Too little say and a poor childcare ratio: there is a need for action on children's rights in Saxony. This is according to the "Children's Rights Index 2025" presented by the German Children's Fund in Berlin. According to the index, the Free State is in the middle of the pack compared to the other federal states and shows light and shade when it comes to implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
There is some catching up to do
Saxony should lower the voting age at state and municipal level. In the Free State, people are generally only allowed to vote at the age of 18. In some federal states, the voting age for state and local elections has already been lowered to 16. In addition, support measures should increase the number of representative children's and youth committees and a state program should promote the establishment of municipal prevention networks against child poverty.
According to Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk, there is a lack of an explicit legal entitlement to inclusive schooling in the education sector. In addition, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the staff-child ratio in early childhood education.
