Delegates to a workshop held in Hanoi
on Dec. 7 stressed the necessity of setting up children’s voice
councils at localities and organising forums and exchanges between local
authorities and children to listen to their opinions and proposals.
Providing
suggestions to a draft document on the participation rights of
children, part of the National Action Plan for Children for the
2010-2020 period, delegates also proposed the creation of joint
programmes with the participation of relevant ministries and agencies to
synchronously implement children’s rights.
They also suggested
the importance of strengthening skills training for parents, teachers
and leaders, for children themselves on how to improve self-protection
skills, and for social workers on their responsibilities to provide
security for the children.
Additionally, the Ministry of Education and Training should lessen learning programmes and increase social activities to encourage more involvement from children.
Participants
talked about shortcomings in the implementation of children’s rights,
including the limited nature of children’s participation in social
activities and the fact that their voices may not have been highly
valued in their families. Also, most localities lack entertainment and
recreation places for children.
As a result, delegates suggested social organisations work closely with localities to support child-related programmes./.
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