Social Development Minister and Acting Health Minister Dr. Fatima Al-Balooshi highlighted the impact of the recent unrest on children during a forum.
Officials representing the Educational Ministry, the Public Prosecution, the Social Development Ministry and Bahrain’s NGOs attended the symposium under the theme “Recent Unrest and Traumatic Impact on Children”.
The forum was on the sidelines of the meeting of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Committee (CRC) to discuss Bahrain’s report. The GCC and Arab ambassadors and foreign delegations attended the session. The forum outlined flagrant violations targeting educational establishments and students, particularly terror acts and the disruption of studies wish resulted in psychological and social trauma for children. NGOs’ officials outlined the efforts of the non-governmental organisations to survey violations and draw up special programmes aimed at alleviating the detrimental and traumatic impact of the unrest on children. Bahrain’s delegation also held press conference on June 3 at the UN headquarters in Geneva.
Dr. Al-Balooshi, also head of the National Children’s Committee, outlined the measures, plans and programmes undertaken by ministries, government departments and NGOs in the aftermath of the unrest in Bahrain. A documentary film detailing violations during the unrest which gripped the Kingdom of Bahrain was also shown.