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Childhood Justice Collective (CJC) convenor Marcus Kissoon is calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to recommit to a child-centred approach to national development, amid growing concerns over the number of children being affected by violence and abuse.
Speaking against the backdrop of several recent child deaths that have sparked national concern, the child rights advocate urged the Prime Minister to draw on her longstanding history of engagement with civil society organisations and advocates for women and children.
During an interview with Guardian Media yesterday, Kissoon said, “I’m actually calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to remember her earlier work with people like Hazel brown and Diana Mahabir-Wyatt, and when she worked with the Hindu Women’s Organisation, and when she really invested in the school child, to think about where her mind, her analysis was and where her heart was when she centred the nation’s children in national development strategic planning… I am calling on her to bring back that kind of human-centred development framework for the nation.”
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