Form separate deptt for children
Speakers at press conference
Speakers at a press conference yesterday urged the government to form a separate department for children under the Ministry of Children and Women Affairs to coordinate the activities of different ministries.
They also demanded that the government would evaluate the implementation of allocations meant for the children.
The press conference titled "Investment for children: An important step to achieve vision 2021" was held at Dhaka Reporters' Unity.
Save the Children, Centre for Services and Information on Disabilities and Dhaka University's Department of Development Studies organised it.
Kazi Maruful Islam, assistant professor of the department, said it was difficult to find out the amount of allocation for children from the current budget format.
He, therefore, suggested the government to find out a way to perceive the level of allocation and priority to differentiate child related allocation with other sectors.
Maruful also stressed the need for evaluation of probable loss due to not ensuring necessary services (health, education and others) for the children.
Shamsul Alam, deputy director of Child Rights Governance Programme of Save The Children, Emranul Huq Chowdhury, executive director, Uddipan and Khandaker Jahurul Alam, executive director of Centre for Services and Information on Disability, among others, also spoke.
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