Child Rights

                                                                    

  Child rights

All people from their birth to the age of puberty are children. They are all delicate, innocent and dependent. They are not capable of making right decision .they need good support from their family and society. Children inhabited an important portion of every population. The future of the nation highly depends upon a level of care being provided to its children who are sensitive and receptive. Actually they are the future builders of their countries and everyone has responsibility to contribute to their all-round development. The UN convention on the rights of the child 1989 has recognized various rights for the, development, protection of children. According to it, all children have a right to name and nationality and care within a family, with good health care. Children also have a right to be protected from mistreatment or exploitation and to special provision if they are handicapped or orphans. Finally they have right to freedom of expression, thought conscience and religion. Most countries of the world including Nepal have signed the UN convention expressing their commitment to protect and promote the various rights of their children as laid down in it. But situation of children of the world is not good. Child labour still continues to remain a serious world problem. The UN estimates have started that by the year 2000 there were 375 million child laborers worldwide. Most of them are in underdeveloped countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Most child labourer’s work long hours for small wages and are unable to have any education and health care. Many are victims of sexual abuse as well.nepal alone has over 2 million child laborers who fulfill about 15% of the total workforce of the country. They work in factories and in farms. In various conditions of deprivation and danger. Some are even bonded as slaves. Most of these child laborers are vulnerable to physical and mental torture .thousands  of orphans, homeless and deserted  children are living in the street .even  those  few sheltered  in child centers  are not secure and well-cared.to worsen the situation ,every year ,thousand of girls are trafficked  to India where they are serve for prostitutes. some were used as militants. Also many of the children living with their parents are diseased. The government has the main responsibility of guaranteeing the rights of all children. There are several acts and regulations such as the children act 2048. Many NGO’S and INGO’S have programmers to support the needy children .but our enforcement has always remained poor. Poverty, ignorance and insincere leadership stand as great challenges. Parents should also know the importance of proper childcare. We all have parts to play for shaping the future of our children in a proper way.