Health Desk- 24 Jan 2020:
For the first time, 300 children representing the same number of electoral
constituencies of Bangladesh have come face-to-face with elected
parliamentarians to voice their demands, concerns and aspirations in Dhaka on
Thursday during the 1st National Session of Generation Parliament.
Generation Parliament – a joint initiative of UNICEF and
Bangladesh Debate Federation – facilitates engagement of young people in
discussion of policies that have direct impact on their present and future
wellbeing.
Around 600,000 young people aged between 13 and 17 years
joined the initiative through online platforms with 300 groups formed in line
with the parliamentary constituencies, said a press release of UNICEF.
Representatives from a cross-section of children and young people’s
groups have been selected for the national session based on the frequency of
their participation in the online groups. The child parliamentarians, among
other things, pressed for policy review and increased public finance for
children to overcome the impediments that continue to affect their development
and growth.
The 15 issues discussed during group work included child
marriage, child labour, health, education, nutrition, climate change, violence
against children, road safety, psychological wellbeing of children, information
and communication technology, youth and employability, children with
disabilities, access to information, and increased budgetary allocation for
children by the government. The findings were presented by the child parliamentarians
before the Deputy Speaker of National Parliament in a mock parliamentary
session.
The event was also attended by Deputy Speaker of National
Parliament and Chief Advisor of the Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights Fazle
Rabbi Miah and President of the Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights Shamsul
Haque Tuku MP as chief and special guests respectively.
Maurizio Cian, Head of Cooperation of the European Union and
Representative of UNICEF Bangladesh Veera Mendonca were also attended.
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