GEORGETTE MULHEIR – DATA COLLECTION AND ITS EFFECT ON CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEMS

A while back, leaders from around the world set out to improve the living standards of children. This was by improving health and nutrition, reducing violence towards them, and giving them access to education. Although this mission targets all children, it seems like those outside families are being left out by the methods of data collection used by the government. Children separated from their families through conflict, poverty, or discrimination are vulnerable to forced servitude or trafficking. The lack of precise data means that such international structures can’t effectively reach out to children who require critical support. Georgette Mulheir is dedicated to the transformation of the current protection and family care systems for children. In the last thirty years, she has worked in over 33 states around the world to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of children. Through this process, she has successfully trained well over a hundred thousand politicians and professionals from over 70 countries on care transformation. One of her main goals is to transform the slogan “leave no one behind” into reality. According to Georgette Mulheir, accurate data ensures accountability to the population.

This eliminates the risk of vulnerable children being left behind. Mulheir acknowledges that even though a children census does not directly improve lives, it a decent strategy that offers legitimacy to the parties involved and ammunition for active communities. Over the years, Georgette has invested herself in the empowerment of young people and children. This helps to mold them into leadership roles in the process of transforming care. Through her work and that of other activists, Australia become the country to ban orphanage trafficking. This was after her own research in Haiti where children were being trafficked for donations. Throughout her career, her work has been honored severally across the world. In 2015, she received the Charity of the Year Award in the UK and a Tribeca Disruptive Innovation award. Such awards appreciate the change-makers living at the borderline of culture and technology to grow society and improving humanity. In addition, Georgette Mulheir has been named among the top influential social workers globally. Other than humanitarian work, she is also a published author with four books on women’s and children’s rights.