Child rights has made a slow progress and school dropout rate, lack of nutritious food, trafficking and child labour are the major challenges facing Nepal 25 years after signing the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Child right campaigners blame political instability, poverty, social and cultural norms as barriers to ensuring the child rights.

“We have made a few significant headways in the last 25 years but they alone will not ensure child rights for all. I would say, we have taken quite a long time to reach where we have but the good thing is we have not derailed,” said Tarak Dhital, executive director of Central Child Welfare Board at the launch of book ‘Child Rights in Nepal’.

Lack of proper play ground, child-friendly environment and child participation are among the challenges before the country to ensure the child rights, it was pointed out in the book published by Children & Women in Social Service & Human Rights to mark 25 years of child right in Nepal.

The book—a collection of reflection from child rights campaigners—sheds light on some of the milestones achieved in Nepal, including increase in child literacy, decrease in child mortality.