People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR)

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Action Plan of JMN for Jan Mitra Gaon (People's friendly Village)

Specific objectives of the project:

  
Action Plan of JMN for Jan Mitra Gaon (People's friendly Village )

This plan of action is based on the decision taken jointly by JMN & CRY to concentrate on only three intervention areas such as Baguanala, Shivrampur and Belwa. These areas are selected by JMN to make model villages and slum for child rights. Other than model building, JMN will focus on mobilizing Boonkars (Weavers), Dastakar (Artisans), Mushars and Nauuts in Varanasi district for the protection, promotion and fulfillment of their livelihood rights and Human Rights in general and Child Rights in particular.

Specific objectives of the project:

The specific objectives of the project are to build up two villages and one urban slum as models for child rights through taking up the following specific activities:

Right to Survival:
· Ensuring 100% immunization of children and pregnant women.
· Activation of all SCs and PHCs.
· Ensuring the regular health check ups of the people.
· Ensuring active participation of Panchayat Health Committees.
· Ensuring the citizenship & identity of each & every individual focusing on Dalits and marginalized.

Right to Development:

· Ensuring all children to access the pre-primary, primary and middle schools of the government.
· Ensuring quality education to all children.
· Ensuring 100% enrollment, retention in educational institutions available now and beyond.
· Activation of complete activation of VECs.
· Mainstreaming of Physically Challenged Children.

 

Right to Protection:
· Ensuring land rights of Dalits and minorities.
· Ensuring protection of Human Rights of Dalits.
· Ensuring minimum wages of unorganized labour.
· Put an end to the bondage of children in particular and their parents in general.
· Eviction of self proclaimed upper caste from GS land and distribution of these among landless marginalised families.
· Suitable implementation of Land Ceiling Act and distribution of surplus land among landless, especially Dalits.
· Ensuring ownership of looms to the weavers.
· Suitable implementation of government’s employment schemes.
· Raise demand for Education for All and Work for All.
· Building awareness among the people of their rights and duties.
· Sensitizing the Local Self Government and demand their participation in the struggle toward establishment of CR.
· Ensuring 100% elimination of child labour in these village and slum.
· Building people’s campaign against Injustice & exploitation.
· Ensuring maximum attendance of people and participation of people in Gram Sabha meetings as stipulated in the Panchayati Raj Act.

Right to Participation:
· Ensuring participation of the children in decision making process in the village
· Encouraging children to build children’s parliament.
· Mobilizing youths in all campaigns against injustice.

Quantitative and Detailed Action Plan of JMN are Given below:

Right to Survival

Art. 7 & 8:Right to Citizenship ,Identity.Art. 24 :Mother & Child health Measurement Parameters Quantitative Status and Targets Expected Quantitative Result Expected Qualitative Result.
  Cut off ( June 03) Present Status (31st October) 04 Total for the next year Target for the next year
Children birth registration to be done 14 16 16 + new 100% 100% birth registration of all children All children will have birth registration for the assured nationality and citizenship.
Families not registered with ration card 1132 61 families 61 families All families to have ration cards. All eligible families will have ration cards Community would be aware about the various food schemes of the Government and capable of asserting their rights. Real beneficiaries are getting benefits of food schemes of the government.
Families without Voter identity NA NA NA All eligible voters will have name in the voter list. 100% voters have name in the voter list Citizenship and nationality of all sections of people would be secured through inclusion of name in the voter list.
No. of Children to be immunized 0 14 children are not immunized 14 + new 100% 100% immunization of children Community would be aware about the importance of immunization. ANMs would be coming regularly to villages. All children and mothers would be immunized.
Pregnant women to be immunised 05 20 women are not immunized 20 + new 100% 100% immunization of pregnant women Same as above
Reduction of Non-Institutional Delivery NA 81% 81% To be reduced by 20% ANM, and Doctors would attend more deliveries. Doctors would attend more deliveries and ANM and the rate of Infant mortality and maternal mortality would be reduced.
ICDS centre to be made active 1 Belwa and 2 Shivrampur are not active 1 Belwa and 2 Shivrampur are not active 1 Belwa and 2 Shivrampur are to be activated. 1 Belwa and 2 Shivrampur are to be activated. One ICDS centres at Belwa and two at Shivrampur would be active. Children, women and adolescents girls will be getting nutritious food and regular health check up.
ICDS centre to be demanded NA Shivrampur needs 2 ICDS centres and Belwa needs two more ICDS centre Two ICDS centres at Shivrampur and two ICDS centres at Belwa to be demanded. One ICDS centres at Shivrampur and one ICDS centres at Belwa to be demanded. Demands for two ICDS centres will be raised. Community will be mobilized to press for the demands for new ICDS centres.
PHC /SC activated NA 1 sub-centre and two PHCs are not activated. 1 sub-centre, two PHCs are to be activated 1 sub-centre ( Belwa) and two PHCs ( nearest of Belwa and Shivrampur) and are to be activated. All SCs,PHCs and CHCs will be cumulatively becoming functional due to the increasing pressure from the mass people People will realise that right to health care as a fundamental human right. And it the duty of the Governmentto provide it to all its citizens through activation of all SCs and PHCs and other health institutions.
Active District Health Centres NA Two District Health Centres are not activated. Two District Health Centres are not activated. One District Health centre to be activated. People, especially people of Baguanala will be getting better health care Same as above
New PHC/SC demanded 1 SC has been demanded at Shivrampur. 1 SC has been demanded at Shivrampur. Demand for SC at Shivrampur has to be proliferated. Demand for SC at Shivrampur has to be proliferated. Demand is further proliferated. Same as above
Infant Mortality, Child Mortality and Maternal Mortality to be monitored and reasons are identified. NA NA Infant Mortality, Child Mortality and Maternal Mortality to be monitored and reasons are identified. Infant Mortality, Child Mortality and Maternal Mortality to be monitored and reasons are identified. Data will be in place Reasons of IMR, CMR and MMR are understood and programmes will be designed to address these reasons.
Dais to be trained in liasioning with local Health Administration. Dais are not trained Dais are not trained Dais to be trained. Dais to be trained. 20 Dais will be trained in collaboration with the Health Department. Trained Dais will be attending Non-Institutional Deliveries.

