3. Who are Vulnerable Children?
Vulnerable Children
Children working as
daily labour
Children living without basic needs
Children not going to school
Children suffering
from abuse
Orphan Child
4. Warning signs that a child may be Exploited
Skipping School
Staying out late
or over night
Misusing drugs
or alcohol
Inappropriate
or sexualised
behaviour
Friendship or
relationship
with older adult
Secretive
behaviour
5. INTRODUCTION
Child Protection is about protecting children from or against any
perceived or real danger or risk to their life, their personhood
and childhood.
Child Protection Committee (CPC) is the most responsible
stakeholder for preventing any kind of harm to children.
Child Protection Committee (CPC) is a community-based child
protection mechanism in the community to safeguard the rights
of children.
In 2015 the guidelines for the formation and strengthening of
Child Protection Committees in West Bengal at the village and
Block/Ward level was published by the Department of women &
Child Development and Social welfare, Government of West
Bengal.
6. Objective of Child Protection Committee (CPC)
CPC is a community-based group including duty-bearers, who are
primarily responsible for creating and promoting a child friendly and
safe community environment wherein children’s wellbeing, safety and
rights are ensured and protected.
CPC will be responsible for monitoring, reporting and responding to
the issues of child protection in the community.
The CPCs will also plan and take up innovative activities to raise
awareness in the community about the local child protection concerns.
The CPCs will work in close coordination with the District Child
Protection Unit (DCPU) and other agencies for activities in the
community on child protection issues.
CPCs will refer and report cases to higher level of Protection
committees and District Child Protection Unit.
7. Child Protection Committee at various levels
• Village Level Child Protection
Committees (VLCPC)
• Ward Level Child Protection Committees
in Urban Area (WLCPC)
Level 1:Village level and
Ward Level
• Gram Panchayat Level Child Protection
Committee (GPLCPC)
• Borough Level CPC
Level 2:Gram
Panchayat Level/
Borough level (For
Municipal Corporation
• Block Level Child Protection Committees
(BLCPC)
• Urban Local Body Level CPC (ULBCPC)
Level 3:Block/Urban
Local Bodies
(Municipality, Notified
area) level
8. Village Level and Ward Level
Village Level Child
Protection Committees
(VLCPC):
The Village Level Child Protection
Committees will be established in each
village of state for prevention, reporting,
monitoring, protection and responding on
the issues of child rights and protection.
The VLCPC will be a community-based
organization and act as the first responder
in any situation of child vulnerability. To
build close coordination with gram sadasya
of the village.
Ward Level Child Protection
Committees in Urban Area
(WLCPC):
The WLCPCs will be formed in each ward of the
municipalities/municipal corporations and will
report to DCPU. The purpose of the WLCPC will
be to monitor, report, respond, refer and raise
awareness among the community for protection of
children under the guidance of DCPU. It will work
with urban local bodies for preparing a child
friendly plan and also for its implementation.
9. Composition of the Village Child Protection
Committee at Gram Samsad level
Sl No Member No. Of Members Designation in the
VLCPC
1 Elected Gram Panchayat member(s)
from that village , gram sadasya.
1 Chairperson
2 Anganwadi Worker 1 Member Convener
3 ASHA worker 1 Member
4 School Teacher (To be identified by
SI of School)
1 Member
5 Upa Sangha members:
• Director of Sangha Samabay from
that Upa Sangha
• Any other member selected by the
Upa Sangha
2 Member
6 Parents (Preferably mother to be
identified by local Primary School
authority)
2 Member
7 Child representative (12-18 Years)
(Identified by Gram Panchayat in
consultation with school teacher)
4 (2 boys + 2 girls) + 1 other
if exists
Member
10. Gram Panchayat Level/Borough Level
(For Municipal Corporations)
Gram Panchayat Level Child Protection Committee (GPLCPC):
The Gram Panchayat Level Child Protection Committees will be
established in each Gram Panchayat of the state to collect the
information from the VLCPC, analyze the same, identify the
actionable points and ensure upward transmission of the
information to the BLCPC for required intervention.
