A coordination committee has been formed in 2009 to enhance the process of
newborn registration in the Sudan. The committee comprised representatives from
the Ministry of the Interior (Civil Rolls), Federal Ministry of Health, Ministry of
Education, Central Census Bureau, National Population Council, Advisory
Council for Human Rights, Family and Child Protection Unit (Police), Sudanese
Women Union, UNHCR, Plan Sudan and Journalists for Children Organization.
The committee is to implement the newborn registration project in four years.
Activities of project include:
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Raise awareness of families and communities.
Revision of legislations on the registration of newborn.
Issuance of birth certificates free of charge.
Provision of technical support, upgrading of admin structures and capacity
building in federal and state instructions dealing with registration of
newborn.
Work on the project commenced in early 2009 in coordination with all agencies
concerned and stakeholders.
Advocacy Campaign for Childhood Issues:
This campaign has started on 16 June 2007 in Nayala, Southern Darfur state,
on the occasion of celebrating the African Child Day. The campaign aims at
the protection of children from all kinds of violence, abuse and neglect;
comprising ten particular issues, namely child soldiers, abandoned babies,
children in conflict with the law, FGM, gender based violence, raising
awareness about landmines and unexploded ammunitions, registration of
newborn, physical punishment at home and school and trafficking in children.
o The campaign produces and broadcasts media messages and drama in all
states of the Sudan.
o Production and distribution of lively aids such as T-shirts, caps, cups with
messages on them and printing of brochures and pamphlets.
o Organization of workshops to the press people to enlighten them on the
objectives of the campaign. The fruit of this was the signature of a code
of ethics protecting children from negative aspects of media.
o Issuance of a manual containing guidelines for families on how to protect
children. A number of other similar publications were issued.
As for the code of ethics with journalist the NCCW has organized a number of activities
in this regard, which are contained in Table (1) below. They included international
instruments on the rights and protection of the child, especially the UNCRC and its tow
optional protocols:
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