Event on protection of children and adolescents concludes in Cuba
Havana, Sept 29 (RHC) The 4th International Conference on Child Protection ends today in Cuba, after debating and exchanging experiences that will contribute to raising a culture of communication on these issues.
At the event, held since September 27 at the Palco hotel in the capital, fifty foreign specialists and 150 Cuban researchers gathered.
The Meeting, convened by the Ministry of the Interior and sponsored by the office of the United Nations Children's Fund, was a new opportunity to strengthen ties of collaboration, according to the second head of the ministry’s Directorate of Minor Care, Colonel Luciana Calixtro.
The scientific program was developed in plenary sessions with special interventions, keynote lectures, discussion of papers, panels and round tables, and attendees toured centers specialized in child protection.
The debates included topics such as care for children and adolescents in the new Cuban Family Code, the prevention of violence, the treatment and protection of child and adolescent offenders or victims, the impact of social networks, the Internet, and comprehensive training of minors.
In the years 2008, 2014 and 2017, the island hosted previous editions of the Conference, which demonstrates the commitment of the Cuban State to guarantee a family and social environment that allows the full development of new generations in an environment of happiness, love and comprehension. (Source: PL)
