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Children’s Rights: Newborn outside a house in Akkar; no accurate statistics on child marriages
31-10-2018
A newborn was found inside a box in front of a house in Hay el Bahr area of Akkar in the North. A security squad arrived at the scene and transferred the baby to Halba Government Hospital where he was found in good health condition. Legal procedures are expected to take place in preparation to hand the child to a proper care center. On the other hand, the representative of UNFPA in Lebanon, Asma Kurdahi, told An Nahar newspaper that there are no accurate statistics on child marriage cases and birth rates in the country. She said the UN agency is working with community organizations to approve birth spacing, stressing that the issue needs perseverance and follow up through training and educating persons with communication skills to relate instructions to Lebanese and Syrian refugee women. Kordahi also drew attention to the contributions of health guidance programs to this effect, and efforts made in the area of the marriage of minors and the mounting need for family planning. “We have felt a positivity seeing a wife accompanied by her husband to one of the facilitation sessions…” said Kordahi. She revealed that a strategy is currently under preparation with the ministry for women and NCLW to launch the national action plan for the implementation of UN Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. (An Nahar, Al Mustaqbal, October 31, 2018)
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