To protect children from tender-age marriage and to provide all kinds of social security to them, the Ganjam district administration has constituted a district-level taskforce.
The District Child Protection Unit, the ActionAid and the Unicef held a joint meeting and planned for successful implementation of the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme. The meeting held under the chairmanship of district Collector Vijay Amrut Kulange on Friday discussed the issues of child marriage and development of their education and health.
It was also decided to begin a programme ‘Nirbhaya Kadhi’ to formulate a policy against child marriage and create awareness among people about prevailing laws that restricts them to marry off girls at tender age.
The issues of school dropout and child labour were also discussed. The Collector directed officials to find out reasons as to why children stop studying midway at school level and ensure that they come to schools regularly.
While DCPO Subodh Sarangi delivered the welcome address, ActionAid general manager Debabrata Patra highlighted about laws pertaining to prevention of child marriage. Unicef’s Neya Naidu spoke on child empowerment.
A district-level action plan was charted out resolve all problems relating to children and to empower them.