Children’s Right : Commission Members Evaluate Road Covered

Cameroon, thirty years ago, adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This was to protect the right of all children, everywhere in the country, to be free from discrimination, violence and neglect. As such, the government has taken measures to ensure that children are treated with dignity and respect; cared for, develop and be part of their communities; have a right to education, to express their own opinions and to participate in decisions that concern them; and that they have the right to be protected against all violence and discrimination, wherever they live, regardless of their ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status. After thirty years, key actors in child protection in the country have begun examining what has been done and what needs to be done to better protect children in all the nooks and crannies of the country. 
As such, within the framework of the continuation of activities to commemorate the 7th edition of the International Children’s Right Day, the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, on Friday December 27, 2019 in Yaounde held an exchange session between key actors in the promotion and protection of children's rights in Cameroon. Opening the session was the representative of the Minister of Women’...