Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Hong Lan and children at the fifth National Children’s Forum (Photo: baodansinh.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 200 children aged between 9 and 15 from 48cities and provinces nationwide voiced their concern about violence and sexualabuse against children at a dialogue held in Hanoi on August 26.
The dialogue was part of the fifth National Children’s Forum jointly held bythe Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the NationalAssembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, the CentralCommittee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and relevant ministries andforeign organisations.
Thechildren also expressed their opinions about how to reduce child labour andprevent cyber violence and abuse against children.
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Hong Lan affirmedthat the children’s opinions will be taken into account during the building oflegal documents, planning and projects related to children.
Regarding child participation rights, an official from the MoLISA said thatparents need to enhance their own knowledge about children’s rights andunderstand their wish. Children should be given opportunities to contributetheir opinions about relevant documents and policies through forums and publicmedia.
Communication works for children must be renovated to suit children’spsychology and the relations between teachers and students at school should beimproved, the official added.
Meanwhile, Chief of Social Policy and Governance at UNICEF Vietnam Yoshimi Nishinosaid that individuals and social organisations should join hands to preventviolence against children, which leaves negative psychological and physicalimpacts on them.
A good legal framework will create foundation to enforce children’s rights, shesaid, adding that outdated traditions or practices affecting children must beabolished.-VNA
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