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Child welfare in Myanmar, the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ မိခင်နှင့်ကလေး စောင့်ရှောက်ရေး အသင်း, abbreviated MMCWA) is a non-governmental organisation in Burma which aims to protects mothers and their children in the country.
It provides the overarching framework and the strongest point of reference for safeguarding children. The convention is complemented by three Optional Protocols, one on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography , another one on the involvement of children in armed conflict , and a third and more recent Protocol on a ...
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (Burmese: လူမှုဝန်ထမ်းကယ်ဆယ်ရေးနှင့်ပြန်လည် နေရာချထားရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန) administers Burma's social welfare, relief and resettlement affairs.
Safeguarding is the duty of a person given the powers of responsibility for the child to take the necessary measures to protect the child. If a child is physically or sexually abused, then there is an (abusive) person responsible for the assault and a (negligent) person responsible for failing to protect them from the assault.
The Myanmar Red Cross, for example, does carry out red cross related duties, but is also considered as a potential reserve force in times of conflict, while the War Veterans' Organisation is a quasi-political society. The following is a list of social and non-governmental organisations in Myanmar:
Convention on the Rights of the Child; Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography; CITES; Agreement establishing the Common Fund for Commodities; Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty; Convention Concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938; Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
This is an incomplete list of official social and NGO organisations in Myanmar. You can expand it. Auxiliary Fire Brigade; Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA)