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General Comment on Article 12
By the
Committee on the Rights of the Child
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Submission at Florence
November, 2007
Children
and adolescents are critical observers of their own condition and should
be participants in decisions concerning themselves and their lives.
These young people need to participate in finding solutions to the
problems they face.
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Two
thousand migrant workers marched to demand their rights as citizens of this
district to the first ever convention of migrant workers in this State at Udupi District. Declaring a peaceful struggle to realise their rights, they
announced the formation of the Karnataka Migrant Workers Union and unfurled
their flag to display their symbol ?footprints? that visualises their long
journey and their aspiration for a new world.
Today opens a new chapter in the struggle of Migrant Communities in Karnataka.
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More than
2300 (two thousand and three hundred) representatives of Gram Panchayats from
23 of the 27 Districts of Karnataka participated in the Convention and Rally
convened by the Panchayat Raj Hakkottaya Andolan 2007 on July 5th
2007 at Bangalore.Report of State level Convention of Gram Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolana
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'Say No to Child
Marriage' Campaign - A Complete Overview
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Children lead the
way to decentralisation and civil society
participation
For the past
few years, the Government of Karnataka has been trying to enable the
participation of civil society in the formulation of plans through
the vitalisation of Gram Sabhas without much success. In 2004,
participatory planning was made possible through the active
involvement of children in the formulation of Five Year Plans in all
the 56 Panchayats of Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, South Kanara.
This process was facilitated by the Concerned for Working Children.
For a copy of the publication detailing
the entire process, please contact cwc@pobox.com
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Prevention measures / minimum acceptable
standards for running residential rehabilitation centers by NGOs /
Child Rights
Organisations.
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Bhima
Sangha, since its inception in 1990 has taken a strong stand
against substance abuse. Over the years its members have raised the
issue in several forums, have acted against violence related to
substance abuse and have lobbied with the local administrators to
close down liquor shops in their areas.
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This note highlights the importance of
viewing child
labour as a by-product of lop-sided developments. It demands
that only sustainable and holistic development can create a
situation where children are no longer exploited and their rights
are respected and realised.
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"Bread and Puppet
Theater": Peter Schumann and
his daughter Maria Schumann
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Earning a life: Working in children in
Zimbabwe, book reviewed by
Bill Myers, children's right advocate who has written,
co-authored and edited various publications advocating expanded
participation of working children to decide policies and programmes
that concern their lives. A former official of the UNICEF and
the ILO, is currently a visiting scholar in the Human and Community
Development Department of the University of California at Davis,
USA.
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Lessons learnt by
CWC: It is a different and difficult reality for working
children, as policy-makers should understand.
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Makkala Sahaya
Vani, the children's helpline: Troubled and abused children
can take recourse to the children's helpline which intervening
powers
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