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CHILD LABOUR ELIMINATION:
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Child labour is the worst
form of child right violation .PECUC is committed to the eradication of child
labour through building public opinion, highlighting violation inflicted upon child
labourers and promoting justice through fact finding and public interest litigation,
advocacy, lobbying & monitoring regional, national & international developments
& moreover by developing successful alternative
strategy to eradicate
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child labour.
PECUC is also actively involved with Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL),
a nationwide network for the eradication of child labour. Being one of the founder members of its Orissa
chapter PECUC was the state co-ordinating agency of CACL
till December 2002 and is now hosting the National Secretariat from
June 2003.
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CENTER FOR RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
(CRC)
PECUC
has established a CENTER FOR RIGHTS OF THE
CHILD (CRC) a resource centre aiming at protection, promotion
& propagation of child rights with focus on elimination of child labour &
prevention of child trafficking, child sexual abuse etc.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER – "SHRADHA" ( Means Love and Affection)
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The problem of child
labour & exploitation on children is very much acute in the PECUC’s operational area, which are mostly dominated by tribals,
dalit & other socio-economic backward community. Against such backdrop, PECUC has established Child Development Center (CSCs) in its
operational area. This process was launched during 1995 – 96 by establishing four
CSCs. Now PECUC have over
30
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Child Support Centers. These centers were named as CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
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SHRADHA BHAWAN. The overall aim of these CSCs is to protect, propagate, and
promote the rights of the child, more 100 centres are needed to be opened in the
operational areas of PECUC.
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What Does SHRADHA BHAWAN offer more....
Core
Issues
Child right protection & promotion (Focus on eradication of child labour,
combating child trafficking, preventing child abuse). Rights of the aged,
humam right education, advocacy & gender justice.
Legal Advocacy Cell
A Legal Advocacy
Cell has been constituted with participation of legal experts, practicing lawyers,
academicians, Child Right Activists, etc.
Campaign for Education as a Fundamental right
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education as a fundamental right are being been conducted regularly. Rallies, meetings,
seminars, consultation with MLAs and MPs are being conducted in a regular basis for
ensuring free, compulsory, quality and relevant education up to class 10 or atleast 18
years of age. PECUC has been lobbing for enforcement of existing
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Campaign Against
Child Labour (CACL):
CACL
was launched in 1992, initially as a network of a few organisations, grew
over the years. At present the campaign consists of a network of over 6000
anti-child labour groups spread over 20 states in India. Active women's
group, trade unions, academic institutions, media agencies, child rights
and human rights organisations, research bodies, corporate houses, student
volunteers and imminent citizens constitute an integral part of the
campaign.
PECUC has been given the
responsibility of hosting the National Secretariate from june 2003.
Please visit the website of CACL
at www.caclindia.org
Campaign Against
Child Trafficking:
The Campaign
against child Trafficking has been initiated in Orissa as a part of International Campaign
Against Child Trafficking in which PECUC
was the founder
coordinating agency for Orissa state and member of National Executive
committee. Presently PECUC is
actively involved in preventing child trafficking for the purpose of
labour and sexual exploitation. |
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