The debate in Strasbourg, France at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, included medical experts, religious leaders and genital integrity activists.
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacebuilding office in the country, authorised the use of force by European Union troops, and added travel bans and asset freezes to an arms embargo already in place.
Pakistan's long-awaited Sindh Child Protection Authority Act will be made operational in a few days as social activists and the social welfare ministry have inched closer to finalising its rules and regulations.
A Children's manifesto, voicing the violations of child rights in the state as well as the country, has been prepared by 50 children from different villages across Odisha and presented to the policy makers of the state.