By Adebisi Adeyemi Lagos, Nigeria
The Women Development and Child’s Rights Programme of Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan will hold this year’s annual key stakeholders conference on child’ s rights on Monday 12th June, 2017.
The venue of the conference is J. Travers place at the Justice Development and Peace Commission premises inside St. Patrick’s Catholic Church compound, Basorun, Ibadan.
The programme which is one of the major activities in the intervention programme of the commission tagged “Action against Child Trafficking and Labour in Ibadan Oyo State” is targeted at facilitating joint action among key stakeholders on child’s rights issues in the pace setter state.
June 12 of every year has been set aside by the United Nations Organization (UNO) to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The theme for the 2017 celebration is “Effects of Conflicts and Disasters on Child Labour”.
Highlights at the conference will include; registration of participants; welcome address; paper presentations by resource persons and other presentations by School Based Children Groups (Child’s Rights Clubs) including; drama, speech, poetry; presentation of a video documentary on child trafficking and labour in Ibadan; good will messages and question and answer sessions.
