The children, in fact are our bright future stars and glory of the nation. They are the future hope and get better opportunities to enhance their all round development. Rights are those conditions that ensure the opportunity to enjoy the fundamental needs so as to enhance one's dignity and prosperity. The condition of child rights in Nepal is highly miserable, despite its provision as the fundamental rights in our present constitution.
We should provide education and training to the children. The young children can be mounded as we wish as a potter shapes soft clay into beautiful pots. Opportunities to education and other services regardless any sort of discrimination is only the key to brighten the future of children. The children are innocent, curious, active and enthusiastic by nature. They are in need of friendly and healthy atmosphere to live in peace. They learn and experience more new things which make them mature and responsible. It is obvious that it is possible only if they can enjoy their inborn rights without any hindrance. Since the fundamental child rights include right to shelter, food, education, health care, recreation and sports etc, they are basic needs for the spontaneous development of one's personality.
Being a democratic country, Nepal has been taking needy steps for the protection and promotion of child rights. It has permitted many NGO's and INGO's to work in Nepal in this regard. UNICEF, UNDP, SOS, CWIN etc along with the NGOs are working actively for the promotion of child rights. The government of Nepal passed the Child Act in 2048 B.S. This law provides legal rights to the children and prohibits the children under 14 to work in any industry. Similarly Nepal celebrate the year, 1990 A.D. as the girl child along with other SAARC countries. Our present interim constitution 2063 has introduced many provisions for the protection and promotion of child rights working for the Welfare of the children.
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