Right to Survival (Activities in CR Grid)

Programmes / Development Indicators. DA with children Action with Community Action with Local Self Government and local Administration Right to Survival (Activities in CR Grid)
Birth Registration of all children a. Member of Bal Sansad will inform all children about the importance of birth registration through meetings, story telling, cultural shows, etc.b. Member of Bal Sansad will participate at the Gherao of Belwa village Panchayat Secretary and the Block Development Officer. Similarly, for Baguanala Slums, children will participate in dharna in front of the office of Varanasi Municipal Corporation. C. Information will be disseminated to children about the importance of birth registration. And further strategy will be chalked out on the basis of the opinion given by children. a. Regular meetings with Muslim communities in Shivrampur village, among Nauut, Mushar, Rajbhar and Dalits and Muslims in Belwa village and dwellers of Baguanala slums to create awareness about birth registration. b. Capacity of CBOs will be built up to such an extent that they can pressurize the local panchayats to ensure birth registration of all children. a. Regular meetings with Panchayat Presidents, Panchayat Secretaries and officials of Varanasi Nagar Nigam to sensitize them about the importance of Birth Registration of all children. Working with VOP for the macro level initiatives of birth registration in the entire state.
Immunization of all children and pregnant women in the operational area. a. Bal Sansad members will be informed what are the fatal diseases that might attack children if they are not immunised. b. Bal Sansad members will, in turn, educate all children in the operational area what are the vaccines required to be administered to children as well as to pregnant mother to reduce infant mortality, child mortality and maternal mortality. a. Community will be engaged in the regular discussion on the immunization of pregnant mother and children to achieve cent percent immunization in all operational area.b. Community pressure will be mounted on ANMs, SCs, PHCs, CHC and District Health Centre to ensure immunization of all mother and children. c. Community will be encouraged to raise the issue of immunization of children and mothers at the Gram Sabha meeting. a. Regular dialogues will be maintained with Panchayat Health Committees and other panchayats members to involve them in the campaign for cent percent immunization of pregnant women and children.c. Interface will be developed with the doctors of PHCs, CHCs, CDS (at Baguanala), to ensure immunization of pregnant women and children in the operational area. Besides, regular interface will be maintained with CMO to ensure regular supply of vaccines, iron tablets in all SCs and PHCs. a. VOP will be influenced to take up the issue of availability of vaccines, iron tablets in all SCs, PHCs and CHCs of the state.b. PVCHR will do networking with other like-minded organizations, which are working on similar issue to form a formidable network to influence state and central government.
Demand for the new SCs and PHC and Activation of existing SCs and PHCs. a. Bal Sansad members will educate children about the necessity of having name in the voter list to increase the interest of children in voting and election since childhood. a. Community will be educated about the procedure involved in voter list making and what is the politics involved in exclusion of certain names in the correction of voter before each election.b. Besides, community will be informed what role they should play during the correction of voter list. a. Panchayat members will be sensitized about the inclusion of all names in the voter list.b. Interface will be developed with the District Electoral Officer to ensure the inclusion of all eligible voters in the voter list. a. If the District Electoral Officer does not take appropriate action, the attention of the State Electoral Officer and the Election Commission will be drawn.
Activation of ICDS centre a. Bal Sansad members will initiate to bring all children to the nearest ICDS centre.b. Bal Sansad members will collect information about what are the foods given at ICDS centre.c. Bal Sansad members will prepare a report card of each ICDS centre in the village. This report card will have information about attendance of ICDS teacher and her Assistant. a. Inputs will be provided to the team members of JMN and Community leaders specifically on the role and functioning of ICDS centres.b. Community leaders and JMN team members will educate the entire community about the functioning of ICDS centre.C. Community, in turn, will keep strict vigil on the functioning of ICDS by recording the attendance of each ICDS teacher, what are foods distributed, whether ICDS teacher is doing real survey about the health status of women and children or filling up forms sitting at home, etc. a. Dialogues with Panchayat members at all levels to involve them in the campaign for activation of ICDS.b. Putting pressure on CDPO and District Child Welfare Officer to be more vigilant towards functioning of ICDS centre.c. Publication of stories regarding status of ICDS centre in local media to put additional pressure on administration. a. Bringing VOP and LAM and other like minded organizations in to the campaign for the activation of ICDS across the state through public gathering, dharna, rally, lobbying with MLA to put pressure on ICDS’s state administration.
Demand to be raised for new ICDS centres Bal Sansad Members will mobilize all children to participate in the campaign for new ICDS centres. a. JMN activists will mobilize community to raise demand for the setting up of new ICDS centres and bring all children under the ICDS centre as per the promises made in the Common Minimum Programme of the present UPA Government at the centre.b. Community leaders will take up a signature campaign demanding setting up new ICDS centres. a. JMN activists and Community leaders will have discussions with village Panchayat Presidents and other panchayat members regarding the demand for setting up new ICDS centres.b. Memoranda will be submitted to CDPO, District Programme Officer, State Director attaching signatures of children, community and panchayat members. a. This demand will be raised at the state and national level with the support of VOP, NAFRE, LAM and other like-minded organizations working on the same issue.
Inclusion of all eligible voter in the voter list a. Bal Sansad members will educate children about the necessity of having name in the voter list to increase the interest of children in voting and election since childhood. a. Community will be educated about the procedure involved in voter list making and what is the politics involved in exclusion of certain names in the correction of voter before each election.b. Besides, community will be informed what role they should play during the correction of voter list. a. Panchayat members will be sensitized about the inclusion of all names in the voter list.b. Interface will be developed with the District Electoral Officer to ensure the inclusion of all eligible voters in the voter list. a. If the District Electoral Officer does not take appropriate action, the attention of the State Electoral Officer and the Election Commission will be drawn.
Activation of PDS and other employment schemes of the government, which have, provisions food for work programme. a. Bal Sansad members will be will be informed what are the stuff should be available at PDS shop and what price? Bal Sansad members will in turn inform all children of Shivrampur and Belwa Village and Urban b. Children will inform their parents and other people about the various employment schemes of the Government and what is role of Panchayat in it.

