State level public hearing on child rights begins
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 17 2011:
Under the joint aegis of Ministry of women and Child Development's National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and State's Social Welfare department, Education Department and Manipur state AIDS Control society (MACS) a two-day State level 'public hearing on child rights issues' commenced from today at Kangla Hall.
As a Jury Panel on the first day of the hearing, NCPCR Chairperson Prof Shantha Singha said the hearing is being conducted to study issues related to children affected by HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, their right to education, cases of child trafficking and others in order to effectively address the grievances.
Conveying that problems being endured by the children would be recorded and intimated to the Government of Manipur in order to find a solution, Prof Shantha also asked Social Welfare Department officials to prepare and furnish a detailed account of complaints/grievances filed by children or women victims within a month.
the said Department has also been entrusted to furnish reports with regard to welfare programmes implemented or assistance provided to the children for every three months.
The Chairperson further announced that, if needed, services of legal practitioners would be roped in to address related issues.
Many parents who attended the public hearing complained to the Jury Panel members regarding callousness of some medical personnel on HIV/AIDS affected children with the contention that apart from providing medicines counselling service is a rarity.
Issues ranging from financial problem impeding proper treatment or education of the young children, discrimination to denial of food items under PDS were also highlighted during the hearing.