http://www.crin.org/docs/CRC_International_child_rights_day.pdf

On the 20th of November, the whole world celebrates the day on which the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Afghanistan ratified this convention in 1994 and has expressed its commitment to fulfil the rights of the children.
Children have the right to live, develop themselves through positive experiences in life and be protected from harm, violence, abuse and exploitation.

Today in Afghanistan, thousands of children are forced to work bearing the burden of financially supporting their families. They are suffering from discrimination and neglect every day and often do not have sufficient food, health care and protection. Some of them do not get the opportunity to go to school.

On the 20th of November, 2006 the Child Rights Consortium (Aschiana, Afghanistan Demain, Children in Crisis, Enfants du Monde Droits de l'Homme and Terre des Hommes), supported by the European Commission celebrates ‘International Child Rights Day’ involving children with whom it is working. The main objectives of the Child Rights Consortium are to improve the living conditions of street and working children and their families in Afghanistan, to advocate for the Rights of the Child, and to influence the development of child protection policies in Afghanistan.

The street and working children and the Child Rights Consortium are going to celebrate the International Child Rights Day with an event at Lycée Amani (Charahi Ariana) from 9:30 to 11:30. Two additional actions will also take place. On the 17th November. Good morning Afghanistan (Sub Bakheir Afghanistan) will broadcast a live roundtable about child rights. Street and working children from Kabul City will discuss their situation and rights interactively with listeners.

All Roshan subscribers will, on the 20th November, receive a message about child rights written by a working child.

Further information

• CRIN's page on Afghanistan 

• International Day of the Child 2006 
• CRIN's website on Children and Violence
  

Previous News release items

• 19/11/2006: Egypt: Street children worst hit by violence, experts say
• 19/11/2006: Iraq: Children have been the main victims of war
• 19/11/2006: Yemen: Working kids get a day off on Children's World Day celebrations
• 19/11/2006: Algérie: A travers les rues d'Oran, des dizaines d'enfants fouillent les poubelles
• 18/11/2006: Regional launch of the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children for Latin America and the Caribbean

Contact Information:

Philippe Hamel,
email: philippe.hamel@tdh.ch

Last updated 20/11/2006 11:11:43

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