CHILD PARLIAMENT

What is Child Parliament?

Child Parliament is a platform of young people from 12 up to 18 years age. It represents children from all strata of society – from rural and urban areas, school going and non school going children, physically impaired children, children living in the slum, in the street, working children from ethnic minority groups, and children of sex workers.

Child Parliament provides a forum to formulate pro-child policies based on their research evidence. Through this they can identify, discuss, and raise their collective voice to influence the policy making bodies of the Government, NGOs, donors, and civil society members. Child Parliament functions under the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

CP is consists of 128 members from all 64 districts of Bangladesh (one girl and one boy from each district). The Child Parliamentarians are elected by members of National Children’s Task Force in each district. CP comprises of one Speaker, two Deputy Speakers, and two Advisers. It also has a core committee of 11 members. All are elected by Child Parliamentarians themselves.

Our mission is to create a violence-less situation in the country for the children.