INTRODUCTION Where the Report makes no mention of data (including disaggregated data), it means no data is available. The State also faces challenges in the monitoring and evaluation of programs that implement CRC. The Report does not cover independent NGO work on CRC compliance. Solomon Islands ratified CRC in 1995 and submitted its initial report to the Committee in 2002. The extended family system is under pressure from socio-economic changes where the shift to a monetized economy is slowly eroding the traditional social security system, which is based on a rural subsistence economy. Families are becoming more cash-dependent resulting in susceptibility to bribes, unfair distribution and unsustainable harvesting of natural resources. Education remains neither compulsory nor free. Educational opportunity for the girl child in a family is often subordinate to that of the boy. Recent changes create more equal opportunities for boys and girls. Social problems increasingly affecting youths include single teenage motherhood, STIs, youth delinquency, sexual and physical abuse, youth suicide, alcohol and drug abuse.
INTRODUCTION Where the Report makes no mention of data (including disaggregated data), it means no data is available. The State also faces challenges in the monitoring and evaluation of programs that implement CRC. The Report does not cover independent NGO work on CRC compliance. Solomon Islands ratified CRC in 1995 and submitted its initial report to the Committee in 2002. The extended family system is under pressure from socio-economic changes where the shift to a monetized economy is slowly eroding the traditional social security system, which is based on a rural subsistence economy. Families are becoming more cash-dependent resulting in susceptibility to bribes, unfair distribution and unsustainable harvesting of natural resources. Education remains neither compulsory nor free. Educational opportunity for the girl child in a family is often subordinate to that of the boy. Recent changes create more equal opportunities for boys and girls. Social problems increasingly affecting youths include single teenage motherhood, STIs, youth delinquency, sexual and physical abuse, youth suicide, alcohol and drug abuse.
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