c. A workshop will be organized on PDS, food rights and Employment schemes of the Government for the team members of JMN and representatives of PVCHR so that they can organize people for the activation PDS and selection of right beneficiaries in various employment schemes of the Government and raise voice against any malpractices in selecting beneficiaries. . A document will be prepared on the performance of PDS shops and selection of beneficiaries under Targeted Public Distribution system, status of implementation of various employment schemes with the support of the community in all villages of the operational area to boost up the campaign for food rights and employment at the larger level

.b. People will be encouraged to attend each Gram Sabha meeting where supposedly beneficiaries are selected and declared so that they can raise voice if there are any malpractices in choosing beneficiaries.

c. A workshop will be organized on PDS, food rights and Employment schemes of the Government for the team members of JMN and representatives of PVCHR so that they can organize people for the activation PDS and selection of right beneficiaries in various employment schemes of the Government and raise voice against any malpractices in selecting beneficiaries. . A document will be prepared on the performance of PDS shops and selection of beneficiaries under Targeted Public Distribution system, status of implementation of various employment schemes with the support of the community in all villages of the operational area to boost up the campaign for food rights and employment at the larger level.

 a. Panchayats will be pressurized to select beneficiaries of various food schemes and employment schemes only in Gram Sabha meetings.b. Team members of JMN along with representatives will keep regular dialogues with Block Panchayats, District Panchayats, Food and Civil Supply officials and District collector ate for the effective implementation of PDS and implementation of employment schemes in villages. a. Networking will be done with VOP, LAM and NAFRE and other like minded networks working for the activation of PDS in the entire state, more allocation of food grains to more beneficiaries. Ensuring effective implementation of employment schemes. Raising demand for more working days for the landless and unemployed men and women. Ensuring Strict administrative vigil in selecting beneficiaries across the state in general and in the operational area of JMN in particular.
         


Right to Development

Rights Measurement Parameters Quantitative Status and Targets Quantitative out come Qualitative outcome
Cut off (June ’03) Present Status ( Oct.04) Total for the next year Target for the next year
  Children to be covered thru NFE & PPC NA 475 475 children (245 boys and 230 girls) 475 children (245 boys and 230 girls) Set Target will be achieved. Children will not be deprived from the development rights.
  Children to be mainstreamed in govt. schoolc 1970 479 children ( 257 boys and 222 girls) 479 children (257 boys and 222 girls) to be mainstreamed. 479 children (257 boys and 222 girls) to be mainstreamed. Set Target will be achieved. Children will be studying in Government Schools.
  Out of School to be brought under education. 574 278 children are out of school (178 boys and 113) girls) 278 children to be brought to education. 278 children to be brought to education. Set Target will be achieved. Children will be getting education and enjoying their childhood.
  Government Primary schools to be activated. 2 1 primary school at Belwa to be activated 1 school at Belwa to be activated 1 school at Belwa is to be activated Set Target will be achieved. Teachers will be coming regularly to school and imparting quality education to all children
  Activated Government Primary Schools to be retained NA Two primary schools at Shivrampur are activated. Two activated primary schools at Shivrampur to be retained Two activated primary schools at Shivrampur to be retained Set Target will be achieved. Activated schools to retain regularity of teacher(s) and quality of education being imparted to children at Shivrampur village.
  Demand for Middle School Bagunala do not have middle schools Bagunala do not have middle schools Demand for middle school at Baguanala. Demand for middle school at Baguanala to be raised. Set Target will be achieved. Community will be completely mobilized for setting up Middle School.
  Activated Middle School at Shivrampur to be retained. NA Middle School at Shivrampur has been activated Middle School at Shivrampur has to be retained. Middle School at Shivrampur has to be retained Set Target will be achieved. Teachers will be coming regularly to schools like present situation and quality of education being imparted.
  Activation of Middle School at Belwa NA Middle school at Belwa village is not active. Middle School at Belwa to be made active. Middle School at Belwa to be made active. Set Target will be achieved. Teachers will be coming regularly to schools like present situation and quality of education being imparted
  VECs to be made functional Two VECs are non-active I VEC at Shivrampur is activated and at Belwa is not functional. Similarly, Education Committee of Varanasi Corporation is not active Activated VEC of Shivrampur to be retained . VEC of Belwa to be made active and Education Committee of Varanasi Corporation to be made active. Activated VEC of Shivrampur to be retained and VEC of Belwa to be made active and Education Committee of Varanasi Corporation to be made active. Set Target will be achieved. VEC members will be monitoring performance of teachers and students in village. VEC members are motivating children and parents for the regular attendance to school.
  Demand for new Primary Schools. NA In Belwa village, there is no any primary school at the Dalit area and in Baguanala there is no Primary School at all. The tenor of movement for primary schools to be increased at Belwa and Baguanala. The tenor of movement for primary school to be increased at Belwa and Baguanala. Set Target will be achieved. Community will be mobilized to demand for new primary school.
  Demand for more full time teachers for quality education in School NA At Shivrampur, schools do not have adequate number of teachers. At Shivrampur schools, demand for more full time teachers to be raised instead of Shiksha Mitras. At Shivrampur schools, the demand for more full time teachers to be raised instead of Shiksha Mitras. Set Target will be achieved. Schools will have standardized teacher and student ratio.
  100% enrollment villages and Slum No village and Slum has 100% enrollment. Shivrampur, Belwa and Baguanala do not have 100% enrollment Shivrampur, Belwa and Baguanala do not have 100% enrollment Shivrampur to attain 100% enrollment, Belwa to have at least 80% enrollment and Baguanala slum should have at least 60% enrollment in this year. Set Target will be achieved. No child will be out of school in Shivrampur.
  Need to have 100% retention schools   Two primary schools at Shivrampur Two schools at Shivrampur village to have 100% retention. Two schools at Shivrampur village to have 100% retention. Set Target will be achieved. No drop out from the two primary schools at Shivrampur
  CBO active villages on Development No villages and slum has active CBO on Right to Development CBOs are formed in all area but not very active CBOs to be made active in two villages and one urban slum CBOs to be made active in two villages and one urban slum Set Target will be achieved.Set Target will be achieved. Community is mobilized under the umbrella of strong CBOs.
  Physically challenged children to be identified. 11 28 All new physically challenged children to be identified in all operational area. All new physically challenged children to be identified in all operational area. Set Target will be achieved. No physically challenged children will be remained unidentified.
  Physically challenged children are in Mainstreamed in school 11 26 children are mainstreamed out of 28 children. 2 + All physically challenged children. All physically challenged children to be enrolled in mainstream education. Set Target will be achieved. Physically challenged children will not be deprived from education and enjoying company with other children in schools.
  All physically challenged children to have medical certificate and facilities of Governmentschemes. NA NA All Physically challenged children to have medical certificate and facilities of Governmentschemes. All physically challenged children to have medical certificate and facilities of Governmentschemes. Set Target will be achieved. All physically challenged children will have medical certificates and enjoying benefits of all welfare schemes.
  Existing ICDS centre to be activated and new ICDS centres to be set up in all Tolas to impart education to children in the age group of 3-6 years. NA NA Non activated ICDS centres to be activated and new ICDS centres are demanded Non activated ICDS centres to be activated Set Target will be achieved.  

