Child-friendly panchayat
Topic: Panchayati Raj: Rural Local Government · NCERT: Class 6, Ch 11 "Grassroots Democracy – Part 2: Local Government in Rural Areas"
Meaning
A child-friendly panchayat puts children's rights first. Examples include safe schools, good health and nutrition, and ending child labour and child marriage. It is one of the nine themes used to localise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which means turning global development goals into village-level targets. It often hears children through bal sabhas.
Example
Sangkhu Radhu Khandu gram panchayat in Sikkim is given as an example of a child-friendly panchayat (Class 6).
Don't confuse with
- Women-friendly panchayat: this is a different SDG theme. It focuses on women's decision-making, health and livelihoods.
Related concepts
- Gram panchayat
- Sarpanch
- Panchayat secretary
- Patwari
- Panchayat samiti
- Zila parishad
- Bal sabha
- Women-friendly panchayat