Minister for Foreign Affairs Sahana Pradhan has said that the rights of children will be fully guaranteed after the election to constituent assembly.

Sahana Pradhan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, inaugurates National Child Participatory Consultation on Child Labour at Rastriya Sabha Griha, Kathmandu Wed Jun 27 07

Sahana Pradhan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, inaugurates National Child Participatory…
Inaugurating the National Child Participatory Consultation on Child Labour organised by Concern Nepal at Rastriya Sabha Griha in the capital Wednesday, Minister Pradhan also assured that an environment where children would be able to study in a fearless environment would be created after the CA elections.

She also stressed the need for the government to come up with new programmes for children who were previously involved in risky labour and make arrangements to properly rehabilitate them.

Rights activists Dr Mathura Shrestha, Gopal Krishna Siwakoti and others also spoke on the occasion stressing the need for everybody to be serious in ensuring the rights of the children.

On the occasion Concern Nepal also made public the findings of its latest report on child labour. According to the report, there are altogether 3.6 million child laborers in Nepal and more than 80 percent in it are involved in very high-risk jobs posing a grave threat to their health conditions. The report also states that some 60,000 children work in brick kilns under appalling conditions.