Right to Development (Grid wise Plan)

Programme / Development Parameters DA with children Action with Community Action with Local Self Governmentand local Administration Networking and Policy Advocacy
Enrollment of children in schools It is through Bal Sansad members direct relation ship will be developed with children, especially Mushars, Nauuts, Muslims and Dalits in all villages and Baguanala slum to ensure their enrolment in Government schools where available and enrollment in NFEs where Governmentschool is not available. a. In all operational villages there will be an education committee, which will organize people in each village and motivate parents to send their children either to Government schools or NFEs. Educational committee will discuss the matter of enrollment with Village Education Committee (VEC) of Panchayats to involve them in the process of cent percent enrollment of children in schools. Aligning with VOP, ERG, NAFRE and other state alliances to strengthen the campaign for cent percent enrollment in schools.
Retention of children in schools Bal Sansad members will keep records about the attendance of children in schools, NFEs and PPC. a. Educational committee will engage parents in dialogues whose children are not going to schools regularly.b. Community leaders will keep regular vigil to see whether children are going to school or not a. Educational Committee and Village Education Committee of Panchayats will put pressure on all schools to ensure 100% retentions.  
Management of NFEs and PPC a. Bal Sansad members will collect information from the children about the attendance of teachers in schools and whether their method of teaching is interesting to children or not. Besides, TLM is distributed to all children or not. a. Educational Committee will take up the management of NFEs and PPC. They will give requisitions for TLM and supervise distribution of TLM among children. Educational Committee will ensure that NFE teachers and Caretaker are coming to school regularly and imparting quality education to all children.    
Activation of Government Schools a. Bal Sansad Members will keep the record about the timings of schools, attendance of teachers, distribution of mid day meal and scholarships and books among children. a. Education committee and VEC will keep strong vigil on the timings of schools, attendance of teachers, distribution of grains and scholarship and books among children.b. If schools are not opening regularly, teachers are not coming to schools regularly, anomalies in mid day meals , scholarship and books, then education committee will organize people for the activation of schools through open meetings, raising matters in Gram Sabha meeting.c. Education committee will take up the matter with VEC to involve them in the activation of schools a. Panchayats will pass resolutions demanding activations of schools.b. Education Committee along with VEC will put pressure on the education department and district administration to expedite the process of activation of schools. The issue will be taken up with the state alliance to put pressure at the district and state level for the activation of schools
Demand for new schools Bal sansad will organize children of all villages (Tolas) where there are no schools. All children will sit-in-Dharna in front of the District Collector office and BSA ‘s office simultaneously demanding schools in their close vicinity. a. Education Committee will organize people and will ensure that community people join children in their sit-in- dharna in front of the in front of the District Collector office and BSA’s office simultaneously demanding schools in their village.b. Before going for dharna, there will be series of meetings, dialogues in all villages to unite more and more people in the campaign for more Government schools.c. A document will be prepared with the support of the community incorporating how many children are there in each village and each tola where there are no Government Schools and how many children are dropping out from schools because of the long distance of the schools.d. All facts and figures will be introduced in the Gram Sabha meeting and a resolution will be passed demanding school in each village. a. Community will put pressure on VEC to discharge pro-active role in passing resolutions, demanding schools in each village. b. Community will place their demand for new schools in Block and Zila Panchayats.c. Document, which will made on the status of education, will be distributed among journalists to exert pressure on District Administration d. Journalists will be invited on the day of dharna in front of the office of District Collector and BSA’s office to create public opinion. a. VOP , NAFRE and other like minded organization will be involved in the campaign for Government schools in the operational area of JMN in particular and in the state in general. b. Copies of all the stories which will be published in the newspaper about the people’s demand for new schools will be sent to State Government and central Government to puncture the balloon on government’s claims on Education for All.
Social Support of Physically Challenged and Mentally Retarded Children. Members of Bal Sansad will be sensitized about the rights of this special category of children. Bal Sansad members will then educate all children in the villages to be very sensitized about the rights of this special category of children. a. Data will be updated regularly about this category of children.b. There will be a workshop for the team members and community leaders on the rights of physically challenged and mentally retarded children. This workshop will provide information about Government policies, laws, and other programmes and schemes of the Government and how to avail all these facilities.c. Besides, the workshop will highlight inadequacies of the laws, policies, programme and schemes of the government.d. Community leaders will educate the entire community laws, policies, programme and schemes of the Government and how to avail all these e. Besides, community will be organized to launch a larger campaign to do away with the inadequacies of laws, policies, programme and schemes of the governmentf. Open discussion will be initiated in the Gram Sabha meeting to involve the entire community in initiating demands for the rights of this category of children. a. Panchayat Health Committee will be involved in the campaign for the rights of this special category of children.b. Panchayats will pass resolution-demanding rights of this category of children from the Social Welfare Department. c. Panchayats will put up pressure on the health department to organize special health camp for the medical examination of this children and immediate issue of certificates.d. Memoranda will be submitted to the Chief Medical Officer, District Welfare Officer and District Collector demanding their pro-active role in ensuring the rights of these children. e. Publication of stories in the local newspaper on the plight of Physically and mentally retarded children to generate public opinion. a. Involve VOP, NAFRE and other organizations, which are working on the rights of the physically and mentally retarded children to spread the campaign at the regional, state and national level

