[child-rights] Convention on Children's Right to Food (Hyderabad, 7-9 April 2006)

CONVENTION ON CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO FOOD 
7th- 9th APRIL, 2006, HYDERABAD

Dear friends, 

We are writing to invite you to a Convention on Children's Right to Food,
to be held in Hyderabad on 7-9 April 2006. This is a follow-up to the
second National Convention on the Right to Food and Work, held in Kolkata
on 18-20 November 2005.

The main focus of this convention will be on ICDS, mid-day meals and other
means of protecting children's right to food, including maternity
entitlements. Special attention will be given to "universalisation with
quality" as the core demand of a united campaign on ICDS. This will be an
action-oriented convention, built around plenary sessions, parallel
workshops, cultural activities, and more.

Preparatory meetings for this convention have already been held at the
Kolkata convention last November and in Delhi on 6 January 2006 and 23
February 2006. Further preparatory activities are being planned, including
field studies and regional workshops. Please consider planning some
preparatory activities in your own area, to facilitate the success of the
convention. Useful campaign material and research tools are available on
the website of the right to food campaign. ( www.righttofoodindia.org)

A modest registration fee (Rs 100 per person for three days) will be
charged from the participants. This covers accommodation and food. Further
resources for the convention are being raised through donations from
individual supporters and participating organisations.

Details about the venue will be circulated (and posted on the above
website) soon. Meanwhile, please confirm your participation as well as
that of your organization as soon as possible, at one of the two addresses
given below. We hope to see you in Hyderabad.

With regards, 

Dipa Sinha and Nandini Nayak
[on behalf of the Programme Committee: Dipa Sinha (Children's Rights
Protection Forum), Gurjeet (Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti), Geeta Mahajan
(National Federation of Indian Women), Hemlata (Mobile Crèches),
Nandini Nayak (Centre for Equity Studies), Sachin Jain (Vikas Samvad,
MP), Samir Garg (Koriya district, Chattisgarh), Vandana Prasad (Jan
Swasthya Abhiyaan)] 
 

Contact addresses for confirmation and further details:

(1) Secretariat – Right to Food Campaign (Correspondence Address): 
257, D.D.A. flats (RPS), Mansarovar Park, Shahdara, Delhi – 110032
(E-mail righttofood@gmail.com , Tel: 09350530150).

(2) Dipa Sinha, 201, Narayan Apartments, West Marredpally,
Secunderabad – 500026 (Email: dipasinha@gmail.co; Tel: 09866023233).