Argumentative Impact On Child Poverty

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People who are marginalised by social and economic factors (especially tamariki in poverty), social rights are crucial for entitling their civil and political rights as without these, tamariki cannot become valued and authentic social agents or citizens (Duhn, 2006; Millei, 2008). Those families living in poverty face multiple challenges such as low household incomes due to limited and low level skill set and expertise, wages, labour market conditions, spending priorities, polices and housing and health and socialisation costs therefore, having a ripple on effect to their children (CCEAG, 2012). With that comes cumulative effects. Poverty therefore denies children their rights as their families, community, government and policies do not place children’s best interests at the epi centre because of other prorities – therefore contridicing Article 3. This transferes a tremdeous amount of negative impacts onto the child’s holisitc development …show more content…

Promises were expected to be delivered such as prioritising poverty however; the National government did not deliver and instead are set on what appears to be tax bribes for next year’s election (CPAG, 2016). This Budget saw no inflation adjustment for the fourth consecutive year WFF payments and no consideration for wage growth. More policy disappointment is seen with the Accommodation Supplement failing to respond to the ever-increasing housing costs therefore more money being spend on rent and less on the essentials for children and families as high housing costs hit low income working age households the hardest (Wilkinson & Jeram, 2016). CPAG for a long time have believed and noted that NZ’s “high rate of child poverty is not the result of economic necessity, but is due to policy neglect and a flawed ideological emphasis on economic incentives” (CPAG, 2011, p. iii). This has recently been proven in NZ’s 2016

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