Right to Protection

Rights Measurement Parameters
Quantitative Status and Targets
 Quantitative out come Qualitative outcome
Cut off (June 03) Present Status (Oct 04) Total for the next year Target for the next year
  Child labor to be covered under education prog. 48 13 children (10 male and 3 female) 13 + new identified child labour 13 + new identified child labour The set target will be achieved. Child labour will be getting education.
  Villages to be declared C.L free. 11 2 villages and 1 slum 2 villages and 1 slum One village (Shivrampur) to be made child labour free. The set target will be achieved. Shivrampur village will make a sojourn towards child labour free village.
  C.L to be removed from workplace & mainstreamed. NA 13 (10 male and 3 female) 13 + new identified child labour 13 + new identified child labour to be removed from workplace and mainstreamed. The set target will be achieved. Child labours will be freed from drudgery of hard work and will be getting the glimpse of childhood.
  Working children to be covered under education 772 No data is available New working children to be identified and liked to education 177 + New working children identified would be linked to education The set target will be achieved. Working children will be getting new glimpse of childhood after being related to education.
  Children to be freed from bondage 107 91 Bonded Child labour to be identified, freed and rehabilitated. 91 Bonded Child labour + new bonded child labour to be identified, freed and rehabilitated. The set target will be achieved. Bonded children will be freed from the chain of bondage. Children will be given rehabilitation package along with a certificate from the District Magistrate.
  CBOs to be made strong to address the root causes of child labour. NA Two villages and one slum have CBOs to address the root causes of child labour. Two villages and one slum have CBOs to address the root causes of child labour. Two villages and one slum to have strong CBOs against child labour. The set target will be achieved CBOs will be addressing root causes of child labour in the operational area.
  New BLD to be done to collect data on child labour in general and bonded child labour in particular in all operational area. NA NA New BLD to be done to collect data on child labour in general and bonded child labour in particular in all operational area. New BLD to be done to collect data on child labour in general and bonded child labour in particular in all operational area. The set target will be achieved The data of child labour and especially bonded child labour will be available along with the specific reasons of child labour in general and bonded child labour in particular. Accordingly programmes will be designed to address root causes of child labour.
  Incidences of Child sexual Abuses to be recorded. The perspective of the community is to be built up on the gravity of child sexual abuses. NA NA Incidences of Child sexual Abuses to be recorded. The perspective of the community to be developed on CSA. Incidences of Child sexual Abuses to be recorded. The perspective of the community to be developed on CSA. The set target will be achieved Incidences of Child sexual Abuses will be recorded. The perspective of the community will be built up on the gravity of child sexual abuses.
  Cases of child marriages to be recorded. Community is to be educated and informed about the ill effects of child marriages. NA NA Cases of child marriages to be recorded and debate on the effect of child marriage to be initiated. Cases of child marriages to be recorded and debate on the effect of child marriage to be initiated. The set target will be achieved Community will be debating and discussing about the effects of child marriage.
               

