Press release : Child friendly communities for Child friendly mumbai - Child rights week 2015 celebration by YUVA (English and Marathi)
Sitaram Shelar
Sathi,
YUVA is celebrating Child Rights week 2015 with theme of "Child friendly communities for Child friendly Mumbai".
Please help us to build awareness among Mumbaikars for Child friendly Mumbai with your media support.
Warm regards,
Press Release
16 November 2015
Child Rights Week 2015 (November 14th to November 22nd 2015)
Child Rights week is celebrated in India between 14th to 20th November the reason being Children’s Day is celebrated annually on 14th November and in 1989 the UNCRC declared 20th November as International Children’s Day. Since then this week has been celebrated as Child Rights Week by all organizations working to secure children’s rights.
The celebration of Child Rights Week is in keeping with YUVA’s work on Child Rights in the city since its inception. YUVA believes that ensuring the right of the child to the child’s development, participation and security is the responsibility of every citizen. Our work in different settlements across the city reveals that children living on streets, on pavements and in slums are the most vulnerable to physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
YUVA has been addressing these issues through its multiple programs for children, which include Child Resource Centres, Childline 1098 Emergency helpline, the children’s collective - Bal Adhikar Sangharsh Sanghathan (BASS) and balwadis. In October this year, YUVA organized a National Workshop titled ‘Towards Safe Spaces in India’ in which 52 children from 12 states (cities, towns, districts and villages) participated. YUVA has actively been involved in advocating for safe spaces for children in the city and will be running the Mumbai Marathon this year to promote the concept of child friendly cities.
This year YUVA will celebrate Child Rights Week 2015 around the theme ‘Child Friendly Communities for a Child Friendly Mumbai’. The theme for this resonates with our work on advocating for child rights in various informal communities in Mumbai. The theme is based on our belief that child friendly cities start from child friendly communities, which in turn start from child friendly homes. As such the programs, which will be led by children, will be directed towards children in the community, parents, communities and the city as a whole. Our activities are spread across the administrative wards of P North and M East, specifically in Ambujwadi (Malad) and Annabhau Sathe Nagar & Lallubhai Compound (Mankhurd). We will also have few activities with street children living in and around Kurla station.
Of special mention during this week:
YUVA will be inaugurating a Child Resource Centre in Lallubhai Compound, Mankhurd on 17th November. Lallubhai Compound is a slum resettlement colony located in M East Ward that has the lowest Human Development Index in the city; moreover resettlement has shown to have had some of the worst impacts on children. Also, a Charter of Demands will be prepared by the BASS in conjunction with children from the streets, resettlement and slum housing regarding issues of their safety. This will be taken to the elected representatives and the Mayor with who the children will dialogue about their communities and their right to protection and participation.
The focus of the week will be on the following:
i. Engaging with children in communities on creating an awareness on Child rights - Bal Adhikar Sangharsh Samiti (BASS) members will conduct programs to raise awareness on issues of safety, publicise child helpline numbers and lead discussions on child rights with children in the community. This will result in the creation of a Children’s Charter for the community and city. The same will be submitted to elected representatives and the Mayor of Mumbai by the children.
ii. Engaging with Community Based Organisations, youth and parents - Adults play an important role in ensuring the safety and well being of children. BASS members will reach out to adults through a cycle rally and other activities to initiate a dialogue on safety and responsibility of adults promoting safe spaces for children in the community. This will initiate and strengthen the formation of Child Protection Committees at the community level with the membership of adults and youth from the community.
iii. Facilitating engagement with government systems meant to protect and promote the well-being of the child - Programs will initiate an interaction with government systems such as the police (to ensure safety and freedom from fear in communities) and the health administration (especially the government ICDS program) to discuss the importance of their role in creating child friendly communities and cities.
Contact - Sitaram Shelar: 9833252472 | Vijay Kharat: 9757249486
Details of the week long activities and some photos are attached.
