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<strong>Third</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fourth</strong> <strong>Periodic</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Table 4.1: Important Children Associations/Organizations Name of the organization Year Established Children Involved (#) Activities Child Brigade 1995 Regular-70 Filed member: 500- 600 Dhaka city based Protection of the children, Education, Health, Child led advocacy, Working children movement. ICHCHEY media 2003 Regular: 80 Field member: 800 to 900 Dhaka <strong>and</strong> Chittagong based Producing film on children issue, community show <strong>and</strong> dialogue, Publish monthly news paper, Theatre for Development, Child led advocacy, Web page development <strong>and</strong> communication, facilitation <strong>and</strong> monitoring violence against children Bhorer Alo 2005 Regular: 50 Filed member 100 Education <strong>and</strong> Advocacy through theatre (Dhaka City Based) Shishu Parishad 1990 Regular- 2220 Filed member 67,500 National Children Task Force 2004 3904 Child journalist group 2005 145 Child parliament group 2004 128 Working Children forum 2005 2738 Working for the better working environment in workplaces Community based children organization (Child Clubs) 1999 2006 Total number of children organization is 167 Total member is 39299 Monitoring CRC, Child led advocacy at community level, Organise TfD, Working children movement (Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Netrokona, Kurigram) Children Councils- Three councils of 5+7+8 members elected by the children living in the centres Tongi, Konabari <strong>and</strong> Jessore (Representative council of the children in KUKs) Source: Save the Children Alliance 40
Convention on the Rights of the Child Two major Networks of NGOs in the country also facilitate organizing children through their partners <strong>and</strong> affiliated organizations involved in promoting child rights <strong>and</strong> their welfare. There are several similar organizations involved in promoting children's association <strong>and</strong> their rights, organize children rally, socio-cultural activities, observing special day. During the period 2001-2005, a UNICEF-supported project increased the life choices of 50,000 adolescent girls through the creation <strong>and</strong> empowerment of adolescent girls' groups. Some group members also received livelihood training <strong>and</strong> most received training to act as peer educators on discriminatory practices, family life education <strong>and</strong> post-literacy training. The group members participated actively in social processes <strong>and</strong> raised issues such as early marriage, gender-violence <strong>and</strong> discrimination. 4.7 Protection of privacy Children come into contact with the law for a variety of reasons <strong>and</strong> are susceptible to victimisation by the legal process <strong>and</strong> its enforcement agencies. This happens more frequently in case of street children. The Children Act, 1974 <strong>and</strong> The Children Rules, 1976 have been enacted <strong>and</strong> made for the protection of children who come into contact with the law as well as to protect other children. Some provisions of the Act are totally in line with CRC <strong>and</strong> International st<strong>and</strong>ard on juvenile justice, but some are not. The Vagrancy Act, 1943 is intended to be used for the benefits of the street children. However, there have been allegations that homeless <strong>and</strong> street children, instead of being protected, are rounded up by the police <strong>and</strong> detained with adult criminals. The practice of taking vagrant <strong>and</strong> street children into custody essentially criminalises impoverished <strong>and</strong> vulnerable children. The Government is in the process of reviewing the Vagrancy Act, 1943 <strong>and</strong> the Children Act, 1974 for possible amendments, which will make it more progressive <strong>and</strong> effective for the children. Child witnesses to crime experience several vulnerabilities, including intense <strong>and</strong> unsupervised interrogation by the police. A judge or magistrate may also place women <strong>and</strong> children victims to protective custody, in a jail or state institution. This power is often exercised with children who have been arrested as `vagrants', rape <strong>and</strong> sexual assault victims, those rescued from brothels <strong>and</strong> traffickers, ab<strong>and</strong>oned children, or those who have eloped. The legal age of criminal responsibility is a major problem in the administration of juvenile justice. The CRC <strong>and</strong> the Beijing Rules require states to establish a minimum age, below which children cannot be held criminally responsible. In Bangladesh, the minimum age is now only nine years. The absence of appropriate <strong>and</strong> effective birth registration system also presents problems in proving a child's age, which limits efforts to ensure their protection <strong>and</strong> enforce their rights. It is recognized that law enforcement <strong>and</strong> legislative authorities will require becoming more child-friendly. CRC requires State Parties to guarantee the right to privacy of children <strong>and</strong> to prosecute those who violate this right. While this right is for all children, it is particularly important for children who are vulnerable, such as children involved with the law. In Bangladesh, though reduced over the years through government initiatives <strong>and</strong> NGO advocacy programmes, however, at times there are media reports with address <strong>and</strong> photograph of the child victims. 4.8 Access to appropriate information In the NPA, 2005-2010, one of the important cross-cutting themes is "providing children with the information <strong>and</strong> skills they need to make informed choices on their well-being <strong>and</strong> development". This would "ensure that children have access to information <strong>and</strong> skills development opportunities inside <strong>and</strong> outside of school". Not only 41
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