The Minister of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families of the Government of the Canary Islands, Candelaria Delgado, stated this Friday that she wants to update the Canarian law on children and adolescents, which is almost 30 years old, to address, among other issues, the diverse families that exist in the islands.
Candelaria Delgado, in a parliamentary committee, responded to a question from Vox about this law, on which the Government of the Canary Islands is working and whose processing has already begun with the preparation of a report that justifies the need for the law, establishes its strategic objectives and justifies its adaptation to the current regulatory framework.
This document lays the foundations for the drafting of the bill identifying current challenges and priority areas of intervention in the protection and promotion of the rights of children in the Canary Islands, the Minister stated.
As established by the legislative procedure, Delgado continued, the Government of the Canary Islands adopted, by government agreement on February 3, the initiation of the processing of the draft Canarian law on children and adolescents.
Likewise, the opening of this public consultation process to citizens through the transparency portal was ordered with the aim of gathering opinions, suggestions and contributions from civil society on the future law.
In this phase, a total of five contributions have been received from entities such as UNICEF, the University of Alicante and associations specialized in family foster care.
According to what she detailed, the contributions collected in this consultation will be analyzed and incorporated into the draft law that will be published on the transparency portal of the Government of the Canary Islands soon.
In short, she added, the Government's objective is to update the law to respond to social, regulatory and protection changes that make its update after 30 years "essential" to advance in the protection and recognition of the rights of children and adolescents in the Canary Islands.
It also seeks an active participation of children and adolescents in the Canary Islands in public policies, in addition to promoting their mental health and emotional well-being, she added.
In addition, it seeks to continue supporting young people in vulnerable situations, regulating the digital environment and addressing pornography.