Right to Protection ( Plan in CR Grid)

Programme / Development Parameters DA with children Action with Community Action with Local Self Governmentand local Administration Networking and Policy Advocacy
Identification of Child Labour and free them from work. Members of Bal Sansad will collect information from each village about the total number of Child Labour in each village and where they are working. a. All information related to child labour as a menace, proviso of Child Labour Laws would be shared in the community meetings in each village.b. Community will sit with parents of child labour and will try to ascertain the reasons of sending children to work instead of schools.c. Community will sit further to analyze the reasons of child labour in the village and will strengthened CBOs in all villages to address the root cause of child labour through sustained organizing and mobilizing community. a. Community will take up reasons of child labour in each Gram Sabha meetings and will pass resolutions demanding immediate redressall of all reasons so as to make villages child labour free.b. Community will involve Panchayt Pradhan and other representatives in the campaign for making villages child labour free.c. Interface with Labour Department and District Administration for the rehabilitations of child labour. Besides, demand would be placed to the District Collector to address the reasons of child labour in villages.d. Dialogues will be organized with local journalists to get stories published in the local media to put pressure on the administration. JMN will involve VOP, LAM and NAFRE and other like-minded organizations that are working on similar issue to sensitize policy makers about the issue of child labour at the grassroots level through submissions of memoranda, gherao, lobbying with MLAs, MPs, getting raised questions in State Assembly and Parliament and filing PIL, media advocacy, etc.
Release of bonded child labour in particular and adult bonded labour in general Bal Sansad members will collect information about the adult bonded labour and bonded child labour. They will further mobilize all children against the bondage of children and adults. a. Community leaders will be sensitized about the plight of bonded labour in general, especially child labour in particular.b. Community in turn participates in the identification of migrated and bonded adult labour and bonded child labour.c. Discussion will be organized in the community meetings to find out the root causes of child bondage.d.JMN will start mobilizing people against the bonded child labour a. Community will initiate dialogue with Panchayats to involve them in the campaign against bondage of adults and childrenb. This issue will be discussed in the open meetings of Gram Sabha and Gram Sabha will pass resolutions against this barbarism.c. JMN will put pressure on the district administration to book illegal employer under the Interstate Migration Act, Child Trafficking Act, Bonded Labour Act, etc. a. Submissions of report to NHRC, ILO and other national and international civil society organizations about the status of bonded adult labour and bonded child labour.b. Publishing of stories about the plight of bonded adult labour and child labour to create public opinion through media advocacy.C. Submissions of memoranda, public gatherings, dharna, fasting and gherao of bureaucrats and Ministers, lobbying with MLAs, MPs, getting raised questions in State Assembly and Parliament, media advocacy, seeking judicial intervention, etc.
Demand for minimum wages Members of Bal Sansad will create awareness among the children of agricultural worker, weavers and other work engaged in unorganized sector about the minimum wage. a. Awareness will be created about the minimum wages of weavers, agricultural laborers through meetings, street play, nuked natak, etc.b. A Trade Union of Agricultural labourers, a union of weavers and a union of domestic worker will be formed to launch organized and sustained campaign for minimum wages. c. Four documents will be prepared on the status of minimum wages in agricultural sector, brick kilns, weaving and domestic work. These documents will have information about how many male, female and children are working in these sector what is the wage there are getting. a. Panchayat members will be sensitized about the status of minimum wages given to labourers and what labourers should be paid as per the Government rules.b. In the Gram Sabha meeting, all the affected labour class will demand for minimum wages. Accordingly, a resolution will be passed in each Gram Sabha demanding minimum wages of all labour class in the locality.c. Organizing a public hearing on minimum wages where officials of Labour department, Textile Department and officials from the district administration will be invited. In public hearing, status paper on minimum wages will be presented and labourers will be encouraged to give testimony of the real situation of the locality. d. Local media will be fed with the stories of update about the demand of minimum wages in weaving, brick kilns, agricultural labour and other daily wage services. a. Networking with State Alliance ( VOP), LAM National Alliance ( NAFRE) and other like minded organization to raise the matter at the state level and national level through dharna, rally, fasting, Mashal Michil, media advocacy, getting question raised in the State Assembly and Parliament,etc.
Implementation of Land Ceiling Act, Possession on GS land by landless families. Children will organize cultural show on the illegal possession of GS land by the powerful landholders a. A comprehensive document on landless families and their social position, status of their children, source of livelihood, total land and nature of land in village owned by families legally and illegally (ceiling surplus, Benami land and absentee land, forceful Kabja, etc) status of the implementation of Land Ceiling Act, total GS land, whether GS land has been forcefully occupied by powerful, remaining GS land left, etc. This document to be prepared through social auditing,b. Community will create demand for the implementation of the Land Ceiling Act in its letter and spirit and eviction of rich people from the illegal possession of GS land. c. This issue to be raised in Gram Sabha meetings and all efforts will be taken to influence Gram Sabha to pass resolutions demanding identification of ceiling surplus land, Benami land and land of absentee landlords and distribution of these lands to landless who are from Dalit communities, especially Mushars and Nauuts.C. Community will be mobilized to raise demand for the immediate dispossession of GS land by the rich and the upper caste people.d. An organization of landless families will be created in all villages of the operational area of JMN to demand for land to each landless family, especially to Dalits (among Dalit who are poorest of the poor Mushars, Nauuts, etc)e. This organization should motivate landless people to occupy GS land and start cultivation collectively. a. Pro-active members of Panchayats will be involved in the campaign of vacating GS land illegally possessed by the rich and the upper caste people.b. The document will be submitted to the Taluka and District Revenue Officials demanding immediate action from their part to vacate the GS land from the rich and distribution among landless families.c. This document will be circulated among media fraternity to get coverage on the illegal possession of GS land by the power holders and non-implementation of the Land Ceiling Act. a. Collaboration with VOP ,LAM and NAFRE and other like minded organizations and network which are working on the similar issue in the campaign for Land rights of the marginalized; and the suitable implementation of the Land Ceiling Act, eviction of powerful people from the GS land and distribution of such land to landless families to influence the state government.b. Forcing the state Government to legalise the GS land occupied by the landless poor families through the sustained campaign in collaboration with VOP, NAFRE other like-minded organizations.C. Public gatherings at the office of Tehasildar, District Magistrate, Commissioner office, media advocacy, lobbying with pro-people MLAs and MPs, Lawyers, bureaucrats and intellectuals, etc.
Raising Demand for Right to Work as a Fundamental Right.Raising demand for the proper implementations of employment guarantee schemes of the government. Members of Bal Sansad will be informed about the link of Right to Education as Fundamental Right with making Right to Work also a Fundamental Rights. Perspective of Bal Sansad members will be built up on why the Right to Work should be a Fundamental Right in the Indian context to promote, protect and fulfill child rights. Bal Sansad will, in turn, will inculcate this perspective among all children to involve them in this campaign. Besides, Bal Sansad Member will be informed about the various employment guarantee schemes of the Governmentand their positive and shortcomings. They will further inform other children. Children, in turn, will inform their parents about the various schemes. This is how information will be disseminated to all segments of the population. a. Team members of JMN will constantly involve community members into discussions about the necessity of linking Right to Education as Fundamental Right with making Right to Work as also a Fundamental Right.b. Team member of JMN will be regularly collecting and disseminating information about the various employment schemes to people to create community awareness.c. Along with awareness creation through meetings community will be encouraged to participate in all Gram Sabha meetings where Gram Pradhan is supposed to declare programme schedule of the implementation of all schemes.c. Social audit system to be introduced in all villages to weed out malpractices from the various employments guarantee schemes of the government. a. Social audit and activation of Gram Sabha will put pressure on the Panchayats to implement all employment schemes properly.b. Interface with Block Development Officers and Block Panchayat President for the proper implementation of the existing employment schemes of the government.c. Regular dialogue with media to put pressure on district administration to be more vigilant on the implementation of employment schemes.d. Dharna, morcha , rally , press meet in conformity with the plan of VOP, LAM and NAFRE at the panchayat, block and tehasil level to organize more people to proliferate the demand of making Right to Work as Fundamental Right. JMN will actively participate in all programmes of VOP, NAFRE, LAM and other like-minded organizations in the campaign for ensuring job guarantee of all the poor and marginalized in the villages and suitable implementation of all existing Government employment schemes. Regular interface with members on this issue M.P., MLA, District Collector, and Zila Parishad to boost up the issue of Right to Work as Fundamental Rights and proper implementation of existing employment schemes of the government..
