KATHMANDU, May 7: Children as Zones of Peace National Campaign (CZOP) has drawn attention of the three tiers government to prioritize child rights in the course of preparing the government's policies, programs and budgets for the next fiscal year 2024/25. 

Sending a memorandum to all ministries of federal government and province governments as well as to all local governments through its member organisations, the Campaign urged all governments to include the programs like 'Schools as Zones of Peace' in government's policy and program, to implement child-friendly local governance, to end child labour, to establish child marriage free local level, to establish environment-friendly governance, to bring disabled and gender-friendly programs. 

Campaign General-Secretary Tilottam Poudel said that they have demanded formation of a child court as well as arrangement of at least 'Child Budget Code'.

Similarly, CZOP asked to revise the Strategy to end Child Marriage-2072 and Child-friendly Local Governance Strategy-2068 in accordance with federal system, establish child funds at the local level as well as strengthen child protection system to enhance capacity of children, making arrangement of child physiologist and social workers. 

The 18-point memo includes the launching of a special program for the education, health and protection of disabled children, orphan children,  children with sexual and gender minorities as well as for the access of children and disabled people to public physical infrastructures. 

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