“We are deprived of a platform
to air our problem”
Vimukti Children parliament members gave the memorandum on
13th of November, 2019 at Utakanoor Gram Panchyath demanding
children Gram Sabhas to be held at all the gram panchythas. Santhosh,
Basvaraj, shashikala, ananda, Praveen and others charged that the
‘gram sabhas’ are not taking place in their villags, which has
resulted in them unable to air their grievances at the right forum
and get justice.
They charged that the officials are denying the children right to
get their dues by not holding the children ‘Gram sabhas’. They said,
as the children parliament is not taking place regularly, the
officials are unable to prevent child marriage cases in our talukas.
They also charged that while in some villages the children gram
sabhas are taking place, but they are being held for the heck of it
and not with a concern towards resolving the issues hurting the
children. They demanded the administration to provide training to
development officers so that they can conduct children grama sabha
every year. The zilla panchyath should also hold special gram sabha
for children and award best children friendly panchyath at the
district.
Panchytha which strive towards making their jurisdiction child
labour free should be recognized and appreciated. They demanded that
child protection committee should be formed and issues as district
level during the meeting.
The officials should prepare a consolidated report regarding the
minutes of the children gram sabha that were held in that year and
it should be made public to know the progress. One of the students
informed that majority of the government schools don’t have
computers, toilets, water and other basic facilities. We go in
search of drinking water during the school hours. Further he said
school don’t have compound, many illegal activities take place after
the sun sets. All the participated children expressed, that we don’t
have a platform where we can share these problems and get a solution
at the grama panchyth level.
