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NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR CHILDREN
The NCC was established by the NTFC as a grassroots forum to facilitate, initiate, sustain and accelerate the development of programs and activities that will enhance children's rights and well-being. The NCC, whose membership is voluntary and involves registering with the NTFC, brings together 520 representatives of Jordanian governmental and non-governmental organizations, international agencies, specialists and individuals working for the well being of children. The NTFC comprises a Commission to help the NCC develop national policies for children and a Secretariat, which has two technical departments: the Research and Data Base Center and the Information, Education and Communication Unit to assist in formulating the NCC's strategies. The NTFC, through its Research and Database Center for Children, is compiling comprehensive research to highlight children’s unmet needs and rights and is disseminating data to all concerned institutions. It is developing model action programs and has launched public awareness campaigns to advocate their implementation.
The Task Force, in co-operation with the Ministry of Social Development, other ministries, NGOs and specialists, has finalized the revisions and development of a comprehensive draft Child Act that was submitted to parliament. The draft is currently under revision by the “Legislation Court” at the Prime Ministry. The NTFC's aim is to have the Child Law signed and officially ratified by the end of 1999. The NTFC has also completed its study on child labor in Jordan, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor and the International Labor Organization, as well as its work on Jordan’s national report for the United Nations Committee on the "International Convention on the Rights of the Child." The Task Force, with the help of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has established a training and child rights advocacy program, with particular emphasis on the themes of the girl child, child abuse, and child labor. The project aims at raising public awareness on the Arab and International Child Rights Conventions, and on the Jordanian children’s survival, development, protection and participation rights. It will mobilize fully and systematically the public and private mass media at all levels to promote and support child rights. The training sessions covered different geographical areas of the kingdom, where service providers and children programmers from various sectors (.e.g. education, health, social, cultural, environment, ... etc.) were introduced to the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, their significance, and how to integrate children's rights and welfare issues into school curricula.
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In July 1995, HM King Hussein entrusted Queen Noor with the
establishment and Chairmanship of a National Task Force for Children (NTFC). The NTFC
monitors the condition and status of children in accordance with the Arab and
International Convention on the Rights of the Child and the National Plan of Action for
Children. It coordinates, collaborates with and brings together existing institutions
working in the field of child welfare through the National Coalition for Children (NCC),
which the Queen launched on the 8th of December 1997. 
The Task Force, with the help of the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has established a training and child rights advocacy
program. It is also coordinating with the "Prevention of Child Abuse Unit" of
the Jordan River for Development Projects (JRDP) -- which is chaired by Her Majesty Queen
Rania -- to incorporate amendments to existing penal codes related to child abuse.
For more information, please e-mail the Task Force at