Now children's rights are law - but two municipalities lack a strategy

The fact that the Children's Convention became Swedish law at the turn of the year affects the work for all municipalities in the country.

- We have a higher demand on us to work for the best interests of the children and to listen more to children. I think that is very good, says Sofie Ceder, public health coordinator at Ronneby municipality.

In order to adopt the new law, the level of knowledge and work on child rights issues in Ronneby municipality was mapped during the autumn.

- We can see that there is a need for education about children's rights. Therefore, we will work to increase the knowledge of everyone and develop tools to ensure that the rights are fulfilled, says Sofie Ceder.

Forty-five percent of Sweden's municipalities lack a strategy for how the Children's Convention should be applied. It shows a survey conducted by Bris. In Blekinge, Olofström and Ronneby responded that such a strategy is missing.

- We have previously had a child and youth policy strategy, but now children's rights issues are part of our public health work. That's probably why we answered no to that question, says Sofie Ceder.