Efforts are needed to safeguard
childhood, President Sergio Mattarella said in a statement
released for International Children's Rights Day Friday.
"In Italy, already before the health emergency, the number of
children in absolute poverty was dramatically high and it is
destined to increase," the president said.
"We are all called to a responsible effort to safeguard the
little ones and support parents in difficulty by averting the
possible further widening of families' educational and economic
inequalities."
Mattarella added that "education is the foundation of a
country's development and growth and represents one of the
rights of children and adolescents".
The head of State added that the coronavirus is undermining the
future of the coming generations.
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