Organising and Mobilising Traditional Weavers and Artisans to save them from onslaugust of globalization. a. Bal Sansad members will inform children of Traditional Weavers and Artisans how they are going to face hardship because of the dwindling livelihood in weaving sector because of globalisation.b. Bal Sansad members will motivate all these children to join the movement for the livelihood guarantee of Traditional Weavers and Artisans. a. JMN activists will start organizing and mobilising all Traditional Weavers and Artisans in the Varanasi region through dialogues, discussion and cultural show, etc.b. Boonkar and Dastakar Adhikar Manch ( a forum of weavers and artisans) will set up its local committees in all area inhabited by Weavers and Artisans.c. Public hearings and public meeting will be organized in different places to mobilize all the weavers and artisans to strengthen and articulate the movement of weavers and artisans. c. Boonkar and Dastakar Adhikar Manch will claim for the ownership of looms they are working for years without any ownership, subsidy and adequate marketing of Benarashi Saree.d. Boonkar Dastakar Adhikar Manch will expose the nexus of Gaddidar and Master Weavers who are swallowing all the benefits given through Cooperatives. Besides, Boonkar Dastakar Adhikar Manch will strive to take control of cooperatives.e. Boonkar Dastakar Adhikar Manch will educate weavers and artisans about the impending danger in their traditional livelihood from globalization and WTO and mobilize people for a larger movement.f. A convention and public gathering and public hearing will be organized at Varanasi to articulate the movement of Boonkar and Dastakar. This convention will be organized to give boost up the ongoing movement. g. A study will be conducted in some areas where weavers and artisans are living in majority to know their plights in general and their children in particular. a. Boonkar Dastakar Adhikar Manch will sit in dharna in front of DM’s, office, residence of MP and MLA to press for their demands.b. Case studies on the plight of Weavers and Artisans, especially their children will be supplied to local media to highlight the issue and to create public opinion.C. Cooperation of Panchayat members in villages and member of Municipal Corporation will be sought to get more momentum in the campaign. a. VOP, LAM NAFRE and other organizations working on the same issue will be involved to raise the issue at the state and national level.b. Networking will be done with the Unions of weavers involved in organizing and mobilising weavers in South India, especially at Kanchipuram and in Andhra Pradesh.c. Interface with MLAs to raise the matter in the state assembly.d. Interface with the MPs who are already supporting the movement of weavers in South India and other MPs to raise the matter in Parliament to put up pressure on the Textile Ministry and Commerce Ministry. The pressure to be mounted on Textile Ministry for getting ownership of looms with adequate marketing support and subsidized silk.
Sensitization of Community and Children about Child Sexual Abuses (CSA) Members of Bal Sansad will be educated through cultural programe, nuked natak how to react in case of any incident of child sexual abuse. a. Mothers and adolescent girls will be educated through regular meetings and dialogues and they will be told how to address this if there is any such untoward incidents.b. Entire community will be sensitized about the dangerous effects of CSA through meetings, dialogues and cultural programme. a. Panchayat members will be sensitized through discussion, sharing of case studies of CSA and its effects o children. J MN will start networking with other like-minded organizations who are working on the same issue at the district, state and national level
Protection of women rights and ending of gender discrimination a. Firstly, the gender perspective of Bal Sansad will be developed. The members of Bal Sansad will in turn sensitize other children about the equal status of boys and girls through cultural show nukad Natak, etc. a. The team members of JMN will regularly visit all houses of the operational area during the year and will have interpersonal dialogue to develop perspective on human dignity of both male and female; and women will be told about their rights and how to assert these rights.b. There will be a meeting in each village every month where women will be informed about their legal rights. a. Women will be encouraged to attend in the Gram Sabha meetings. Not only attendance, women will be encouraged to speak out their rights in the open meetings of Gram Sabha b. Women will pressurize panchayats to implement all women and child welfare schemes without any malpractice. JMN will align with VOP and other women networks for the protection and promotion of women rights.
Fight against Child Marriages a. Bal Sansad members will inform and educate children about the ill effects of child marriage. b. Bal sansad members will also inform children what legal recourses available to stop child marriages. A.JMN will mobilize community leaders who wholeheartedly oppose the child marriage in the operational area.b. These leaders would be further engaged in dialogues and discussions to chalk out a two-prong strategy: Preventive and Curative strategy. As part of preventive approach reasons of child marriage and its relation with patriarchal production relationship will be dissected to the community leaders. As part of the curative approach, Community members will be given legal literacy pertaining to the Child Marriage Prohibition Act and where to report if the case of any child marriage is about to happen in any family of the operational area or even outside the operational area. c. These community leaders will further inform all the community members about the ill effects of child marriage and its bad impact on their child in future. a.JMN will initiate the issue of child marriage in the open meetings of Gram Sabha in the village. And a debate will be initiated between pro-anti child marriage groups in the open meeting so that all sections of people exchange their viewpoints.b. Community will influence all panchayats to pass resolutions banning chid marriage in its respective jurisdiction.c. Interface will be developed with local administration to keep up a strong vigil to stop child marriages.d. Team members of JMN will keep records of all child marriages and would supply to local media for the wide coverage against child marriage. a. Networking with like-minded organizations who are working against child marriage to spread the campaign across the state for the macro level intervention on this issue
Protection and promotion of rights of Nauuts and Mushar a. Bal Sansad members will educate all children of the other community to be very sensitive about their brethren from Nat and Mushar Children. Children will be informed about the contribution of Nats and Mushars towards the society. a. JMN will organize Mushar, Nauuts community against their perennial economic exploitation social discrimination, arbitrary arrest by police, etc.b. Special attention will be given to the Immunisation of Mushar’s and Nauut’s children. Anti-Natal care of pregnant women form these community enrollment of their children in schools, free health care services from the government, patta of land, inclusion of their name in voter list, ration card, ensured income of adults, free from bondage,s etc. a. JMN will encourage and motivate Nauuts and Mushars communities to attend Gram Sabha meetings and raise issues pertaining to them.b. Nauuts and Mushars people will sit-in- dharna in front of the office of District Administration to demand affirmative actions from the administration.c. Representative of the Nauuts and Mushars Community will talk to media and will inform them with concrete case studies how they are shabbily treated by the administration and other sections of the society. Networking with VOP, LAM and other similar organizations working for the rights of Nauuts and Mushars Community to spread the movement across the region to pressurize the Governmentto be very sensitive towards necessity of Nauuts and Mushars Community in general and their children in particular.
Protection of Dalit Human Rights. Bal Sansad groups will inform children how Dalits are subjugated for years. And as citizens what they are supposed to get and in reality what they are getting a. A brainstorming session will be organized at JMN’s office to build up the perspective about civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights of Dalits and what are mechanisms available to assert these rights. JMN activists and Community leaders of Dalits will be participants in this session.b. These Dalits leader will mobilize all Dalits in the operational area to claim their rights and dignity as Human Beings.c. Dalits will be given information about what are the laws, constitutional provisions, Governmentschemes, national and international instruments available to safe guard their interest. a. All Dalits will be encouraged to attend Gram Sabha meetings and influence decision of Gram Sabha.b. Dalits Human Rights groups will initiate dialogues with Gram Panchayat, Police Administration and Social Justice Department to make them sensitive about the Human Rights and Dignity of Dalits. Extensive networking will be done with Dalits Human Rights Groups across the country and outside the country to involve them in promoting Dalit Human Rights in UP in general and the operational area of JMN in particular.

