Child Rights | Children's Right | Essay on Child's Right

All people 'from their birth to the age of puberty are children. They are all delicate, innocent and dependent. They are not capable of making right decisions. They need good care and support from their family and community.   Children occupy an important portion of every population. The future of ”the nation highly depends upon the level of care being provided to its children who are sensitive and receptive. Actually children are the future builders of their nation and everyone has responsibilities to contribute to their all-round development.   The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 has recognized various rights for the survival, development, protection and participation of children. According to it, all children (from conception to 18 years of age) have a right to name and nationality and care within a family, including good health care and nutrition; They also have a right to good preparation for life including a stimulating education and opportunities for games and sports and creativity.

Children also have a right to be protected from mistreatment or exploitation and to special provision if they are handicapped, destitute or orphans. Finally they have right to   ‘freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion.   Most countries of the world including Nepal have signed the UN convention expressing their full commitment to protect and promote the various rights of their children as laid down in it. But the condition of children in most parts of the world is still not good. Child labour still continues to remain a serious world problem, more serious in poorer communities. The UN estimates have stated that by the year 2000 there were 375 million child labourers worldwide. Most of them are in underdeveloped 13.Child Rights   [needs of children-UN child rights convention-present status of children in the world-scene 0f Nepal-problems and solutions]  

All people 'from their birth to the age of puberty are children. They are all delicate, innocent and dependent. They are not capable of making right decisions. They need good care and support from their family and community.   Children occupy an important portion of every population. The future of ”the nation highly depends upon the level of care being provided to its children who are sensitive and receptive. Actually children are the future builders of their nation and everyone has responsibilities to contribute to their all-round development.

  The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 has recognized various rights for the survival, development, protection and participation of children. According to it, all children (from conception to 18 years of age) have a right to name and nationality and care within a family, including good health care and nutrition; They also have a right to good preparation for life including a stimulating education and opportunities for games and sports and creativity. Children also have a right to be protected from mistreatment or exploitation and to special provision if they are handicapped, destitute or orphans. Finally they have right to   ‘freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion.

  Most countries of the world including Nepal have signed the UN convention expressing their full commitment to protect and promote the various rights of their children as laid down in it. But the condition of children in most parts of the world is still not good. Child labour still continues to remain a serious world problem, more serious in poorer communities. The UN estimates have stated that by the year 2000 there were 375 million child labourers worldwide. Most of them are in underdeveloped   100 Golden Essays33   Countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Most child labourers work long hours for small wages and are unable to have any education and health care. Many are victims of the worst forms 0f sexual abuse as well.   Nepal alone is supposed to have over 2 million child labourers who fulfill about 15% of the total workforce of the country.

They work in factories, farms and households in various conditions of hardship, deprivation and danger. Some are even bonded as slaves. Many of these child labourers are vulnerable to physical and mental torture. Thousands of orphans, homeless and deserted children are living in the street. Even those few sheltered in child centres are not safe and well-cared. As a matter of shame, every year thousands of girls are trafficked to India where they are made to serve as prostitutes. During the conflict period, a remarkable number of Nepali children were used as militants. Besides, many of the ordinary children living with their parents are diseased, malnourished and deprived of good educational facilities.  

The government has the main responsibility of guaranteeing the rights of all children. Now the constitution has recognized child rights as a fundamental right. There are several acts and regulations such as the Children Act 2048. Many NGO’s and INGO’s have programmes to support the needy children. Programmes of local and national levels have been formulated for the preservation of child rights.   But our implementation side has always remained poor and inefficient. Our enforcement mechanism must be made strong and effective so that our own efforts and those from international child rights agencies such as UNICEF and ILO can tun’ meaningful. Poverty, ignorance and insincere leadership stand a? great challenges. Sincere efforts should be made to raise the economic level of many families in rural areas. Parents should also know the importance of proper childcare. To sum up, we all have arts to play for properly shaping the future of our children in proper way.