CHILD WELFARE :-

services and institutions concerned with the physical, social, and psychologicalwell-being of children, particularly children suffering from the effects of poverty or lacking normal parental care and supervision.

CHILD WELFARE services may apply only the essential measures to keep children alive, such as emergency feeding, shelter, and simple public health precautions. The general standard of living, the level of education, and the financial resources of the country are among the factors that determine child welfare standards.

- The Document also provides for protection of children in difficult circumstances, children with disabilities, children from marginalized and disadvantaged communities, and child victims.

- The document while stipulating the duties of the State and the Community towards children also emphasizes the duties of children towards family, society and the Nation.

-The National Charter for Children was notified in the Gazette of India on 9th Feb., 2014.

- India acceded to the UN convention on the Rights of the Child on 11th Dec., 1992 to reiterate its commitment to the cause of children. The objective of the Convention is to give every child the right to survival and development in a healthy and congenial environment.

- India is also party to the Millennium Development Goals and the SAARC Conventions on Child Welfare and Combating Trafficking of Women and Children in SAARC Region.

National plan of action for children 2005

Women and Child Development has prepared a National Plan of Action for Children 2005 after harmonizing the goals for children set in the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children held in 2002 and the monitorable targets set in the Tenth Five Year Plan, and goals for children in related Ministries/Departments.

The Action Plan has been prepared in consultation with concerned Ministries and Development, State/Union territory Governments, Non Governments Organizations and experts.

The National Plan of Action include goals, objectives, staregies and activities for improving nutritional status of children, reducing drop out rates, universalization of primary education, increasing coverage for immunization etc.

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 is the primary legal framework for juvenile justice in India. The Act provides for a special approach towards the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency and provides a framework for the protection, treatment and rehabilitation of children in the purview of the juvenile justice system.

This law, brought in compliance of Child Rights Convention 1989, repealed the earlier Juvenile Justice Act of 1986 after India signed and ratified Child Rights Convention 1989 in year 1992.

This Act has been further amended in year 2006 and 2010. Government of India is once again contemplating bringing further amendments and a review committee has been constituted by Ministry of Women and Child Development which is reviewing the existing legislation.

3. CHILDLINE SERVICE &

CHILDLINE INDIA FOUNDATION

ChildLine is a free 24 hour counselling service for children.

ChildLine deals with any issue which causes distress or concern, common

issues dealt with include child abuse, bullying, parental separation

or divorce, pregnancy and substance misuse.

ChildLine's intention is to always keep calls confidential. ChildLine counsellors

take action, however the situation, big or small, if they can help. Counsellors do

not record calls but write down case notes of calls and sometimes counselling

supervisors may also listen in to calls to make sure that they can help the best

they can.

INDIA’S INTEGRATED CHILD

PROTECTION SCHEME (ICPS)

ICPS - GOALS

Improve planning and coordination

Institutionalize and strengthen structures, infrastructure

Enhance capacities at all levels

Create a knowledge base

Inter-sectored response

Improve accountability and monitoring

Expand reach

Raise public awareness

ICPS - APPROACHES

Prevention

Family-based care

Continuum of services – feasible care plan for each child

Community based service delivery

Decentralization, flexibility

Partnership, community empowerment

Quality care, standards

Capacity building

ICPS – STATUTORY

SERVICES

Child Welfare Committees (CWC)

Juvenile Justice Boards (JJB)

Special Juvenile Police Units (SJPU)

TRACKCHILD

FOR EXAMPLE

Rescue by CHILDLINE, Police

1st level intervention by CHILDLINE

Medical check, attention by District Health Dept

Trace family – CHILDLINE, Police

CWC - Child Welfare Committees

Placement

Individual care plan include shelter, education, health, counseling, legal

Repatriation, if necessary

Documentation

CHILDLINE 10-9-8

CHILDLINE is India’s first and only 24-hour, free, emergency

phone outreach service for children in need of care & protection.

