A group of 600 children from different states of the country organized their MP program.
Parliaments and Parliamentarian Group for Children (PGC), the week-long program culminated on 30th January 2022 promoting Gandhi Ji's Antodaya.National Commission for the protection of child rights.
Parliaments and Parliamentarian Group for Children (PGC), the week-long program culminated on 30th January 2022 promoting Gandhi Ji’s Antodaya.
A group of 600 children from different states of the country organized their MP program.
Over 600 children and their supporters interacted with the convener of the Parliamentarian’s Group for Children Shri Gaurav Gogoi and other members of Parliament on the eve of the announcement of the National Budget to share their finding of their ‘CRC (Children Reviewing Child- rights) In India Report.
Child – parliamentarians from across India took oath as National Inclusive Children’s Parliament’s ministers and interacted with duty bearers to incorporate their voices and recommendations on the United Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which they plan to submit to government functionaries and elected representatives at the state and national level including the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the National Commission for the protection of child rights. At the international levels this report is designed to be tabled before the UPR (Universal Periodic Report) of the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Committee on the rights of the child and later in the year to the COP 27 process.
PRATYeK the convening organization conducted six days long National Inclusive Children’s Parliament (NICP) process to sensitize the children about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, Government and CRC, Family and Protection, Health, Education, Vulnerable Groups, Environment, Participation, and Budget for children.
With the presence of Member of Parliaments and Parliamentarian Group for Children (PGC), the week-long program culminated on 30th January 2022 promoting Gandhi Ji’s Antodaya. The children from multiple states across India took oath as SDGs ministers hailing from vulnerable communities and rural setups. During the interaction, children shared the recommendations collected in UNCRC, UPR shadow report and environmental report which was created by, of and for the children of India.
The event witnessed the key speakers recognizing the current situation of child rights in India. Some of the guest speakers who engaged with children were Shri. Gaurav Gogoi, Smt Fouzia Khan, Shri Hasnain Masoodi, Smt Sampatiya Uikey, Smt Sandhya Ray, Dr Manish Gawai from Ministry of Women and Child Development graced the event with their presence and expressed their thoughts and solidarity with children.
The finding CRC in India report which comprised of feed-back received from over 4000 child-citizens from varied neighborhood child parliamentarians and students from across the country revealed that only 28.56% of those interviewed rated child-rights as ‘blooming’ suggesting that while it is available in spirit and law there is much need for it to be marked as fully realized. This UNCRC shadow report also revealed that only 8.70% of the children believed that the ecological rights of children are recognized.
Bharat from Kerela creatively used these skills at puppetry to anchor a ‘children at 9’ New broadcast with local child journalists reporting from across Maharashtra, West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Delhi and Bhopal on their recommendations to the Members of parliament and to other present dignitaries.
Shri. Gaurav Gogoi, Convenor of the Parliamentarian Group for Children, addressed the gathering on behalf of his fellow MPs. He quoted Mahatama Gandhi “Be the change you want to see in the world.” While emphasizing taking the initiative for the betterment of the country, family, and environment. While addressing the climate change issue he stated the government’s role to promote a climate-conscious mindset, especially while energy consumption. Mr. Gogoi encouraged the young ideas and vouch for the government to promote such innovation and experimentation regarding wholesome education coming from young minds. He hinted that the government has some plans on it and it will be public soon.
MP Hasnain Masoodi from Jammu Kashmir appreciated NINEISMINE’s focus on inclusion while mentioning the importance of inclusive education. He proposed that the government should have a better mechanism for the participation of all the children coming from marginalized backgrounds in education where they will be more inclusive opportunities in academic culture. Sir, also emphasized the acknowledgment of adults, families, and duty bearers for children’s participation.
Shri Gyanendra Mishra from Atharva Legal and a member of BNI Dare chapter administered the oath of office to the newly elected child Prime Minister and her council of ministers who were allocated ministries based on the UN Global Goals. In her first address to the nation as the child Prime Minister Ms Tejaswani from Prerona, Assam said, “’We the Children’ is our motto reflecting the ideals of our Indian preamble and the UN Declaration of Human rights. We claim, that we may not be voters, but we believe that the voices of children can be stronger than the votes of adults and it is necessary for us to speak up now to secure up our future. We are not the future; we are today’s active and engaged citizens of the Universe.”
Ms Ruksar Rehman the newly appointed President of the NICP accepted her role as the child convener of the National Inclusive Core Organising Team (NICOT) that consists of child-beneficiaries of key national and zonal child rights organizations and their Directors and animators. Ms Ruskar read out the collective manifesto of NICP 2022 which comprised of the mandate of each minister while setting out to keep each child minister accountable to their commitments even as she assured the Members of Parliament (MP) that she would track their interventions in and other side parliament vis a vis child and their mother Earth.
Steve Rocha the convener of the National Inclusive Children’s Parliament movement in India said, ‘we are in the midst of silent revolution led by young citizens who dream beyond borders, who dare beyond barriers and who work beyond the banter to realise a just, equitable, inclusive and sustainable world. They are determined to claim their right as active and engaged global citizens by sitting outside parliament and inside, demanding that their voices are genuinely heard around the dining table to national round tables, from neighbourhood councils to UN council to realize child rights and earth rights, N.O.W.! (No other way).’
About PRATYeK:
PRATYeK, a child rights organization with an emphasis on ‘Presence and Right-relations for Advocacy and Training of the Young in Earth-rights and Kids-rights’. PRATYeK in Hindi means ‘every being’ and it captures the essence of realizing all rights for and ensuring all opportunities to every child and every member of the earth community in India, if not the world. ‘e’ also stands for Education, Empathy, Empowerment, Equity, for Every right, for the Earth, for Every Child-for Everyone !!! Visit https://pratyek.org.in/
PRATYeK convenes the national level participatory advocacy initiative of, for and by children called NINEISMINE. The campaign seeks 6% for Education and 3% for Health (now 5%) of the GDP public spending as promised by the Indian Government in 2004, and hence gets the name “9 is mine”. The campaign currently works towards meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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