Child safety is essential to ensure rights of the children. It is being ensured that no child should be missed out from social security and security net.
Addressing a three-day training workshop at Hotel Palash on Thursday, Woman and Child Development Minister Imarti Devi said that if a girl is married before 18 years of age, her life is jeopardized. Malnutrition results due to early pregnancy in minor girls. She said ‘we should try to ensure that the orphans coming to the ashrams should be united with their families soon’.
Michael Juma of UNICEF said that we are committed to protect the rights of children. He said that laws and schemes have been made to protect the rights of children in India. It is not only important to implement them, but all officials at the district and block level also need to work for it. He said that UNICEF and Department of Women-Child Development are working to check rising violence against children and providing a safe environment for them.