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Govt to review nat’l children act, policy to ensure rights

State minister tells discussion

Staff Correspondent
The government has taken an initiative to review the National Children Act 1974 and National Children Policy 1994 to make them timebefitting in order to ensure special care of children and protect their rights.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said, “We have already formed two separate committees to bring amendments to the act as well as the policy."
The state party (the government) has adopted some effective measures and would take necessary steps to implement CRC, a legally binding international platform for protection of child rights, she added
Shirin said this as the chief guest at a national consultation on Implementation of CRC (convention on the rights of the child)' organised by the concerned ministry with the support of Unicef at LGED auditorium in the city yesterday.
She said the government has made a significant progress in fulfilling the obligations by the UN Committee onThe Rights of the Child for the implementation of CRC
“The government is concerned for the presention of child trafficking, engagement of children in hazardous jobs, child marriage and child prostitution." she noted. Meher Afroze, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on women and children affairs ministry, highlighted different initiatives taken by the government for protection of the rights of children as well as ensuring their special care. The UN committee recommended that the Bangladesh government allocate adequate resources for children in accordance with the National Strategy of Accelerated Poverty Reduction.
Particularly, the committee asked the government to consider increasing investment in quality education and include preschool education as part of compulsory primary education to improve learning skills.
Other recommendations of the committee include allowing children at refugee camps to have access to better health and nutrition services, adopting a national policy to prevent detention for children and adolescents under 18, slashing the rate of under-nutrition children.
Bangladesh ratified the CRC in 1990. In last June, the government submitted its 3rd and 4th periodic reports on the implementation of the convention.
Based on the report, the UN committee issued specific recommendations to ensure the full protection of the rights of children. As a state party to the CRC, Bangladesh has an obligation to take measures to address these recommendations.
Secretary to the ministry Rokeya Sultana presided over the consultation where Carel De Rooy, Unicef representative in Bangladesh; and Marta Maurus, member of the CRC committee, were also present.