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Mae cyfnod yr Athro Sally Holland fel Comisiynydd Plant Cymru wedi dod i ben yn dilyn saith mlynedd lwyddiannus yn y swydd. Mae hi wedi gwneud cyfraniad eithriadol i’r agenda hawliau plant yng Nghymru.


Fel comisiynydd plant, mae’r Athro Holland wedi gwrando ar blant a phobl ifanc ac wedi gweithredu ar yr hyn a oedd ganddynt i’w ddweud. Er mwyn llywio ei chyfnod yn y swydd, lansiodd yr Athro Holland yr ymgynghoriad *Beth Nesa*yng Nghymru, yn gofyn i blant roi eu safbwyntiau ar ei blaenoriaethau. Gyda mwy na 25,000 o ymatebion, defnyddiodd leisiau a blaenoriaethau plant a phobl ifanc yn sail i’w gwaith.


Mae ei ffocws ar siarad â phlant a phobl ifanc a chanfod beth y maent yn ei feddwl wedi nodweddu ei chyfnod fel comisiynydd. Mae hyn wedi bod yn arbennig o amlwg yn ystod y pandemig ac wrth iddi ddatblygu’r arolwg *Coronafeirws a Fi*. Yn sgil hyn, roedd modd i’r comisiynydd plant weithio mewn partneriaeth unigryw gyda Llywodraeth Cymru, Plant yng Nghymru a Senedd Ieuenctid Cymru i sicrhau y gallai plant a phobl ifanc ddweud wrthym sut yr oedd y pandemig yn effeithio ar eu bywydau. Cafwyd mwy na 43,000 o ymatebion i’r arolygon hyn a chawsant eu cymeradwyo gan UNICEF, gan helpu i lywio penderfyniadau Llywodraeth Cymru.


Mae ymrwymiad yr Athro Holland i ymgorffori Confensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau’r Plentyn, ac i godi ymwybyddiaeth o hawliau plant, i’w weld drwy ei gwaith o ddatblygu a chyflwyno *Y Ffordd Gywir**\[1]**,* adnodd sy’n dwyn ynghyd ddull strategol o ymgorffori hawliau plant.


Mae’r Athro Holland yn dychwelyd i Brifysgol Caerdydd a bydd Rocio Cifuentes yn ei holynu, gan ddechrau yn ei swydd fel Comisiynydd Plant newydd Cymru heddiw.


Mae’r datganiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r aelodau. Os bydd yr aelodau am imi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ar hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn falch o wneud hynny.


\[1] Dull Gweithredu Seiliedig ar Hawliau Plant – Comisiynydd Plant Cymru (complantcymru.org.uk)







Translation:


 
Professor Sally Holland has stepped down as Children’s Commissioner for Wales following a successful seven\-year term in office. She has made an outstanding contribution to the children’s rights agenda in Wales.


As children’s commissioner, Professor Holland has listened to children and young people and acted on what they have said. To inform her term of office, Professor Holland launched her Wales\-wide consultation *What Next/Beth Nesa* asking children to have their say on her priorities. With more than 25,000 responses, she used children’s and young people’s voices and priorities as the basis for her work.


Her focus on talking with children and young people and finding out what they think has marked her tenure as commissioner. This has been particularly evident during the pandemic and the development of the *Coronavirus and Me* survey. This enabled the children’s commissioner to work in a unique partnership with the Welsh Government, Children in Wales and the Welsh Youth Parliament to ensure children and young people could tell us how the pandemic was affecting their lives. These surveys, which gathered more than 43,000 responses, were commended by UNICEF and helped to shape Welsh Government decisions.


Professor Holland’s commitment to embedding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and raising awareness of children’s rights can be seen through her development and delivery of *The Right Way**\[1]**,* which is a resource drawing together a strategic approach to embedding children’s rights.


Professor Holland returns to Cardiff University and is succeeded by Rocio Cifuentes, who today takes up the post as the new Children’s Commissioner for Wales.


This statement is being issued during recess to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.


\[1] A Children's Rights Approach in Wales \- Children’s Commissioner for Wales (childcomwales.org.uk)