Right to Participation in ( CR Grids)

Rights Measurement Parameters
Quantitative Status and Targets
 Quantitative out come Qualitative outcome
Cut off Present Status Total for the next year Target for the next year
  Strengthening the Bal Sansad NA Three Bal Sansad are formed in two villages and one slum All Bal Sansad Members to be activated and strengthened. All Bal Sansad to be activated and strengthened. The set target will be achieved. Bal Sansad members will be able to inform and mobilize all children in all initiatives for the protection, promotion and fulfillment of holistic child rights.
  Strengthening the youth parliament NA NA Three youth Parliaments to be formed and strengthened. Three youth Parliaments to be formed and strengthened. The set target will be achieved. Youths will be actively participating in all campaigns meant for addressing PDIs and RFIs.

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Programme DA with children Action with Community Action with Local Self Governmentand local Administration Networking and Policy Advocacy
Ensure participation of children in decision making Children will be involved through Bal Sansad through the campaign for protection, promotion and fulfillment of child rights Community consciousness will be created through group meeting and discussions that although children are minor, still as human being their (children’s) human dignity has to be respected. Attitudes of the Panchayats and Government institutions will be made pro- child centric through regular dialogues, meetings, discussions, etc. VOP and other like minded organisatios will be involved in sensitizing entire Government machinery to be child centric so that state machinery ensure participation of children on various issues pertaining to child rights.

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