REGIONAL CAMPAIGN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

A regional campaign to end violence against children in the Asia-Pacific region was launched in Sri Lanka with the Secretary to the Ministry of Child Affairs in Sri Lanka Chandrani Senarathne as chief guest, supported by World Vision and a host of collaborative organisations that have bought into this global challenge. Leaders from Sri Lanka’s multiple faiths joined over 120 participants at the conference in a bid to examine their role to end violence against children in a roundtable, while a separate panel featured youth leaders from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar in intense discussion.