Borough Level CPC:
Borough Level CPC will be established in each Borough of Municipal
Corporation of the state to collect the information from the ward
level CPCs, analyze the same, identify the actionable points and
ensure upward transmission of the information collect to the
Municipal Corporation Level CPCs for required.
11. Composition of Gram Panchayat Level Child
Protection Committee (GPLCPC)
Sl No Member No. Of Members Designation in the
GPLCPC
1 Pradhan, Gram Panchayat 1 Chairperson
2 Sanchalika, Nari o Sishu Unnyan Upa
Samity, Gram Panchayat
1 Vice Chairperson
3 ICDS Supervisor 1 Member- Convenor
4 Auxiliary Nurse & Midwifery (ANM) 1 Member
5 School Teacher (to be identified by SI of
school)
2 Member
6 Sangha Samabay Representative 2 Member
7 Executive Assistant or any employee of
the GP nominated by Pradhan
1 Member
8 Parents (To be identified by Local High
School)
2 Member
9 Child Representative (12-18 Years): To
be identified by Gram Panchayat
4 (2 boys + 2 girls) + 1
other if exists
Member
12. Block/Urban Local Bodies (Municipality,
Notified area) level
Block Level Child Protection Committees (BLCPC):
The BLCPC will support GPLCPC/VLCPCs in planning, budgeting,
implementing activities, capacity building as per the ICPS guidelines in
coordination with DCPU. The BLCPC will also take periodic report from
GPLCPCs, review performance, finalize action taken reports for submission to
DCPU. The BLCPC will also work as a referral point for GPLCPCs to support
them in addressing cases of child protection and child rights violation. BLCPC
will also coordinate with all stakeholders at Block Level for immediate and long
term strategy.
Urban Local Body Level CPC (ULBCPC):
The ULBCPC will support ward level CPC in planning, budgeting &
implementing activities, capacity building. The ULBCPC will also take periodic
report from WLCPC, review performance, finalize action taken report for
submission to DCPU. The ULBCPC will also work as referral point for WLCPCs
to support them in addressing cases of child protection and child rights
violation.
13. Composition of Block Level Child Protection
Committee (BLCPC)
Sl No Member No. Of Members Designation in the BLCPC
1 Sabhapati, Panchayat Samity 1 Chairperson
2 Karmadhyaksha, Nari-o-Sishu Unnayan, Sthayee Samity 1 Member
3 BDO 1 Vice- Chairperson
4 CDPO 1 Member Convenor
5 BMOH 1 Member
6 BWO or any Officer in charge of BWO 1 Member
7 EOME/LEOME (To be nominated by BDO) 1 Member
8 Chairpersons of all GPLCPCs All Member
9 CWPO, local police Station 1 Member
10 Representative from DCPU 1 Member
11 PLV (To be nominated by DLSA) 1 Member
12 Representative of Maha Sangha 1 Member
13 Representative from Sangha Sambay 1 Member
14 Reputed NGO/ CBO working on Child Protection 2 Member
15 Child Line Representative 2 Member
16 Parents (To be nominated by Chairperson/ Vice- Chairperson) 1 Member
17 Two child members nominated by BDO in the age group of 12-18
years
4 (2 boys + 2 girls) +
1 other if exists
Member
18 Superintendent of Government run CCI/ SAA located in that area 1 Member
14. Monitoring & Reporting Mechanism
Periodic Meeting:
Monthly meeting of VLCPC shall be organized in the
village, the venue shall be decided by the Member
Secretary. The venue should be a common place. The
common place may be school, Anganwadi Centre and place
inside the village.
Quarterly meeting of BLCPC shall be organized at
venue to be decided by the Member Secretary.
15. Village Level Child Protection Committee (VLCPC)
1. The meeting of the VLCPC shall be held every month and
reporting template shall be filled up in every meeting.
2. The reporting template of the VLCPC shall be signed by
the Anganwadi Supervisor/ Anganwadi Worker and shall
be submitted at the block level.
