WE HAVE LAWS PROTECTING CHILDREN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION BUT WHO ENFORCE THEM?
Section 1. Sec. 2 of Republic Act No. 7610, as amended, otherwise known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act”, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. Declaration of State Policy and Principles. – It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to provide special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation and discrimination, and other conditions prejudicial to their development including child labor and its worst forms; provide sanctions for their commission and carry out a program for prevention and deterrence of and crisis intervention in situations of child abuse, exploitation and discrimination. The State shall intervene on behalf of the child when the parent, guardian, teacher or person having care or custody of the child fails or is unable to protect the child against abuse, exploitation and discrimination or when such acts against the child are committed by the said parent, guardian, teacher or person having care and custody of the same.
“It shall be the policy of the State to protect and rehabilitate children gravely threatened or endangered by circumstances which affect or will affect their survival and normal development and over which they have no control.
“The best interests of children shall be the paramount consideration in all actions concerning them, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities, and legislative bodies, consistent with the principle of First Call for Children as enunciated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Every effort shall be exerted to promote the welfare of children and enhance their opportunities for a useful and happy life.”
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Filipino Children in Nation-Building
Posted by Online on Jan 24th, 2012
Manila, Philippines — FILIPINO children are the nation’s future. Advancing their cause is not only the concern of government, but everyone’s. They should be protected against all forms of discrimination and provided with access to health and education through holistic and sustainable strategies facilitated by inter-agency as well as public-private partnership.
The Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPC) was created to coordinate the efforts of public and private entities in promoting children’s rights and implementing child-centered programs on the local level.
Records showed that 83 percent or 36,527 of the total 43,279 local government units (LGUs) have organized or reorganized their LCPC 55 on the provincial level, 114 on the city level, 1,195 in municipalities, and 35,163 in barangays.
An agreement was forged between the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the World Vision Development Foundation to promote children’s welfare by enhancing the LCPC in the communities. An LCPC program, in coordination with the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), is to ensure that child labor is prevented within the communities. The CWC is the lead agency in promoting and safeguarding the rights of children.
Every step must be taken to uphold the rights of Filipino children, a vulnerable sector of Philippine society. They must be recognized for their important role within the family and in nation building. All sectors, including private groups and individuals, must continue to support government endeavors to safeguard the well-being of children….READ MORE
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