River Nile Governor directs his government to harness all capabilities to serve children’s issues in the State
More than 80% is the rate of female circumcision in the State
Al Damar : Haffiya Elyas
The Governor of the River Nile State, Mohamed El-Badawi Abdel Majid, stressed the need to review the systems, legislation and policies in the State to protect the rights of girls from female genital mutilation/cutting, child marriage and child labor in mining areas.
This came during his meeting with the delegation of the National Council for Child Welfare ,headed by the Secretary-General of the National Council for Child Welfare NCCW , Dr. Abdul Qader Abdullah Aboh, this afternoon in his office in the Secretariat of the Government.
The meeting comes within the framework of the state’s completion of its arrangements to celebrate the February 6 zero tolerance for female genital mutilation/cutting, which is organized by the River Nile State in Al-Damer locality in coordination with NCCW and in cooperation with UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA , under the slogan (Our men and children are partners in changing negative social norms to end female genital mutilation/cutting)
The governor stressed the need to activate laws and prepare awareness programs at the level of local communities through the formation of grassroots committees that contribute to raising awareness of the local community, which suffers from a high rate of female genital mutilation to more than 80%.
Al-Badawi directed his State government to harness all possibilities to serve childhood issues .
NCCW Secretary General said that they came to celebrate February 6 in the Nile River because of its specificity and the interdependence of its coherent social fabric with its customs and traditions of overlapping social norms, including female circumcision and child marriage, calling on the State government to join efforts and strengthen the role of the state council as a responsible mechanism for child protection and care in the state. Dr. Abou also discussed the importance of activating the role of social responsibility and reducing child labor in mining areas.