“25 years of UNCRC and The Status of Child Rights”

1. “25 years of UNCRC and
The Status of Child Rights”
Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL)
Tamilnadu & Puducherry
State Secretariat: NEEDS
Srivilliputtur, Virudhunagar Dist, Tamilnadu
cacltnpy1992@gmail.com , 0999 475 2121

2. P. Raja Gopal, State Convener,
Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL)
Tamilnadu and Pudhucherry

3. “25 years of UNCRC and
The Status of Child Rights”
6 Programmes in tamilnadu and Puducherry
• Tirunelveli
• Dindigul
• Trichy
• Coimbatore
• Puducherry
• Chennai
With the support of UNICEF

4. Objective of the Campaign:
1. To eradicate all forms of child labour upto 18 years.
2. Making State accountable and responsive for child
rights protection and Promotion.
3. Adequate legislation in tune with
CRC is in place and enforced.
4. Create opportunities for girl children in every
sphere/ more positive space for girl children in society.
5. Improved access and Quality education
equitably for all children.
6. Reassuring the childhood for all children upto 18
years.

5. The Programme
Date Place Number of
Participants
M F T
10.12.2014 Hotel Janakiram, Tirunelveli 37 28 65
12.12.2014 DMSSS, Dindigul 40 20 60
16.12.2014 THASOSS, Trichy 56 16 72
18.12.2014 Hotel Park Inn, Coimbatore 52 13 65
22.12.2014 MASS Hotels, Puducherry 45 22 67
27.12.2014 ICSA, Chennai 48 15 63
Total 278 114 392

6. 10.12.2014
Tirunelveli

7. Child Labours
Fishing,
Collecting shells,
Crackers
Printing
Matches
Cleaning shells,
sea food processing,
eateries,
Agricultural
Spinning and Garments
coir industry etc.,

8. 12.12.2014
Dindigul

9. Child labour
Child Labour
• Construction Labour,
• Domestic Labour,
• Restaurants And Eateries,
• Hotels, Workshops, Rag Picking,
• Sales Boy/Girl,
• Snack Industry In Other States,
• Garment Industry In Other Districts,
• Agriculture Etc.,

10. Trichy
14.12.2015
Child Labour:
•Fishing & Allied Jobs,
•Domestic Work,
•Agriculture,
•Construction Work,
•Power Looms And
Garments In Other
Districts.

11. Coimbatore
20th
Dec, 2014

12. Coimbatore Consultation:
• Knit wear industry,
• power looms,
• dyeing,
• workshop,
• construction work,
• restaurants and
• eateries,
• hotels,
• agriculture etc.,

13. Puducherry
22nd
Dec, 2014

14. Chennai

15. Consolidated Declarations
With a consensus arrived unanimously, it is hereby agreed that;
• Efforts will be made to arrive at a change in the labour laws to
state the age of the children to be 18 as uniform.
• A uniform law for protection of children and also all the laws
related to children will have the uniformity of age as 18 years
• The Government of India and the State Government should
create a separate Ministry for the Children.
• The Panchayati Raj institutions provide and form a Children’s
Gram Sabha across the state and at least to have a meeting twice
in a year to promote the Children Participation in the process of
decision-making.
• The provisions under the Right to Free and Compulsory
Education Act 2009 will be made for all the children upto the
age of 18 years.

16. • Life Skill Education and Psycho-Social Care will be made as a part of
the regular curriculum under the school education
• The Panchayati Raj Institutions should take an effort to eradicate Child
Labour and make each and every panchayat “A Child Labour Free
Panchayat”.
• The Panchayati Raj Institutions should keep Migrant Registers to
collect details of Migrant who are staying their Village and the one who
migrate to other places from their villages especially for the Girl
Children.
• Form Child Sangam in all level where the children is spends most of
their time like Schools, the community level etc. to promote and ensure
children participation.
• The available child protection mechanisms at various levels will be
made more functional with the creation of an organic linkage between
them. Functional relationship with coordination without affecting the
autonomy will be made.

17. • The Government should form separate ‘Watch Dog
Committee’ exclusively for the Girl Children.
• The NGOs and activists should advocate the need of uniformity
on the age of child and make the Government take an initiative
to modify the age disparities in different laws and policies.
• A draft state child protection policy in terms of state children’s
policy will be formulated and submitted to the state government
for acceptance and inception.
• Counseling for all the children will be provided at the school level
to overcome the stress and trauma etc.
• All forms of child labour will be eradicated and alternatives will
be framed based on the local specific need with a special
provision in the Special Component Plan.

18. Zonal wise Reports

19. Campaign materials

21. Campaign Sticker

25. Paper clippings

29. Sincere Thanks to Our Supporter …….
• CACL – members, Dist Conveners, Zonal Conveners.
• CACL – Former State Conveners and Working Committee members.
• Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Chairpersons, Members.
• Civil Society Organization (CSO).
• Campaign Against Child Labour ( CACL) TN & PY.
• Campaign Against Camp Cooli System(CACCS), State Conveners,
Members
• District Child Protection Society (DCPS), DCPOs, Staff Teams.
• Dist Child Line, Nodal Agency and Members.
• Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI)
• Federation of Children Movement for Rights to Participation
(FCMRP), - Children Representatives.
• Forum for Promotion of Child Participation (FPCP), Members.
• Integrated Child Development Center (ICDC), Members
• Institutions, Colleges and Students.
• Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Members.
• Medias.
• Non Governmental Organizations NGOs.
• Resource Persons and Participants.
• Samakalvi Iyakkam (SKI – TN ), State Convener, Dist
Representatives
• Staff’s Team and Volunteers.
• Tamil Nadu Child Rights Observatory (TNCRO), Convener and
Members.

30. Sincere thanks to Every one

31. Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL)
Tamilnadu & Puducherry
State Secretariat: NEEDS
#5/60, Jeyadurga Nagar, Rajapalayam Main Road,
Srivilliputtur – 626 125, Virudhunagar Dist, Tamilnadu
cacltnpy1992@gmail.com , 0999 475 2121