3. The Data Entry Operator at the block office shall be
responsible for collation of the data of all Samsads. The
collated data shall be signed by the BDO and CDPO and
shall be submitted to the DCPU.
4. DCPU shall be responsible for collation of Samsad Level
data from the Block Officers and share the consolidated
data to the State.
16. Block Level Child Protection Committee/ Ward Level
Child Protection Committee
1. The meeting of the BLCPC shall be held in every quarter and
shall be reported in the prescribed reporting template.
2. The reporting template of BLCPCs shall be signed and
countersigned by CDPO and BDO respectively. In case of
WLCPCs the reporting template shall be signed and
countersigned by CDPO and Anganwadi Supervisor
respectively.
3. DCPO shall be responsible for collecting and collating the
reporting templates of the BLCPC meetings from all the
Block Offices in the district and shall share a consolidated
report with the State on a quarterly basis.
4. DCPO shall be responsible for collecting and collating of
WLCPC meetings from the Ward/Borough offices and shall
share a consolidate report with the State on a quarterly
basis.
17. Formation of Child Protection Committees
After the BLCPC
is formed the
GPLCPC and
VLCPC
formation
process will be
initiated.
The process will
include
formation of
BLCPC and in
urban area the
ULB level CCPC.
The process of
CPCs formation
will be initiated
by District Child
Protection Unit
(DCPU).
18. Roles
and
Responsibilities
of Child
Protection
Committees
Conduct
need
assessment
in prescribed
format for
planning.
Prepare
annual plan
and allocate
budget as a
part of
Panchayat/UL
B planning. Identify
vulnerable
pockets, maintain
data of children
and adolescents
missing due to
work, marriage,
migration, school
dropouts or by any
other reason.
Support referral
linkages with social
protection &
services, support
persons, conduct
enquiries and
submit reports on
complaints
received, action
taken and
preventive activities
planned.
Organize capacity
building and
orientation on child
protection issues in
collaboration with
district/block/Panchay
at administration along
with CBOs, NGOs,
adolescent groups and
other stakeholders.
Awareness building
initiatives among CPC
members, adolescent
groups, parents,
community members,
frontline workers and
SHG members and
others.
Promote
children’s
participation in
CPC meetings,
trainings and
awareness
generation
activities.
Review and
support
implementation
of planned
activities within
timeline at
various levels.
Report and
document good
practices for
sharing with
Panchayat/block
CPCs and DCPU
19. Notification of Child Protection Committees
Efforts should be
made to display the
list of
VLCPC/WLCPC
member with
contact number in
prominent places in
the locality, so that
children and
parents can access
the members of the
committee for
reporting.
The BLCPC
information
should be made
at a public place
in Block office
with contact
numbers to
register
complaints
regarding child
protection issues.
Names of the
members
appointed to this
child protection
committee should
be made public by
the competent
authority.
20. Training of
Child
Protection
Committees/
Members
should be
oriented on:
Code of
Conduct
Exposure
visits of CPC
members
Government
schemes and
services
Child Rights-
UNCRC and
Constitutional
Rights
Referral and
Follow up
mechanism Mapping
exercise
Identification
of vulnerable
children
Legal frame
work and
structure of
Child
Protection
Planning
and
Budgeting
exercise
21. Child Protection Code of Conduct and Accountability Mechanism
ALWAYS NEVER
•Listen and respect children.
•Encourage them to raise any
concern.
•Discuss with them about their
rights, duties and evolving
challenges.
•Be aware of situations that may
present risks for children and be
prepared to respond to such
situations.
•Ensure that a sense of
accountability exists between
members.
•Act appropriately and effectively
in cooperating any subsequent
process of investigation.
•Work in partnership with
parents/care givers or other
professionals to ensure quality
protection services for children.
•Ensure that a culture of openness
exist any issues or concerns to be
raised or discussed and addressed.
•Hit or otherwise physically assault or
physically abuse children.
•Develop physical/sexual relationships with
children.
