BAL ADHIKAR SAMVAD: Invitation + programme

[Right to Food]

ANNOUNCEMENT: BAL ADHIKAR SAMVAD, 19 December 2006

(Constitution Club Lawns, V P House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110 001)

 

A special gathering, "Bal Adhikar Samvad", is to be held in Delhi on 19 December 2006. This event is an attempt to focus public attention on the fundamental rights of children under the age of six years - including their rights to nutrition, health and pre-school education.

 

Bal Adhikar Samvad is part of a growing campaign for the rights of children under six.  Earlier activities of this campaign include a major convention held in Hyderabad (on 7-9 April 2006) and a series of local actions around the country: 'anganwadi divas', bal adhikar yatras, legal action, media events, and more.  Bal Adhikar Samvad is an opportunity to learn from these experiences, and plan further activities.  It is also an occasion to reiterate our basic demand for "universal" child development services: a lively Anganwadi in every settlement, and full coverage of all children under six.

 

Other items on the programme (see below) include cultural activities and the presentation of a new report, Focus On Children Under Six (FOCUS).   About 500 participants from all over the country are expected to take part in Bal Adhikar Samvad.  The proceedings will be mainly in English and Hindi.

 

This event is convened by Citizen's Initiative for the Rights of Children Under Six, as part of the "right to food campaign".  Professor Amartya Sen has kindly agreed to join us and to be the keynote speaker.

 

You are warmly invited to participate in this event.  If you require any assistance ( e.g. with accommodation in Delhi), please send a line to right...@gmail.com or call the secretariat of the right to food campaign at 011-4350 1335.   We hope to see you on 19 December.

 

 

Programme Committee

[Jean Drèze, Navjyoti, Biraj Patnaik, Spurthi Reddy, Devika Singh, Gurminder Singh, C.P. Sujaya (Advisory group: Ashok Bharti, Asha Mishra, Annie Raja, Aruna Roy, Shantha Sinha, Kavita Srivastava).]

 

 

 

BAL ADHIKAR SAMVAD: PROGRAMME

 (Constitution Club Lawns, 19 December 2006)

 

MORNING SESSION (9.30 am to 2.00 pm )

 

Introduction and welcome

[including cultural items]

 

Short presentations

[(1) The state of Indian children; (2) FOCUS (Focus On Children Under Six) report; (3) Action for children under six.]

 

Panel discussion

[Speakers: Mina Swaminathan, Montek Ahluwalia, Shabana Azmi, Shantha Sinha, Sukhdeo Thorat]

 

Interactive session

 

Keynote address: Amartya Sen.

 

AFTERNOON SESSION (3 pm to 5 pm )

 

Campaign reports

[Anganwadi Divas, Bal Adhikar Yatra, Legal Action, etc.]

 

Future activities

 

Concluding address: Aruna Roy

 

 

For further details please contact the secretariat of the right to food campaign (tel 011-4350 1335, email right...@gmail.com, website www.righttofoodindia.org).

 

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