Atanas Manyala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: My Ministry is charged with the overall responsibility of protecting all children below the age of 18 years from abuse, neglect and exploitation, irrespective of their gender, race or nationality. Among the child protection measures or programmes in place are:- view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (i) Orphans and vulnerable children cash transfer programmes; view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) capacity building of childcare protection officers; view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) establishment of child protection centres; view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (iv) establishment of child helpline No.116; view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (v) increased number of children officers; view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (vi) establishment of children assemblies; and, view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (vii) childcare and rehabilitation institutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, so far there are no specific programmes to address the promotion of education of the boy child in the country. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, both sexes are vulnerable to abuse. The Ministry is also aware that the boy child faces a number of challenges such as--- view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the boy child has faced a number of challenges such as drugs and substance abuse, child labour in agricultural farms, herding, soil harvesting and sexual abuse besides other forms of violence against children. So far, no study has been carried out to establish the magnitude of problems facing the boy child. The boys--- view