Brazil Centro-Norte takes over the secretariat of a national institution for the rights of children and adolescents

Since February, the Province of Brazil Centro-Norte has been part of the new administration (2021-2023) of the Secretariat of the National Forum for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (FNDCA) in Brazil. The Province constitutes the new management of the body together with other national bodies, as well as religious institutions such as the De La Salles and the Salesians, in the defence of children and adolescents.

Br Vicente Sossai Falchetto, who lives in Silvânia, Goiás, will be the institution’s representative on the body. He highlights two priorities for the management. “The first is to resume the activities of the National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, with elections of members. The second is to strengthen the state forums and, consequently, the state councils for children and adolescents.

The national secretariat will also direct its activities to mobilise the population on urgent issues for children and adolescents, such as education, child labour, violence or sexual abuse.

The Forum’s mission is to guarantee the realisation of the rights of children and adolescents, through the proposal, articulation and monitoring of public policies and social mobilisation, for the construction of a just and supportive society.