{"id":4323,"date":"2023-11-20T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=4323"},"modified":"2023-11-20T07:06:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T07:06:01","slug":"childrens-delegation-calls-upon-president-discusses-issues-and-rights-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=4323","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s delegation calls upon President, discusses issues and rights of children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" data-id=\"4324\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231120-WA0018-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231120-WA0018-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231120-WA0018-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231120-WA0018-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231120-WA0018-1536x847.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231120-WA0018-2048x1129.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : In connection with World Children\u2019s Day, a delegation of children representing four provinces, as well as, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, nominated by the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), called on President Dr Arif Alvi. The delegation was led by UNICEF&#8217;s first-ever Youth Advocate in Pakistan, sixteen-year-old, Ms. Taqwa Ahmad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The children highlighted various issues and challenges being faced by them, besides discussing their hopes and expectations for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking to children, the President said that Pakistan was committed to taking steps for the rights and well-being of children. He said that measures were being taken to equip children with education, skills and training. He stated that children with disabilities needed to be provided inclusive education in regular schools to make them part of mainstream of society, besides equipping them with skillsets to help them find employment in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The children asked various questions about climate change, girls\u2019 education, children with disabilities, and other challenges being faced by them. The children also shared their experiences and called for taking steps to provide them a conducive environment to grow and flourish in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, the children also attended a hearing, held by the President, in a case related to the banking sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : In connection with World Children\u2019s Day, a delegation of children representing four provinces, as well as, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, nominated by the United Nations&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4325,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions\/4325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}