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10-Apr-2015
  1. Sunkesra, the publication of monthly magazine was the dawn of child rights advocacy through print media initiated by the Hatamalo Sanchar. Nevertheless, publication and dissemination of small-scale journals and campaigning were conducted even before Sunkesra, which was first published in November 1990, came to the fore. Save the Children Norway Nepal had supported the publication Sunkesra magazine from the beginning till June 2002. The Sunkesra is run by an expert team that comprises children and other professionals involved in the child rights movement. The Sunkesra become a quarterly magazine in 1992, before going to the monthly on December 1997. It has strong national network with two national level distributors and 64 sub-distributors in 38 towns across over 55 districts in the country. The centenary issue of the Sunkesra, one of the most popular child magazines in Nepal, was released by Hon'l Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Astha Laxmi Shakya on 30 July 2004 amidst a special function organized in the capital. Sunkesra largely consist children's creations such as stories, essays, articles, puzzles and poems, with expert assistance, which target children as its readers. Various sections were added in the magazine over time; such as Hamro Pana ("our page") in March 2001- both being of pages has been increased to 32. A number of leading INGOs have already subscribed it for distribution in their working areas in order to promote children's creativity.
  2. Bal Sansar, a bi-annual publication, is the second publication of Hatemalo Sanchar, after Sunkesra, with support of the Plan Nepal since 2002. The target groups of this magazine are to create awareness on child clubs scattered across Nepal. The main aim of the magazine is to create awareness on child rights issues and to ensure children's right to participation and expression. The unique feature of this magazine is that all the articles, poems and stories are written by the children themselves. In addition, all the illustrations are also drawn by the children, besides handling the editorial team. Hence, it is the only magazine published by children for children in Nepal. It is in free distribution. So any organization and the groups working in the field of child rights can request for free subscription to distribute in their working in the field of child rights can request for free subscription to distribute in their working areas. Till the date, two issues have been brought out, while its English translations have been sent abroad for its global reach and documentation. With the aim of increasing children's participation in the magazine, the Hatemalo has designed a professional team of youths to train to train children in its working areas- Sunsari, Morang, Bara, Rautahat, and Makawanpur districts.
  3. Jigyasa is another publication of Hatemalo Sanchar, with support from the RHIYA/UNFEPA. It strives to disseminate messages to adolescents- regardless of being literate or illiterate. The main aim of the magazine is to create awareness on sexual and reproductive health among adolescents. It is in free distribution. So any organization and the groups working in the field of child rights and adolescents can request for free subscription to distribute in their working areas. Till the date, six issues have been brought out, with the Hatemalo undertaking the responsibility of publishing it after the fourth issue. Miscellaneous: Besides publishing and disseminating regular periodicals, Hatemalo Sanchar has also been publishing reports on child related issues. A prominent move among them is the publication of the Print Media Coverage of Children's Issues 2002 and its update and revised version that was published in 2003. The report has been prepares in an effort to shed light on the media coverage related to children on the backdrop of the CRC, especially under the four categories of child rights- right to survival, right to development, right to protection and right to participation. The report is based on the documentation of related news reports in eight national dailies- two in English and others in Nepali. Besides that, Hatemalo Sanchar has published and disseminates different kinds of brochures and leaflets on various social issues such as child rights, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, among others, so as to generate awareness in the community.

Stories can influence children greatly. Considering this in mind, most of the contents in the Sunkesra comprise child stories. In this regard, the Hatemalo has publishes three story books- Harayeko Haat (lost hand), Kamila Ko Sapana (dream of an ant) and Pani, Jungle Ra Gaon (water, jungle and a village).

Likewise, Hatemalo has published various resource documents on child participation. The first among them, titles "Peace Building Process and Child Participation", authored by Hatemalo Programme Manager Saurav Kiran Shrestha and co-authored by fourforeign nationals- Oakeigh Elizabet Welply (France), Ji-young Kang (South Korea), Corina Elena Buzelan (Romania) and Aleksandra Tomkovic (Yugoslavia) was published in March 2003. The outline of this document was first presented to the International Summer School (University of Oslo, Norway) in August 2002). Another book, Bal Sagabhagita Ko Adhikar (right to child participation), has recently been published. The book has well defined the concept of "child participation" and how it can be practiced in reality. The book is also authored by Programme Manager Saurav Kiran Shrestha.

Hatemalo's literary fleet was gifted with a jewel on October 10, 2004. First time in the history of child rights movement in Nepal, the book Bal Sahabhagitako Adhikar (children's right to participation) focusing only on right to participation, one of four categories of child rights as stated in the UN-CRC, was released by Gauri Pradhan, president of the Central Child Welfare Board. Authored by Hatemalo's Saurav Kiran Shrestha, the book has described all possible aspects of the right to participation.

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