Meeting of Communicators on children’s issues was held here on Friday by Indian Institute of Mass Communication (Amravati Unit) and UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal.
The focus of the meeting was on ending violence on children. Director General Indian Institute of Mass Communication Prof Sanjay Dwivedi spoke on the need of media literacy to enable children and how family and society can contribute to children's issues. Speaking at the event Anil Gulati. Communication Specialist, UNICEF and Advaita Marathe, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF shared the data on violence on children, how it affects children and steps being taken by the State.
Neerja Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Sanchi University spoke on the need of being responsive to children and shared experiences on the need of supporting children and listening to them. Jaydeep Karnik, Head of Amar Uajla, Digital spoke on the challenge of COVID19 on children and how mobile devices are changing lifestyles and are impacting children. He also called for more investment in children today if we are looking for India’s prosperity.
Sister Reena, Brahamkumari faith based organisation, said that focus on children is the need of today and time to focus on education and protecting children against violence. Anil Soumitra, Head of IIMC Jammu and Prof Pramod Kumar, Dean IIMC Delhi anchored the programme.
Neha Bagga, BJP Spokesperson, Sangeeta Sharma of Congress, Geet Dhir Social activist, and around 100 media participants were part of the meet and spoke on the need for ending violence against children, issues of parenting, family structures, use of mobile, impact of COVID19 etc. Brajesh Chouhan, Member State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, R H Lata, Ex member State Commission for Protection of Child Rights had also participated.