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Kanchanrup Municipality declared as the first child-friendly municipality in Province 2 

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Kanchanrup Municipality declared as the first child-friendly municipality in Province 2 
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September 8: Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration Lal Babu Pandit recently declared Kanchanrup Municipality as the first child-friendly municipality in Province 2, and the third child-friendly municipality in Nepal after adopting federalism.

According to a joint statement issued by the municipality and UNICECF, a child-friendly municipality embodies the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Nepal was one of the early signatories to in 1990.

In the journey to becoming child friendly, the municipality has taken critical steps to ensuring children’s rights are reflected in local policies, laws, programmes and budgets, the statement added. Accordingly, children become active agents and their voices and opinions are being taken into consideration while they also influence decision-making processes within the community.

“We have declared our municipality child friendly and with this, I have felt increased responsibility for sustaining the rights of children. Until and unless we continue to invest and improve the indicators related to children, our municipality and our county will not prosper,” said Basanta Kumar, Mayor of Kanchanrup Municipality.

The process of becoming a child-friendly municipality requires numerous key targets for children. Since 2015, the Kanchanrup Municipality has been allocating 15 per cent budget as part of the block grant for children.

This helped to ensure that 100 per cent of children in the municipality go to school; that all schools have separate gender-friendly toilets; that all children are immunized, and that children are registered from birth.

The statement claimed that the Municipality has also drastically reduced child labour in hotels, transport sectors and in homes, and helped eliminate child marriage. Kanchanrup Municipality has ensured 100 per cent achievements in 31 out of 41 indicators.

“UNICEF congratulates the citizens of Kanchanrup Municipality, including all the children and young people, who made this feat possible. Today is a milestone in the nation’s progress towards investing in children for a brighter and more peaceful future” said Elke Wisch. “As we celebrate 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child this year, what better example of realization of child rights can there be than this?”

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