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SYRIA / RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
STORY: SYRIA/ RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
TRT: 1.57
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2009, SYRIA
1. Wide shot, audience waiting for conference
2. Med shot, Sherazade Boualia making a speech at the opening of the conference
3. Med shot, Ali Saad, Minister of Education cutting ribbon for the opening of the Child and Youth Initiative
4. Wide shot, SITAN report being handed out to guests
5. Med shot, adolescent looking at periodicals
6. Med shot, two guests flipping through brochure
7. Wide shot, adolescent preparing media material in the news room
8. Wide shot, adolescent prepping computer
9. Wide shot, adolescent in the news room
10. Med shot, participant discussing media coverage
11. Wide shot, four adolescents performing on stage
12. Med shot, two adolescents performing
13. Wide shot, two girls performing
14. Med shot, two boys back to back performing
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar, 15 year-old boy from Iraq:
“We liked the sketches that were performed by adolescents our age and younger than us. They really acted well and were able to express their opinion about things that we were unaware of or didn’t pay enough attention to.”
16. Wide shot, photos from “Bridging the Gap” photography exhibition
17. Wide shot, young girl taking picture and mentored by two trainer
18. Wide shot, adolescent flipping through the photography portfolio
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zainab, 18 year-old boy from Syria:
“Of course we were scared that our work was not going to live up to the standards, but we were excited about it at the same time.”
20. Med shot, Minister of Education flipping through brochure
21. Wide shot, guest waiting for beginning of presentation
22. Wide shot, speaker presenting a PowerPoint about the SITAN report
23. Med shot, Minister of Education and other guest looking at the publications
24. Med shot, young people in the photography exhibition room
25. Close up, young girl taking a photograph
The Syrian Commission for Family Affairs in collaboration with UNICEF, conducted a two day workshop in Damascus under the theme “Child and Youth Development” to draw attention on the results of the Situation Analysis of Children Report (SITAN).
The report concluded that despite corporal punishment being prohibited children are subject to violence at home and in school. It says that males both experience and practice violence more than women and that violence is worse in rural areas. The degree of violence is inversely correlated to the level of education of the parents, especially mothers.
The report also says that although Syria has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention on child labor, the practice is still prevalent in poorer regions.
Young people took part in the workshop, performing in creative sketches that tackled three main issues: adolescent participation, peer pressure and violence against children.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar, 15 Year-old Boy from Iraq:
“We liked the sketches that were performed by adolescents our age and younger than us. They really acted well and were able to express their opinion about things that we were unaware of or didn’t pay enough attention to.”
Young people also prepared a photography exhibition with pictures taken throughout the workshop. They were also responsible for the media coverage of the entire event.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zainab, 18 Year-old Girl from Syria:
“Of course we were scared that our work was not going to live up to the standards, but we were excited about it at the same time.”
SITAN is one of the most important periodical reports that governments and UNICEF issue worldwide. It presents an analysis of the current situation from the perspective of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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