Separate juvenile affairs directorate stressed
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Speakers at a consultation meeting laid emphasis on National Children's Policy-2010 with a view to ensuring overall development and safety of children and juveniles.
They also called for setting up a separate children-juvenile affairs directorate.
Disadvantaged Adolescents Working NGOs (DAWN) Forum and Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) jointly organised the meeting at the DAM Bhaban auditorium in the city Sunday, said a press release.
Speakers stressed the need for formation of an infrastructure for safe shelter involving families for child development and inclusion of the cities' street children and slum children in the draft policy with due importance.
They also called for setting up a separate children-juvenile affairs directorate.
Disadvantaged Adolescents Working NGOs (DAWN) Forum and Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) jointly organised the meeting at the DAM Bhaban auditorium in the city Sunday, said a press release.
Speakers stressed the need for formation of an infrastructure for safe shelter involving families for child development and inclusion of the cities' street children and slum children in the draft policy with due importance.