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युवा संस्था आणि बाल अधिकार संघर्ष संघटन यांच्या संयुक्त विद्यमाने “बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण वस्त्या, बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण मुंबईसाठी “ ही संकल्पना अमलात यावी या उद्देशाने १४ नोव्हेंबर (बाल दिन ) ते २० नोव्हेंबर २०१५ (आंतरराष्ट्रीय बाल दिन ) दरम्यान आम्ही बाल अधिकार सप्ताह मुंबईभर साजरा करीत आहोत. सदर बाल अधिकार सप्ताह मुलांच्या जगण्याच्या, विकासाच्या, सुरक्षेच्या आणि सह्भागीतेच्या या बाल अधिकारांच्या दृष्टीने बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण वस्त्या, बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण शहरासाठी" या संकल्पनेनुसार पार पाडण्यात येत आहे. युवा आणि बाल अधिकार संघर्ष संघटन हे मुंबईच्या अण्णाभाऊ साठे नगर, लल्लुभाई कंपाऊंड- मानखुर्द, अंबुजवाडी- मालाड, मालवणी आणि कुर्ला फाटक प्लेटफार्म क्र. ९ येथे हा बाल अधिकार साप्ताह पार पाडत आहेत. सदर सप्ताहात मुले, नागरीक , लोकप्रतिनिधि आणि बाल अधिकार संबंधित यंत्रणा यांच्या सहभागाने बाल अधिकार व बाल सुरक्षा या विषयांना घेऊन जनजागृती कार्यक्रम, संवाद, भितिचित्र , पोस्टर बनविण्याचे कार्यक्रम केले जात आहेत.
बाल अधिकार संघर्ष संघटनचे साथी सुरक्षित व असुरक्षित जागा,चाईल्ड लाईन १०९८ तसेच बाल अधिकार या विषयी वस्तीतील मुलांसोबत संवाद करतील. या संवादातून मुलांच्या दृष्टीने" बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण वस्त्या व बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण मुंबईसाठीचे मागणीपत्र मुले तयार करत आहेत. हे मागणीपत्र मुंबईच्या महापौर व आणि विधानसभा सदस्य, नगरसेवक यांना मुलांच्या हस्ते दिले जाईल.
वस्त्यांतील तरुण आणि पालक यांच्या सोबत बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण वस्ती बनवण्यासाठीचा प्रयन्त:
बाल अधिकार संघर्ष संघटन च्या माध्यामतून सायकल रेली आणि संवादाच्या माध्यमातून वस्तीतील तरूण, पालक व इतर नागरिकांशी बाल अधिकार व सुरक्षा या विषयी जनजागृती करत आहेत. वस्तीतिल तरुण आणि पालक यांना जबाबदार बनविण्यासाठी तसेच वस्ती स्थरावरील बाल सुरक्षा समित्या तयार करण्यासाठी व त्यांची क्षमता वाढविण्यासाठी हे महत्वपूर्ण ठरेल .
सरकारी यंत्रणांना मुलांच्या सुरक्षेच्या दृष्टीने अधिक सजक बनविणे:
या सप्ताहात मुले सरकारी यंत्रणांसोबत म्हणजेच पोलीस, अंगणवाडी ताई, नगरसेवक यांच्याशी मुलांच्या विकास व सुरक्षेच्या दृष्टीने महत्पूर्ण असणाऱ्या मागण्या मांडतील. तसेच मुलांनी तयार केलेले मागणीपत्र महिला व बाल विकास मंत्री मा. पंकाजाताई मुंडे, शिक्षण मंत्री मा. विनोद तावडे यांना देतील व आपली बाल मैत्रीपूर्ण शहरासाठीची संकल्पना मांडतील. सदर सप्ताहा दरम्यान मानखुर्द लल्लुभाई ह्या पुनर्वसन वस्तीत मुलांसाठी बाल संसाधन केंद्राचे उद्घाटन स्थानिक पोलीस निरीक्षकांच्या मार्फत केले जाईल. ह्या उद्घाटना दरम्यान इतर मुलांच्या संबंधीत यंत्रणा देखील सामील होतील.
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