It is supported by the Government of India’s Ministry for Women

and Child Development.

INDIA’S CHILDREN

19% of the world’s children

1/3 of India’s population

40% estimated as vulnerable to or experiencing difficult circumstances

0.04% of national budget to child protection

CHILDLINE 1098 CHILDREN

Street children

Child addicts

Children needing medical help

Missing children

Abused children

Mentally ill children

Child labourers

HIV/AIDS infected children

Differently-abled children

Child marriages

Information calls: handled by Contact Centre staff

Calls requiring intervention handed over to City Intervention Units

INTERVENTION MODEL

JULY 2013

Incoming calls to 1098

Produce cases before CWC

Assist in implementingCWC order

File FIR if needed

Link to counselling, health, shelter, other

services

Provide SOS assistance: food, medical help,

temporary shelter etc.

Call Response

Investigate to determine action to

be taken

5 CRITICAL CHILDLINE

STRATEGIES

1. Partnership with the Government of India – rights focus, operational autonomy, long-term viability

2. Social franchising model – national reach, quality at minimal overhead/bureaucracy

3. Getting allied systems to play their part – realising rights, ensuring policy implementation, coherence

4. State-of-the-art technology – data-driven decision-making, scale, efficiency combined with localised, human response for sensitivity, personalisation

5. Public-private-civil society collaboration –independence, convening dialogue within and between sectors

CAB

CHILDLINE Advisory Board (CAB) in each city, brings in representatives of all allied systems to collaborate in tackling Child Protection issues.

Police

Healthcare establishments

Educational service organisations

Local, district and state government institutions/depts

Judiciary and legal aid services

Telecom providers

Media

NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR

CHILD PROTECTION (NICP).

Mainstream the protection of child rights into all governance systems.

Focus on extensive child rights training to shift the attitude, knowledge and skills of functionaries in the Allied Systems.

Engage in large-scale advocacy to accelerate policy change.

Involved in child budgeting and in seeking amendments of existing laws and the passage of new ones.

Since 2000, over 1100 training sessions organized to train over 100,000 allied systems personnel.

Over 400 training sessions conducted annually across theCHILDLINE cities.

4. Mid-day meal scheme…

National Programme of Nutritional support to

primary education popularly known as mid-day

meal scheme

Mid-day meal scheme started in 1995

Main objectives of mid- day meal scheme:-

To improve the nutritional status of children

in classes one to five in Government Schools

and Government aided schools

To encourage children for disadvantaged backgrounds to

attend schools regularly also to concentrate in school

activities.

To provide nutritional support to students in drought- ridden

areas through out summer vacation.

The mid-day meal programme is carried

out by local authorities with assistance

from village Panchayats…

• Child labour is the practice of having children engage in economic activity, on part or full time basis.

•Vast majority of child labour is found in rural settings and informal urban economy.

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR

Poverty

Lack of affordable schools.

Growth of informal economy.

The child labour practice deprives children of their childhood, and is harmful to their physical and mental development.

RECENT INITIATIVES…

The Commission for Protection of the Child Rights Act 2005

Notified by the Government in the Gazette of India on 20 Jan,

2006

Commission set up for the proper enforcement of children's rights

and effective implementation of laws and programmes related to children.

Commission consisted of a chairperson and six other members

including women members, a Member Secretary and other supporting

staff.

FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION…

The functions of the Commission are :-

Examine and review the safeguards provided by Constitution for

protection of child rights.

Present annual reports to the Central Government

Examine all factors that inhibit the enjoyment of rights of children in

need of special care and protection

To promote research in the field of child rights

To spread child rights among various sections of the society

State Commission for protection of Child Rights…

The State Governments constitute state commission for protection of child rights in

their state and designate a state level and other district level children’s court in their

respective state.

Offences against children [prevention] bill…

Child abuse involves several aspects such as sexual exploitation, economic

exploitation, domestic violence, trafficking for prostitution, corporal punishment at

school and others.

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