AMMAN— Jordan will Sunday celebrate the World
Children's Day (WCD) due to the importance of promoting and implementing
children’s rights to advance childhood and build a better future for children,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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WCD
is marked as set by the United Nations on November 20 annually and 2022
celebration comes under the theme: "Inclusion for Every Child".
In
a statement on Saturday, Secretary-General of the National Council for Family
Affairs (NCFA), Dr. Mohammad Miqdadi, said the council, since its
establishment, has adopted a "clear" vision related to childhood and
early childhood issues, pointing out that NCFA inception came as a follow-up to
Early Childhood Development Strategy for 2000.
NCFA
sought to achieve the strategy's objectives and implement its activities to
ensure provision of comprehensive care for children, he noted.
Miqdadi
added that the Jordanian government's approval of the Child Rights Law No. (17)
of 2022, which coincided with the 20th anniversary of NCFA's establishment, is
its "most significant" achievement, as a constitution for child
protection with its legal articles that preserve childhood rights, especially
in light of their continued exposure to violence in its various forms.
According
to Miqdadi, results of the national study on anti-child violence in Jordan,
which was prepared by NCFA in cooperation with UNICEF in 2020, showed that 74.6
percent of children in the 8-17 age group were exposed to at least one form of
physical violence, while 58.3 percent and 27.3 of the same group suffered at
least one form of psychological and sexual violence, respectively.
Meanwhile,
13.2 percent of the same group age were reportedly exposed to at least a single
form of cyber-bullying, he noted.
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