Play the Rights Card – National Opinion Poll for Children

Children celebrate 25 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in the capital

UNICEF India along with children of the NINEISMINE campaign engage in an audit on children's experiences of their rights and their views on each.

Close to 175 children representing 26 states and union territories of India assemble in the capital on July 17 to 20, 2014 for the National Opinion Poll campaign for Children for workshops on their expectations from the CRC. These children, in turn, will reach out to approximately 10,000 children through 26 regional workshops, to collect their opinions and expectations from rights as enshrined in the UN CRC.

You are cordially invited to participate in the official kick off event of the National Opinion Poll campaign for Children.

Date: July 20, 2014

Venue: St. Columba’s School Auditorium, New Delhi

Time: 5:30 – 7:00pm

Special attendees would include:

-Mr. Louis-Georges Arsenault (UNICEF Representative of India)

-Ms Lise Grande (UN RCO),

-Br Philip Pinto and

-Amitabh Behar (Global co-chair of GCAAP).

There will also be performances of children on the four pillars of child rights through the medium of dance, painting, musical instruments and puppetry. This will be followed by an awards ceremony on social justice and advocacy leaders among students across India, and awards to winners of the art competition held on CRC earlier this year.

For more information, please contact:

Br Steve, convener, NINEISMINE. Tel: +91 9911602999

Sonia Sarkar, Communication Officer (Media), UNICEF India. Tel: +91-98-9186-1445; e-mail:ssarkar@unicef.org

Sonia Sarkar

Communication Officer (Media) , UNICEF India

Tel (+91) 9810170289,9891861445;

Email: ssarkar@unicef.org