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3. Every child shall have the right to get education, health care maturing,
appropriate upbringing, sports, recreation and overall personality
development from family and the state.
4. No child shall be employed in any risky job, mines, or in factories.
5. No, child shall be subjected to child marriage, illegal trafficking, kidnapping
or being held hostage.
Efforts to Protect Child Rights

a. Nepal has signed the UN convention on the rights of the child in 1989. In
2006 it has passed a bill on child rights.
b. Nepal, being a founder member of SAARC, observed SAARC Girls Year,
1990, the decade 1991-2000 as Girls Decade and 2000-2010 as Decade of
Child Rights. Many programmes were performed to protect child rights.

c. There are many child centres, child home and Child Reformation Centres
give proper care and attention to the children.
d. Nepal Children's Organization, UNICEF and Save Our Soul (SOS), Save
the Children, Underprivileged Children's Education Project (UCEP) Child
Workers in Nepal (CWIN), etc. are working for the protection of Child Rights.
Despite these efforts child right has not been protected completely in Nepal. Some
of the problems seen in this sector are:
Poverty
Lack of awareness
Illiteracy

Ignorance
Lack of proper formulation and implementation of law
Political instability, etc.
The policy makers and authorized people must be concerned about the protection
of child rights. The implementation and enforcement system must be effective
and result oriented. All the problems should be addressed in time for smooth
implementation and protection of child rights.

Key Words

risky : dangerous
enforcement : implement

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