On July 17, the day when it has been one year since the entry into force of the Child Protection Law, the Eye of Vision organization in partnership with the organization Save the Children in Kosovo and in cooperation with the Office for Good Governance and the Parliamentary Commission for Rights of Humanity, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions have carried out the awareness campaign “The belt is not for beating me” as part of the campaign to stop corporal punishment and violence against children RriteMeDashni.
Habit Hajredini, Director of the Office for Good Governance in the Office of the Prime Minister, said that they are in the process of completing the legal framework so that children are protected from any form of violence: “Today, the joint campaign with these two organizations has started which aims to raise awareness to work harder in implementing the Child Protection Law and we as institutions are completing the legal framework. From here I call for institutional mobilization from all social levels to implement the Child Protection Law”.
On the other hand, Naser Lajqi, project manager and expert in the field of child protection in the Eye of Vision organization, appealed to everyone that the Law on Child Protection find applicability: “We appeal to all adults to contribute and take responsibility in accordance with this Law and thus protect children wherever they are by preventing any kind of violence against them.”
While Veton Kryeziu from Save the Children said that the institutions should work more in implementing the Law: “Forms of violence against children are punishable and must be prevented. Institutions should work to implement this law. Violence in any form is prohibited. We, as two organizations, are constantly offering help to institutions to provide children with a healthy environment for growth
The children of the Respect Our Rights-ROR Group were also part of the “Rrypi nukêşte per me mreh” campaign. The leader of this group, Puhiza Shemsedini, has asked parents not to use the thong as a tool to use violence against children, but to keep the pants: “Today, in this campaign, we want to sensitize the parents in the first place, that they to understand the role that the belt has, not to beat children, but to tie pants or skirts. Even the institutions should do much more so that we children experience the implementation of the law that protects us, creating safety and conditions and opportunities for us everywhere”, she concluded.
The purpose of this campaign is to promote the Child Protection Law – one year after its entry into force and the ban on corporal punishment, making all citizens aware of the prevention of violence and corporal punishment against children, as well as government institutions to take immediate action in implementation of this Law so that children feel the protection and security and the rights guaranteed by the state.
Also, this activity aims to raise the awareness of parents and legal guardians about the consequences of corporal punishment and the use of violence, as a very pronounced phenomenon in the family.
The campaign to ban corporal punishment and violence against children RriteMeDashni is carried out within the thematic program in the field of child protection and governance with children’s rights “Our obligation to the future – Protection of children and governance of children’s rights” which implemented by Syri i Vizioni in partnership with Save the Children, office in Kosovo, and funded by the Swedish International Development Agency.
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