A Non Government Organisation(NGO) working towards improving the welfare and upholding the rights of children in the country has expressed concern in the manner children’s rights are being violated in reformatory centers in the country.
Children in Need Network (CHIN) Executive Director Pamela Chisanga disclosed that reformatory centers last year recorded the highest number of children rights abuse through corporal capital punishment.
And Mrs.Chisanga has since called on government to quickly intervene in manner by abolishing act.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today, Mrs. Chisanga noted that corporal punishment has negative effects on the growth of children hence the need for government to consider abolishing the act in order to protect the rights of children.
Mrs. Chisanga said Zambia is a signatory to different United Nations convention on the rights of children, adding that it is for this reason that children’s rights should be maintained despite the condition or area they may find themselves in.
She charged that reformatory centers such as Katombora should be used as a place for reformation for children and not violation of their rights.
She explained that capital punishment on children offenders in the country has being widely used as a form of punishment, adding that this has lead to rampant violation of children’s right.
She said owing to this government should consider mating other forms of productive punishments that can help children offenders’ to reform and contribute to the economic growth of the country.
The CHIN Executive Director cited the agricultural sector as one of the sectors that children can be engaged in and help towards food production of the country, rather than capital punishment.
She said if children are engaged in agricultural activities they are likely to contribute towards the food production of the nation therefore contributing to the food security of the country.
She further disclosed that her organization is currently working with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to ensure that issues that affect the rights of children in the country are effectively addressed.
She further called on Member’s of Parliament (MP’s) and other stakeholders to help her organization and the HRC in sensitizing the public on the dangers of violating children’s rights.
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Children are de future, so let’s help dem fi be strong enuff to face tomorrow. Fire pon all child abusers!
they know this has been happening for a long time..
:o:o:o:o:o:ochildren are the future and som1 wants thiz kids to b big thugs in the future so ey giv em capital punishment……..dem 😕
Zoona!! This is sad and hilarious at the same time. Use children in the agric sector? Isn’t that child labor?
Anyway, she is right in that corporal punishment isn’t the only way to disciplining children Most of the kids found at the refematory schools come from abusive households, thats why the run away in the first place!! So subjacting them to these conditions is inhumane.
This is quiet sad.Reformatory centres are suppose to help the nation mould the little ones into responsible children when they grow up. If they are abusing they better stop outright.These are future leaders.The centre cant close all their doors.
Capital punishment,in all forms is no good for kids..(same applies to child abuse).
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They just end up turning into hardcore criminals at the reformatory ceters,hence intead of learning some life skills they end learning about how to improve on their stealing skills when they come out
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Very sad reading indeed. The emphasis of these institutions seems to be punishment rather than rehabilitation.The end product is bound to be one hardened criminal with no regard for other people. Corporal punishment has no role whatsoever in modern Zambia. Which law allows such abuse?
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