AS THE country commemorates Human Rights Day tomorrow, more needed to be done to protect children, an expert and activists said.
This, as around 15 000 children are diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition every year.
Stellenbosch University Professor, Marianne Strydom, said food insecurity was often the outcome of poverty and unemployment.
“Rights that are especially important in terms of children are the right to survival, shelter, and social services or protection.
“The right to survival is related to the right to basic food or food security, as indicated in the Constitution. Food security is an immense challenge, as approximately half of the children in South Africa live in households that are below the poverty line.
“Furthermore, over 15 000 children are diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition every year, and in…
