Yeongju City Holds 5th Child Participation Committee Inauguration Ceremony and Child Rights Education

"Building Yeongju Together with Children"

On April 19, Yeongju City held the "2025 5th Child Participation Committee Inauguration Ceremony and Child Rights Education" at the city hall auditorium to guarantee children's right to participation.

The Child Participation Committee is an institutional body established to realize the "right to participation," one of the four core rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is designed to allow children to directly propose opinions on local child-related policies and to participate in activities to promote children's rights.

The event was attended by about 20 people, including members of the Child Participation Committee and related officials. The program included the presentation of appointment letters to new committee members, the reading of a pledge of commitment, an orientation session (including self-introductions and an overview of operational plans), child rights education, and group activities.

Last month, the city selected 15 members for the 5th Child Participation Committee through an open recruitment process and formed the committee. Over the next two years, they will engage in a variety of activities under the theme "Yeongju City Dreamed of by Children," including proposing child policies, monitoring policies, promoting rights, and conducting campaigns.

Hwang Mo (female, 9th grade), a newly appointed committee member, said, "We will faithfully carry out our activities on the Child Participation Committee with the mindset that we represent the children of Yeongju City."

Kim Geumju, head of the Department of Children and Youth, said, "As members of the Child Participation Committee representing the children of Yeongju City, I hope you will take pride and responsibility and participate actively. We will do our best to make Yeongju City a child-friendly city where children's opinions are genuinely reflected in child policies."

Yeongju City is holding the inauguration ceremony of the 5th Child Participation Committee and child rights education.

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