'Displaced children face rejection from their community, family'
Friday, 14 September 2007
Children and women rescued from trafficking or hazardous jobs are facing huge challenges integrating with their families and societies due to the lack of a supportive environment, reports BSS.
This is one of the main findings from a workshop on "Social Integration of Children Withdrawn from Sexual Exploitation, Worst Form of Child Labour and Trafficking" held at LGED Bhaban in the city Thursday.
The three-day workshop, which began on September 11, was organised jointly by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MWCA) and the UNICEF.
John Frederick, international expert on social reintegration, facilitated the workshop. It explored various options and alternative ways of implementing social reintegration and challenges in.
Participants attending the workshop raised concerns about the limited understanding of the concept of social integration and said that many children do not wish to return to their families and communities as the family members and the society often reject them.
In the concluding session, MWCA Joint Secretary Mushfeka Ikfat expressed the government's commitment to the issue and said: "The government is keen to address this issue with care, openness and a realistic vision in the interest of the children."
A set of programmatic interventions and guidelines were developed for evolving a minimum standard of social reintegration in Bangladesh for children withdrawn from commercial sexual abuse, worst forms of child labour and trafficking.
The workshop was attended, among others, by members of the GO-NGO Coordination Committee on Trafficking under Ministry of Home Affairs and the Working Group on Violence against Children led by MWCA.
This is one of the main findings from a workshop on "Social Integration of Children Withdrawn from Sexual Exploitation, Worst Form of Child Labour and Trafficking" held at LGED Bhaban in the city Thursday.
The three-day workshop, which began on September 11, was organised jointly by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MWCA) and the UNICEF.
John Frederick, international expert on social reintegration, facilitated the workshop. It explored various options and alternative ways of implementing social reintegration and challenges in.
Participants attending the workshop raised concerns about the limited understanding of the concept of social integration and said that many children do not wish to return to their families and communities as the family members and the society often reject them.
In the concluding session, MWCA Joint Secretary Mushfeka Ikfat expressed the government's commitment to the issue and said: "The government is keen to address this issue with care, openness and a realistic vision in the interest of the children."
A set of programmatic interventions and guidelines were developed for evolving a minimum standard of social reintegration in Bangladesh for children withdrawn from commercial sexual abuse, worst forms of child labour and trafficking.
The workshop was attended, among others, by members of the GO-NGO Coordination Committee on Trafficking under Ministry of Home Affairs and the Working Group on Violence against Children led by MWCA.