•Develop relationship with children that could
in any way be deemed exploitative or abusive.
•Act in way that may be abusive or may place a
child at risk of abuse.
•Use language, make suggestions or offer
advice which is inappropriate, offensive or
abusive.
•Behave physically in a manner which is
inappropriate or sexually provocative.
•Sleep in the same room or bed as a child with
whom they are working.
•Ask children to do things that they can do
themselves.
•Participate in any action which is illegal,
unsafe or abusive to children.
•Act in ways intended to shame, humiliate,
belittle or degrade children or otherwise
perpetrate any form of emotional abuse.
•Discriminate against ,show differential
treatment or favour children to the exclusion
of others.
•Take part or promotes facilitate sex selective
abortion, child marriages, corporal
punishment, child labour etc.
22. Name of the
Subdivision
Name of the Block No of CPC meeting
in village/ward/
block level
Brief outcome from the
meeting (in bullet
point)
Jangipur
Farakka BLCPC-1
VLCPC-147
GPCPC-6
*Get ideas on Legal adoption
process
*Identified vulnerable families
*Prevented Child Marriage case
follow up report placed.
*Members get knowledge on
POCSO cases, CWC production
etc.
*Case referral process to Higher
CPC level.
Samserganj BLCPC-1
VLCPC-154
GPCPC-4
Suti I BLCPC-1
VLCPC-106
GPCPC-4
Suti II BLCPC-1
VLCPC-157
Raghunathganj I BLCPC-1
VLCPC-117
GPCPC-2
Raghunathganj II BLCPC-1
VLCPC-156
GPCPC-4
Sagardighi BLCPC-1
VLCPC-199
GPCPC-2
23. Name of the
Subdivision
Name of the Block No of CPC meeting
in village/ward/
block level
Brief outcome from
the meeting (in bullet
point)
Kandi
Burwan BLCPC-1
VLCPC-152
GPCPC-9
*Get ideas on Legal
adoption process
*Identified vulnerable
families
*Prevented Child
Marriage case follow up
report placed.
*Members get
knowledge on POCSO
cases, CWC production
etc.
*Case referral process to
Higher CPC level.
Kandi BLCPC-1
VLCPC-185
GPCPC-10
Bharatpur I BLCPC-1
VLCPC-103
GPCPC-7
Bharatpur II BLCPC-1
VLCPC-123
GPCPC-7
Khargam BLCPC-1
VLCPC-186
GPCPC-12
24. Name of the
Subdivision
Name of the Block No of CPC
meeting in
village/ward/
block level
Brief outcome
from the
meeting (in
bullet point)
Lalbagh
Lalgola BLCPC-
VLCPC-205
GPCPC-
*Get ideas on Legal
adoption process
*Identified vulnerable
families
*Prevented Child
Marriage case follow
up report placed.
*Members get
knowledge on POCSO
cases, CWC
production etc.
*Case referral process
to Higher CPC level.
Bhagwangola I BLCPC-1
VLCPC-127
GPCPC-8
Bhagwangola II BLCPC-1
VLCPC-96
GPCPC-4
Murshidabad -Jiaganj BLCPC-1
VLCPC-153
GPCPC-5
Nabagram BLCPC-1
VLCPC-155
GPCPC-7
25. Name of the
Subdivision
Name of the
Block
No of CPC meeting
in village/ward/
block level
Brief outcome
from the
meeting (in
bullet point)
Sadar
Berhampore BLCPC-1
VLCPC-317
GPCPC-14
*Get ideas on Legal
adoption process
*Identified vulnerable
families
*Prevented Child
Marriage case follow
up report placed.
*Members get
knowledge on POCSO
cases, CWC
production etc.
*Case referral process
to Higher CPC level.
