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Updated NatT Children Policy by Dec

Staff Correspondent
The government will announce the updated National Children Policy by December this year, Dr Namita Haidar, deputy secretary of women and children affairs ministry, said yesterday.
The government has taken initiatives to update the policy with a view to preserving the rights of the children of the country as per the recommendations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, she said.
She said this while addressing a seminar on 'Implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) at the Biam Foundation in the city.
The updated policy has defined children as young
people of up to 18 years to end debate on the age issue.
Prof Ishrat Shamim of sociology department at Dhaka University urged parents to spend a certain period of time of a day with the children to tap their hidden poten tials and to ensure better social growth.
“Nowadays parents are always busy with their jobsand have no time to spend with their children. That is why their children suffer from loneliness and behave abnormally. So, the parents should spend the maximum time possible with the children to ensure their proper growth," she said.
While presenting the keynote paper, she also said that children are being tortured in different ways and their rights are being violated by the other family members.
At least 6 per cent of the children in the country
become orphan after losing either one or both of their parents and later the adult family members torture them.
“After being trafficked, the children are forced to do hazardous jobs and they become • the victim of ruthless exploits- 1 tion," she said.
She also stressed taking necessary initiatives to improve the quality of life of children and ensuring their social and economical security.
To address repression on children, she called upon the government to ensure proper implementation of Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000, which was amended in 2003.
Md Kafil Uddin, director of BSAF, presided over the meeting while Dr Edward Thomas, country director of Plan International and Wahida Banu, chairperson of BSAF, also spoke on the occasion.