Orientation on child protection held at Guwahati Press Club

Noted author and journalist Sanjay Hazarika stressed the need for behavioural change to check social problems like child marriage

GUWAHATI: As a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration, the Gauhati Press Club on Friday organized a media orientation on child protection issues in Assam at the press club.

Noted author and journalist Sanjay Hazarika, while taking part as one of the speakers of the orientation programme stressed the need for behavioural change to check social problems like child marriage and urged the journalists in Assam to go to the field to bring out the issues that lead to problems like child marriage. Hazarika said that the status of women in Assam has to be considered while trying to address issues like child marriages. The school dropout rate in Assam is very high for the country.

General Secretary of the Gauhati Press Club Sanjay Ray set the context of the orientation programme while Pallabi Bora, Cultural Secretary of the Gauhati Press Club, felicitated the speakers and moderated the programme, stated a press release.

Eminent personalities like Dr. Bandana Bhuyan, former regional Director National Institute for Peoples' Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), Advocate of the Gauhati High court Bijan Mahajan, Senior Advocate of Gauhati High Court, Angshuman Bora, Child rights activist Miguel Das Queah, Journalist Sushanta Talukdar and rights activist Rafiquel Islam deliberated on the issue of protection of children's rights during the programme. Dr. Bandana Bhuyan while speaking on social and gender aspects of child marriages, highlighted that there are social issues and cultural practices in our society that leads to problems like child marriages and stressed that the problem could be solved only through empowerment of women and making quality education accessible to the girls. Among other causes of child marriages, Dr. Bhuyan highlighted that increasing crime against women is also a reason behind the child marriages, as poor parents want to ensure security for their daughters, a press release said.

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