Hariharpara BLCPC-1
VLCPC-181
GPCPC-10
Beldanga I BLCPC-1
VLCPC-204
GPCPC-4
Beldanga II BLCPC-1
VLCPC-171
GPCPC-11
Nowda BLCPC-1
VLCPC-162
GPCPC-10
26. Name of the
Subdivision
Name of the Block No of CPC
meeting in
village/ward/
block level
Brief outcome
from the
meeting (in
bullet point)
Domkol
Domkal BLCPC-1
VLCPC-147
GPCPC-8
*Get ideas on Legal
adoption process
*Identified vulnerable
families
*Prevented Child
Marriage case follow
up report placed.
*Members get
knowledge on POCSO
cases, CWC
production etc.
*Case referral process
to Higher CPC level.
Raninagar I BLCPC-1
VLCPC-125
GPCPC-4
Raninagar II BLCPC-1
VLCPC-125
GPCPC-9
Jalangi BLCPC-1
VLCPC-171
GPCPC-10
28. MECHANISM FOR CHILD MARRIAGE PREVENTION
There are certain steps which we follow under this
mechanism to prevent child marriage.
29. District Magistrate
Key district line departments responsible for working in convergence to end child marriage
SE| H&FW| WCD&SW| P&RD| TET&SD| MAME| BCW| I&CA| YS&S| Police
Conduct a situation
analysis on child marriage
and the status of
adolescents in the district
Establish a desired goal and
long-term outcomes.
Draft a District Action Plan
with a selection of activities
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Plan half-yearly
implementation and
monitoring cycles
SD/Block and field units of departments implement activities in an
intensive and sustained manner
Step 4
30. ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS UNDER THIS MECHANISM
District
Magistrate
The District
Magistrate will
lead the overall
planning,
implementation
and monitoring
of the plan in
consultation
with the line
departments.
SE|
H&FW|
WCD&SW|
P&
RD|
TET&SD|
MAME|
BCW|
I&CA|
YS&S|
Police
These are the
main
departments at
district level
which directly
and indirectly
implement and
support in
prevention of
child marriage.
These
departments are
responsible for
working in
convergence to
end child
marriage.
Departments
at
Block
&
SD
Levels
Departments at this
level will implement,
follow and monitor
the guidelines and
orders of the above
mentioned
stakeholders
regarding the
prevention of child
marriage.
They will work on
activities in an
intensive and
sufficient manner
with the public or
Community Based
Organizations (CBO)
such as clubs, SHGs
etc.
31. HOW TO END CHILD MARRIAGE?
Introducing sex education which must include creating
awareness on causes and harmful impact.
Create awareness to empower our youth, both boys
and girls, to speak out for their rights.
Change public perception, to garner family and
community support and achieve sensitization in the
long-term.
Enact legal reform to prevent approval of child
marriage application where there are allegations of
child rape.
32. A Six point plan to protect our Children
1. Ensure all children learn, including by closing the digital divide
2. Guarantee access to health and nutrition services and make
vaccines affordable and available to every child
3. Support and protect the mental health of children and young
people and bring an end to abuse, gender-based violence, and neglect
in childhood
4. Increase access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene and
address environmental degradation and climate change
5. Reverse the rise in child poverty and ensure an inclusive
recovery for all
6. Redouble efforts to protect and support children and their
families living through conflict, disaster and displacement
33. Factsheet of Marriage and Educational Status of
Murshidabad and West Bengal
Indicator Murshidabad West Bengal
NFHS-5
(2019-20)
NFHS-4
(2015-16)
NFHS-5
(2019-20)
NFHS-4
(2015-16)
Total Total Urban Rural Total Total
Female population age 6 years
and above who ever attended
school (%)
74.7 70.8 84.1 73.3 76.8 74
Women who are literate (%)
(15-49 years)
67.6 NA 83.4 72.5 76.1 NA
Women with 10 or more years
of schooling (%) (15-49 years)
24.2 22.3 47.6 25.9 32.9 26.5
Women age 20-24 years
married before age 18 years
(%)
55.4 53.5 26.2 48.1 41.6 41.6
Women age 15-19 years who
were already mothers or
pregnant at the time of the
survey (%)
20.6 29.5 8.5 19.6 16.4 18.3
