Children’s Commissioner for Wales but personal account. Follow @childcomwales for official tweets. Opinions are still personal and political 🏴✊🏽
Wales, United Kingdom
Joined July 2012
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Reviving this account after hmm 🤔 7 years oops 😬 🙊!! I have some stuff to say 💪🏽 mostly about #Wales #Diversity #Poverty #Race #Migration and #PeoplePower .. oh and #Revolution ✊🏽🏴
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
The situation in Gaza is a non-stop nightmare that threatens to take the entire region with it.
Lebanon is at the brink.
The people of Lebanon, the people of Israel and the people of the world cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza.
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Gary Lineker on Gaza, "It's the worst thing I have seen in my lifetime. Constant images day in, day out of children losing their lives."
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
The Children's Commissioner's statement following events that have taken place across UK towns and cities over the past week:
Following events in the last week - there is reason to be hopeful but much more needs to be done to prevent this from happening again and making sure all children can feel safe and valued in their communities ❤️🙏 🏴
Read my full statement below 👇🏽
@childcomwales
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Important advice to support young people after a distressing event.
Please read and share our evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide.
We sincerely hope this will help.
Thoughts and prayers with everyone affected 💙
#Southport
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Repeat after me. A habitable planet is more important than the profits of a few fossil fuel companies.
Pass it on.
#ActOnClimate
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Going to the Eisteddfod this year?
Join our talk on children's rights to mark a century since the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was written.
⏰ 12:30 06.08.24
📍 Societies Pavillion 2
We'll also be in the 3rd Sector Hub all week, so stop by for a chat!
#Steddfod2024
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Sign up to be a candidate and join the third Welsh Youth Parliament term
and see what it's like to take a seat in the Senedd!
Don't just take our word for it, sign up today 👇 👇 👇
youthparliament.wales/become…
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
One Palestinian child has been killed in the West Bank every two days since October 2023, on average.
Children report being scared to walk around their neighbourhoods or to travel to school.
“The violence needs to stop now.” - @unicefchief
Details: unicef.org/press-releases/ch…
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
"We must never forget how easily hate speech can turn to hate crime; how ignorance or indifference can lead to intolerance; or how silence in the face of bigotry is complicity."
— @antonioguterres
See how you can take action and say #NoToHate: un.org/en/hate-speech
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Climate change is changing more than the planet. It’s changing children.
What are you doing about it?
Demand #ClimateAction, now.
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
The richest 1% are responsible for the same quantity of planet-wrecking greenhouse gases as two-thirds of humanity.
These are not natural facts. They are the result of humanity’s choices.
We can, and must, decide to do things differently.
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
90 per cent of people in Gaza have been displaced since October 2023.
Many of them are children.
Places where people are being forced to move lack basic necessities and safety.
UNICEF continues to call for an end to all hostilities and a lasting ceasefire.
ALT Child who is displaced carrying blankets and belongings and walking among others
ALT Family with children on the move
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
"We are failing these young people, and we can't fail them any more."
@SeneddChildren has launched its latest report, highlighting the many children in Wales who are being denied their right to an education and childcare.
📄 Read the full report:
senedd.wales/senedd-now/news… /
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
A #ChildRights Approach can help overcome the ‘democratic deficit’ (🏴& 🏴under 16 yrs cannot vote) by requiring councillors to take children’s views & rights into account when making decisions that affect children’s lives.
Thanks @together_sacr for sharing our latest blog👇
🗓️4 days to go
📣Elected members taking a children's human rights approach - learning from our friends at the @WalesObsHrcyp as we countdown to commencement of the #UNCRCScotland Act
➡️uncrc.scot/elected-members/
ALT megaphone to the left-hand side and number 4. Graphic.
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
Can you imagine if this was the coldest year of the rest of your baby’s life? Even if you’re currently experiencing a heat wave, that is...
By 2050, every child on our planet – over 2 billion – will be exposed to high heatwave frequency.
We need urgent #ClimateAction.
Rocio Cifuentes retweeted
We're horrified at reports of an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza, killing and injuring many children.
This is the fourth attack on or near schools sheltering displaced people in the past four days.
It has to stop.
We need a #CeasefireNOW.
