Transcript Central Child Welfare Board

Child Welfare Board
Central Child Welfare Board
Based on Chapter Four of the Children's Act, 1992
Provision of the Central Child Welfare Board
(CCWB) and District Child Welfare Boards (DCWB)
Consist of 21 members
(social workers, women social workers, medical
practitioners, child psychologists from the both the
government and the civil society)
The board work subject to the policy and directives
of Government of Nepal
MEMBERS OF CCWB
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Honorable Minister, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare
Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare
Member Secretary, Social Welfare Council
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education and Sports
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Population
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour& Transportation Management
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance
Joint Secretary, National Planning Commission's Secretariat
(Children Organization, Child Psychologist, Social Activists, HR/Legal experts)
Central Child Welfare Board
Chair-Person
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Member – Secretary
Goal of CCWB
"CCWB is charged with responsibility for the full realization of the rights of
the children of Nepal by ensuring and enabling the State and civil society of
Nepal to meet its obligations towards children to promote and protect their
Rights progressively as per the CRC standard”
Specific Objectives
Incorporation of child rights issues into the mainstream development programs
To take the lead role to influence and ensure that the programming of the
To ensure the formulation of Annual Plan Of Action (POA) and five Years plan on the Rights of
Children and Child Development
To ensure that the national policies and legal provisions are reviewed and formulated
To establish National Resource Center on child rights and Data Bank on children
To enhance and strengthen CCWB and DCWBs
To promote Children's Participation and Citizenship Rights and child friendly dev programs
To influence and ensure that the National Plan of actions (NPoAs) achieves the declared goals
of the promotion and protection of the rights of children in crisis
To mobilize and explore the available and potential resources at all levels
To bring together and form a Network of the organizations working for children
To promote/ensure Child Rights Based Approach in all programming for children
Concerns Issues
• Be a national level focal point on the children's issues
• Develop Child Rights Monitoring Mechanism
• Develop National level Resource Centre on children
• Advocate Children's issues in all the levels
• Coordination between concerned line agencies, civil
society, international communities and others
• Strengthen and mobilize the DCWB
• Promotion of child rights
• Create consciousness to formulate national policies and
priorities concerning children
• Mainstream the children's issues in all the dev. projects.
Priority Areas
• Focus on the “WHOLE CHILD”
• For children aged 0-18 years
• Mobilization of various I/NGOs and
government agencies in program
work
Priority includes:
• Education, Health and overall development of a child
• Children's participation, citizenship rights and governance
• Exploitation and Abuse (at home, schools, working place)
• Child in crisis/ difficult circumstances
• Marginalized, discriminated and deprived of basic rights
• Enhancing Institutional capabilities of the child rights
institutions
• Poverty and children
• Sensitizing the duty bearers at all levels
• Empower children to claim their rights and utilize the
opportunities to enjoy their rights
• Influence the policy and legislation
• Influence the attitude and mind sets of the duty bearers
• Practical Action for children at the grass roots
Programs
• Strengthening CCWB and DCWBs
• Child Protection and Development
Program
• Strengthening Juvenile Justice System
• Child Care Home Survey Programme
Plans
• Children's Act amendment.
• Developing National Child Protection Policy and
Framework.
Construction of a building for National Resource Center /
CCWB's secretariat.
• Expansion of Juvenile Justice Programme in more
districts, more specifically, infrastructure development
for juvenile courts, establishing child reform facilities,
capacity building programme for judicial officers, social
workers, psychologists and local NGOs.
• Expansion of strengthening CCWB/DCWBs programme
by appointing more officers at districts and making more
resources available for children.