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BABYCARE-GOODCITIZEN TWO LAST DHAKA

This position was upgraded from the last year’s rank of 134th, as
Bangladesh scored 701 out of possible 1000 points, up by 21 points, basically
for an increase in the number of school going children, the report said
quoting a UNESCO data that the country’s out-of-school children’s rate fell
down by 27 percent in only one year.

It is not, however, confirmed yet whether the researchers have sought the
parents’ opinion to clearly express what they perceive about their children
to be. Given the potentially self-fulfilling nature of parental wishes, it is
important to take a good care as early in the child’s life as possible to
subsequently explore whether and how the parents’ beliefs play out to a
larger extent.

Children’s evolving capacity to assert their rights allows for the gradual
mastery of decision-making. When children are allowed the opportunity to be
heard in matters that affect them, they develop competency and the ability to
function in a civilized society.

It is important to take into cognizance that the UNCRC provides for
participatory rights. Having the right to participate, however, is not the
same as having the right to decide. Participatory rights simply allow
children the opportunity, in matters that affect them, to express their views
to the decision makers.

Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad passed the Child Bill 2013 as an act in
harmonization with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
It replaced the Child Act 1974 passed by the government of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

His daughter and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in demonstrating her sincere
affection for all children of the country took the initiative to pass this
act in parliament. “The passing of the act is a great milestone for children
in Bangladesh,” UNICEF said in a statement.

The act has a provision for child victims and witnesses cementing legal
instruments for their protection, including compensation for victims. UNICEF
formulated a framework of child-focused budget in partnership with the
government and the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh.

Still, a mother is the key figure in a family to properly care for her baby
while a father must be the most trusted helping hand in this holy task as
both of them have identical hopes to see their children grow as the ones to
illuminate their parents’ face.

More importantly, the development of human life in the womb is just amazing
since, month-by-month, a baby grows in the safety and comfort of his/her
mother’s womb until the big day of birth finally arrives.

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