Renowned actress Babita made a fervent call to policymakers, law enforcers and civil society for taking effective measures to prevent children from hazardous work.
The once top heroine in the country's cine world made the appeal during a visit to Manipur village in Gazipur district where she stayed all day with underprivileged children and their families.
US-based Distressed Children and Infants International, for which Babita is a goodwill ambassador, arranged the event to mark the 10th World Day against Child Labour on Thursday.
Seeing many children working there in hazardous conditions only to supplement their parents living, Babita said DCI had taken initiatives to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in the next five years.
A DCI press release said on Saturday that the actress would attend the 3rd conference on child rights scheduled to be held on September 10 at Yale University, USA. After the conference, she will visit several states in the USA and Canada to campaign for upholding child rights.
Source : New Age
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