ICYO - Youth Information

(E-Newsletter from network of youth organizations in India)

                              No. 2007/ 47

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ICYO - Platform of 356 Youth Organizations in India.    

ICYO - India’s largest network of urban and rural youth.

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‘Parent nod must for minors’ check-up’

 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: As a reaction to the controversial medical check-up of students in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury has said that parental consent is mandatory while dealing with minors.

 

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a child rights body under the ministry, had instituted an inquiry into the medical check-up and recommended that the school should issue a public apology and the students be compensated.

 

Chowdhury on Tuesday said: ‘‘Medical check-up of minor children cannot be done without the permission of their parents. There are laws in this regard. The guidelines are quite clear on this. Even their photographs cannot be published without their permission.’’

 

The NCPCR’s probe also recommended that strict action be taken against the doctors who conducted the tests. Chowdhury said: ‘‘The health ministry has to take action against them. We will just give suggestions,’’she said.

 

With the protection of children high on its priority, the government has prepared an action plan to implement the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS). Under the scheme, all states and districts will have child protection units with a budget of over Rs 2,000 crore.

 

The scheme is expected to be implemented in a phased manner with the pilot project in five states — Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Andhra Pradesh — costing Rs 90 crore.

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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental network organization, committed in developing areas of mutual cooperation and understanding among different youth voluntary agencies, youth groups, clubs and individuals working in the field of youth welfare in India.  ICYO functions as an umbrella organization of youth NGOs in India. It's family consists of over 356 organizations spread in 122 districts of 22 states from different corners of India.

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Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY); Asian Youth Council (AYC); Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN); CRIN, South Asia Youth; Environment Network (SAYEN); ATSECE-DELHI, Indian Network for Combating Trafficking; Affiliate with ECPAT International, 
Indian Partner of AIDS Care Watch Campaign;
Steering Committee member of World Bank's YDP Network;
Working relation with Indian Association of Parliamentarians (IAPPD);
International Medical Parliamentarians Organizations (IMPO);
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD);
World Youth Foundation, Malaysia