One-point solution to child labour on July 30, 2020After every unfortunate incident of child rape and murder, people demand justice for the victim. They use social media to get the attention of the decision-makers. Majority of the time, people’s voices turn into a top trend on twitter. Recently eight years old domestic worker Zohra Shah was killed by a couple in Rawalpindi, and […]
Public hanging: a solution or violation of human rights on February 13, 2020Recently, the national assembly has passed a resolution calling for the public hanging of convicted child killers and rapists. This resolution was moved by Parliamentary Affairs State Minister Ali Muhammad Khan. The demand for public hanging was raised by the people during Zainab’s case (a six years girl raped and murdered by her neighbor). This […]
Children or Commercial Commodities on January 1, 2020Last year, the participation of a 4 years old child in the morning and Ramadan shows opened a debate on society’s ethics and media standards. The debate was initially started when a 4 year Pathan boy appeared in a morning show. In his very first show, he was presented as an angry Pathan and audiences […]
Budget for Children on December 20, 2019Children are the custodians of tomorrow and children are our future. These words commonly used by our political leadership. Are children really our future? If yes, then their rights must be reflected in the state’s agenda. But it is missing, missing in budgetary allocation, a core requirement to improve the state of child rights. Promises […]
Making nutrition, a household agenda on November 28, 2019Human body and mind requires healthy food coupled with healthy eating habits. Nobody wants that they or their kids suffer from undernourishment. Parents love for their children have no boundaries. They try their best to save their offspring’s from all kinds of mourning. Family members especially parents have dynamic role in promotion of nutritious food, […]
Making child protection every one’s agenda on November 10, 2019World is celebrating 30th anniversary of United Nation Convention on Rights of the Child (UN-CRC). Countries around the world are counting their accomplishments and designing their future actions to protect lives of the children. More than 195 countries have ratified UN-CRC except United States. Pakistan ratified it in November, 1990. Since 1990, Pakistan has made […]
The role consumers in saving children from malnutrition on October 27, 2019Lack of consumer empowerment on food fortification and readdress mechanism to deal with nutrition crisis has resulted in cumulative burden of micronutrient deficiencies among children. The National Nutrition Survey, 2018 revealed that nearly 40% children under the age of five are stunted, much higher than developing country’s average rate 25%. 17.7% are victims of wasting […]
Policy corridor and child marriages on October 18, 2019Pakistan has missed a step to meet the deadline to end child marriage by 2030 as the National Assembly has rejected the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2018. This is not good news for a country that is already not on track to meet its commitments to protect rights of children. Three ministers were opposing […]
Tobacco control: progress and challenges in Pakistan on May 28, 2019From decades, tobacco use is killing a huge number of people around the world. Globally, tobacco kills more than 7 million people each year. More than 6 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 890,000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. Around 80% of the […]
The need for child marriage legislation on May 6, 2019The fate of millions of Pakistani children is now in the hands of lawmakers. The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2018, has been presented in the National Assembly. Three ministers have opposed it, citing religious grounds and called it a foreign agenda. Several Muslim majority countries including the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt and Bangladesh […]