Awareness Meet on Child Marriage and Child Rights held in Kokrajhar

Our Correspondent

Kokrajhar: An awareness programme on child marriage, child rights and protection was organized by the District Child Protection Unit, Kokrajhar and Child Welfare Committee, Kokrajhar in collaboration with the All BTC Gaonbura Association, at Gaonbura Bhavan in Kokrajhar on Thursday.

Over 50 gaon buras from Kokrajhar block and locals participated in the programme. Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Kokrajhar chairperson Malati Rani Narzary attended the programme and spoke in length about the issues related to crimes against children like child marriage, child sexual abuse and child labour. She also highlighted the measures of the government like Childline and Child Welfare Committee (CWC) that were aimed at protection of the child rights. She said it was the responsibility of the each and every elder of the society to protect the rights of the children. Protection Officer, DCPU, Kokrajhar, Ankur Dutta spoke on child marriage, child labour and POCSO Act. He highlighted the need to thoroughly understand POCSO Act and JJ Act.

President of All BTC Gaonbura Association, Dhananjay Brahma, secretary Robert Kerketta, CWC members-Babli Basumatary, Mousumi Bhattacharjee, P Brahma Choudhury and Child Protection Officer of Kokrajhar, Louis Basumatary also spoke on the occasion and shared their experiences and stressed the need to organize such programmes extensively in different parts of the district.

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