Essays
Summary: The first Seminar of the Girl-Child in the Islamic Republic of Iran was held on the 23 and 24 January 1995 The seminar organised by the Bureau of Women's Affairs of the Presidential Office in collaboration with UNFPA and UNICEF, was held in the Tehran Center for Artistic Creations
A four day exhibition was held along with this seminar, presenting the works of the girl children and the various activities of the different girl-child organisations This seminar which was opened by a message from the President of the Republic, Mr Hashemi Rafsanjani discussed and produced papers by various ministers, professionals and representatives of the girl child in different provinces and discussed the present situation of the girl child in Iran The article below looks at the position of girl children in to days world, with an emphasis that "Today's girls are tomorrow's mothers, therefore paying attention to them is paying attention to the future generations"
Worldwide efforts to protect and ensure children's rights began in 1959 when the United Nations General Assembly passed the Declaration on Children's Rights. Although the ten principles presented in the mentioned declaration could have outlined the primary rights of children, but over the past decades children's rights have been violated and abused in many corners of the world, so that new mechanisms had to be designed to ensure that children's rights are protected.It was in the pursuit of this goal that in 1989 the Convention of Children's Rights was approved by the UN General Assembly. With the establishment of the committee on Children's Rights and the appointment of special envoys whose assignment was the accurate examination of children's rights violations, the world's attention was directed towards issues concerning children. However, despite all the attention, the present situation of children in many parts of the world is deplorable. Everyday millions of children around the world are faced with poverty,
A four day exhibition was held along with this seminar, presenting the works of the girl children and the various activities of the different girl-child organisations This seminar which was opened by a message from the President of the Republic, Mr Hashemi Rafsanjani discussed and produced papers by various ministers, professionals and representatives of the girl child in different provinces and discussed the present situation of the girl child in Iran The article below looks at the position of girl children in to days world, with an emphasis that "Today's girls are tomorrow's mothers, therefore paying attention to them is paying attention to the future generations"
Worldwide efforts to protect and ensure children's rights began in 1959 when the United Nations General Assembly passed the Declaration on Children's Rights. Although the ten principles presented in the mentioned declaration could have outlined the primary rights of children, but over the past decades children's rights have been violated and abused in many corners of the world, so that new mechanisms had to be designed to ensure that children's rights are protected.It was in the pursuit of this goal that in 1989 the Convention of Children's Rights was approved by the UN General Assembly. With the establishment of the committee on Children's Rights and the appointment of special envoys whose assignment was the accurate examination of children's rights violations, the world's attention was directed towards issues concerning children. However, despite all the attention, the present situation of children in many parts of the world is deplorable. Everyday millions of children around the world are faced with poverty,