HT Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Sept 30: A one-day programme for district child protection unit (DCPU) and associated CP functionaries was held at BTC Assembly Auditorium Hall, Bodofa Nwgwr on Friday in Kokrajhar. The programme was held to strengthen the CP functionaries to take proactive action to provide preventive and protection services to the children in emergency circumstances- child marriage, child trafficking, and child sexual abuse in BTR districts.
The programme was organised jointly with NEDAN and PMU-BTR Gender & Child Development and PMU-BTR-UNICEF, the program was organised basically to create a synergy, collective, and convergence system and approach to maximise the capacity and capability of concern departments to minimise the child rights violations in BTR districts.
Participants from all across from CP functionaries – DCPU officials, CWC officials, DLSA officials and PLV, OCS officials, police personnel from AHTU & CWPO, CCIs officials, CDPOs, DSWO, SCWC, childline, JJB, and BTR fellow attended.
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The program was inaugurated by Sujit Baglary, joint secretary BTC & nodal officer PMU-BTR in presence of Boloram Kshetri (DLSA member secretary, Kokrajhar), Gunindra Talukdar (DSWO & I/C DCPO, Kokrajhar), Maloti Rani Narzary (chairperson CWC, Kokrajhar), and Dr. Digambar Narzary (founder and chairperson of NEDAN Foundation).
Baglary in his address speak on the ongoing issues of child rights violation in BTR districts and appealed all the CP functionaries/officials to be sincere for the prevention and protection of children from all kinds of violations- child marriage, child trafficking, and child sexual abuse.
DLSA member secretary, Boloram Kshetri has also pressed the sexual abuse and its protective laws – POCSO Act with the participants. He has requested the police department to co-operate in terms of POCSO cases to provide the investigating report and necessary information to the DLSA and to provide the victim support with legal services including victim compensation.
Gunindra Talukdar (DSWO & I/C DCPO) has also addressed the challenging situations in the field of child rights violations.
Maloti Rani Narzary (CWC chairperson) elaborated the increasing number of child rights violation especially child marriage in Kokrajhar district. She appealed to the present police personnel to take proactive action against the accused.
The technical session was taken over by Padmini Brahma (Gender & Child Development specialist, BTR Dev Fellow) and Dr. Digambar Narzary (founder & chairperson – NEDAN) on different topics related to address the child protection issues and creating a robust, collective, comprehensive, and convergence system in existing CP functionaries of Kokrajhar district.
In the technical session, the importance of child protection and identifying emergency circumstances – vulnerabilities, response, and roles of CP functionaries were thoroughly explored through discussions and suggestions. The philosophy of collectiveness and convergence machinery – approaches, methods, and applications to establish and re-create robust CP institutions were also discussed and shared by Dr. Digambar Narzary.
In the discussion session, it was suggested that data is the starting point to concentrate on a plan of action in which previous policies and actions have gone wrong.
