Last week, Minister for Women, Family, and Community Development Datuk Nancy Shukri said that the Cabinet has agreed in principle to establish a special department or institution for children. With activists and advocates having voiced out their support for such a move, we speak to Datin PH Wong, Executive Director of Childline Foundation and Co-Secretariat of the Child Rights Coalition Malaysia, on what difference a department would make and what else needs to be done to protect the rights and future of our children.

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories:  government,  Law/Activism

Tags:  ministry of children,  the bigger picture,  live and learn,  children's rights,  child abuse,