An awareness campaign launched by Rajasthan state’s child commission on Wednesday during which the department’s officials will visit districts across the state to tell people about children’s rights.
An awareness campaign launched by Rajasthan state’s child commission on Wednesday during which the department’s officials will visit districts across the state to tell people about children’s rights.
The campaign started from Nagaur and will eventually spread to other districts. For two days, the officials of the child commission will be in the Nagaur district following which they would again assess the further steps which can be incorporated for spreading awareness.
Sangeeta Beniwal, chairperson, Rajasthan state commission for protection of child rights (RSCPCR) told TOI, “We received a very good response on the first day of the campaign and interacted with around 400 girls who were of class 6 to 10. We saw a movie with them about crimes against children and also spoke at length about self-defence, child exploitation, labour, and marriage. The girls spoke about the issues faced either by them or their friends as well as the ways to deal with such situation.”
On the second day of the campaign, the officials will visit Kuchaman city on Thursday following which they would head back to Jaipur to decide on the way forward as well as the next district to be visited. “We have to cover the entire state in order to make sure that children and their guardians know about the Pocso act and it might take at least 2-3 months to achieve this,” added the chairperson.
This campaign will be taken to Sikar, Kota, Ajmer, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, and other districts. It will also consider why many children are unable to get access to education. The campaign called ‘Aayog Aapke Dwar’ will talk to children about good and bad touch as well.
Officials claimed that the aim of the programme is to ensure that children, as well as their parents/guardians, are made aware of their rights.
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