INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Parliamentary Caucus for Children Chaired by MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna which met recently in Parliament has directed its attention
towards the reproductive health and sexuality education for school children and cyber violence against children in Sri Lanka.The officials
present stated that educating school children of Sri Lanka regarding reproductive health and sexuality education is initially aimed at being
stated that the Caucus wishes to launch this initiative by October officially, the Communications Department of Parliament said in a
statement.The Caucus also discussed the need to create content pertaining to Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education for the purpose of
spread of drugs among children and the rights of children.The Caucus also looked into re-introducing the complaint box kept in all schools
where children can submit their concerns incognito
The Caucus further discussed to make children aware of the 1929 hotline service.The Caucus also looked into the current context and the
application of laws pertaining to cyber violence against children in Sri Lanka
The Caucus expressed that the Cyber Security Bill is in the draft stage and for the officials to submit their recommendations and
It was also disclosed that there are many child pornography sites, Facebook pages including other social media platforms with harassing
Deputy Co-Chair of the Caucus, Velu Kumar, MPs (Dr.) V
Radhakrishnan, Eran Wickramaratne, (Ms.) Thalatha Athukorala were also present at the committee meeting held.
