model construction and
diagnosis
• Research and training in diverse models and
experiences
• Construction of our own model
• Track of information sources
Revised data-based advocacy
model
Exemple of compability with MNIP
Proposed Mexican Domains
Demographic
- Population by age and sex
- Indigenous children population by
ethnic group, age, religion, and sex
- Adolescent mothers
Survival and basic health
-Basic indicators such as child
mortality, low weight at birth,
immunizations, etc.
-Nutrition
Security, environment free of
violence, and justice.
-Children with legal conflicts
-Abuse
- Maltreatment
-Homicides
- Lesions and traumas
-Suicide
Populations under risk
- Working children
-Exploited working children
-Street children
-Migrant children
-Orphans
Impact topics
Multinational Dominion or Sub Convention’s Rights
domain
Dominion
Not contemplated as an impact Not contemplated
General principles
topic
Health
Not contemplated because the Right to life; Survival and
project goes further than mere development; health and
survival.
wellbeing.
Human Security (Justice and
environment free of violence)
Child security/ Human security
Includes: Lesions and traumas
- Homicide and suicide
-Abuse and maltreatment is
considered in HOME
- Children with troubles with
justice not contemplated
Civil rights and liberties.
Respect to child’s
opinion; General
principles
Populations under risk.
Not contemplated
Special measures of
protection; civil rights
and liberties; respect
towards the child’s
opinion; general
principles.
Data-warehouse construction
About 60% of the
necessary data had
not a childrencentered approach
Information had to
be reprocessed by
us
Now
practically all
indicators
are childrencentered
Report production
Shadow Report for the UN
Children’s Rights Committee
Kids Count Mexico
Borders Kids Count Mexico
Children in North America
Example: first comparation KDCM
05 vs. 06 data
Exploiting data
Dissemination
on 3 levels
National
State
International
• Bulletins, conference
• Workshops
• Workshops
• Using data for
specific pusposes
• Sharing experiences
• Training on the
model
Main challenges
• Access to information
• Dissemination of report on both, broader and
focused audiences
• Keep producing KCM annually
• Raise interest on using data in such a way that
could get national resources