Maharashtra Girls to Address the Issue of 'Child Rights' at UN Convention
Bangalore: Who said it is only India’s famous personalities who get a chance to voice out their opinions? Maharashtra’s 16 year old girls from the countryside are all set to present their thoughts on the world stage, reports The Times of India. They will address the issue of child rights in India based on a report prepared by children.
The two teenage girls Manjula Munnavali and Afshana Noyada, will make an appearance before a high-powered committee of the United Nations Convention. The Rights of the Child (UNCRC) meet will be held in Geneva on October 10th 2013.
The two NGO networks of India- Campaign Against Child Labour and Campaign Against Child Trafficking have encouraged child volunteers across the country to research for this report, programme coordinator of NGO Terre des Hommes Kishore Jha said.
The presentation by Gujarat’s Afshana Noyada will be in Hindi, while Munnavali will give her speech in Kannada as she belongs to Karnataka's Dharwad.
"I will say what the good things in India are for children as highlighted in the Government of India's report. I will also try to point out what rights children don't have," Noyada said.
India sanctioned the convention in 1992 which gives the details based on political, economic, social and cultural rights of children to shield them from abuse and neglect.
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