Female foeticide serious concern: Omar ammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah Sunday underlined the need for focused attention towards eradicating female foeticide. He said religious leaders, social activists, NGO’s and public have to coordinately address this issue and save the future of the state. Interacting with a UNICEF team led by its Regional Director Karin Halshof here, the chief minister said that various initiatives have been taken by the government for the welfare and holistic development of children particularly girls. Abdullah said that UNICEF participation in creating educational environment and making schools seats of human resource development, moral and general education is welcome and state would like to work with the international body to achieve the stupendous task of achieving comprehensive development of children, their protection and proper upkeep. He said capacity building in teaching community is imperative in this regard and UNICEF can extend favourable help to the state. The chief minister said that the government and UNICEF are presently working together for rehabilitation of juvenile and preventing them from indulging in crimes and misdeeds. He said better educational environment in schools and proper care in homes are essentially important in this regard.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:31:31 +0000
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