NCPA to amend Laws pertaining to Children
NCPA to amend Laws pertaining to Children
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has taken measures to amend the laws pertaining to children, its Chairman said.
“Five areas in the legal system pertaining to children will be amended; five special sub-committees were appointed in this regard,” Prof. Mudith Vidanapathirana, the Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) told News 1st on Tuesday (Mar. 02).
According to Prof. Vidanapathirana, based on the existing laws, a child is identified as someone below the age of 12, 14 and 16 under various circumstances; thereby, one sub-committee is tasked with the aim of eliminating the discrepancies with regard to who is recognized as a child.
Posted on February 12th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
International Day of Zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
On the 40th day after birth a woman known as ‘Ostha Maami’ is called to the house of the infant to make a small cut on the genital area
Many who practise this think it is a part of the religion, but when questioned where in the religion it is stated so, they do not know
Some sections of the community believe that the practice enables girls to have control over their sexual desires
It is believed that when a girl has undergone this practice, the girl is quiet, demure and calm
Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
In a tribal region of Afghanistan, a sad 10 year old girl, heavily made up and veiled, sits silently at her wedding ceremony to a 70 year old man. In a rural village in China, old women hobble along on tiny feet with toes fused from decades of binding. In India, a woman aborts a female foetus after a scan reveals the sex of her baby.
These are just three examples of traditional cultural practices that harm women and serve as a means to subjugate and control them; in many instances, these practices are directly linked to religion, another weapon of discrimination against women.
COLOMBO
Thirteen-year-old Kumuduni Perera (not her real name) was found outside the Suvasetha orphanage in Panadura town, Kalutara District, when she was just two months old. The authorities from the orphanage believe Kumuduni was left at the entrance early one morning by one of her relatives who has not visited her since. Raised in the orphanage, Kumuduni says that some day she hopes to find her parents.
In Sri Lanka today institutional care is the fate of many children who have been abandoned by their parents. According to UNICEF, out of over 21,000 children in orphanages in Sri Lanka, one or both parents of over 19,000 of them are still alive.
By SANDIL MALLIKARACHCHI
The Sri Lankan law does clearly define the term ‘child’. From this and other factors, many issues arise, which deeply concern the future of our nation. Juvenile delinquency is one such matter that warrants our attention and should be dealt with carefully.
Crimes committed by persons under the legal age of 18, may range from petty thefts, trespassing, and vandalism, to more serious offences such as drug abuse, assault, and even murder. Deficient upbringing, domestic abuse, peer influence, intellectual disability, and mental illness are common elements that drive minors towards crime. A majority of such acts tend to be unplanned, opportunistic, and attention-seeking.