In this occassion the discussion talked about the convention on international child rights which Ariani Narwastujati, the executive director of Stube HEMAT, as the resource person. The online discussion via Zoom (19/03/2022) took place from 15.00 WIB to 17:15 WIB. It was opened by the Mutiplicator Stube-HEMAT Bengkulu, Yohanes Dian Alpasa, followed by Made Nopen Supriadi, a lecturer at the Arastamar Bengkulu Theological College (STTAB), as well as a volunteer for this session as moderator.

At the beginning of the discussion, Ariani introduced 42 children's rights of the 1990 international convention which was later adopted by the Indonesian government into 10 children's rights (Law No. 23 of 2002). Understanding the category of children became the opening conversation of the discussion, namely from the prenatal phase (still in the womb) to the age of 18 years. It turned out that there are student participants who are still 17 years old, so they can still be categorized as children. Some participants were asked to share stories about their childhood experiences, whether they experienced pleasant things, disappointment, bitterness, whether the nutritional intake was guaranteed, had the right to speak in the family, and whether their voices were heard, and so on.

Participants' answers are varied. One of the discussion participants answered that he was disappointed in his childhood, because of the words and treatment of his parents, experienced shortages, and his needs were not fulfilled at certain times. Another participant said that he felt fulfilled by his parents, happy, and not lacking. The resource person said that the shortage could include facilities, food, health, education, recreation, etc. It is admitted that some children live in abundance of love, facilities, as well as food, but on the other hand, there are still many and even millions of children who cannot enjoy the basic facilities and adequacy of life. The formulation of children's rights is not an instant product. The formulation of international child protection has been initiated in 1979 and was approved 10 years later, only 2 years later, this convention was ratified on 20th November which was subsequently commemorated as International Children's Day.

In the first part, the resource person explained the convention of international child rights from number 1 to 20. “from these international children's rights, have all of them been fulfilled? Which one has not been fulfilled?” asked the resource person in between her presentation. Lita, one of the participants, answered that rights number 15 related to giving children the freedom to join an activity group had not been fulfilled. Sometimes parents are too worried and question whether the group/community that will be followed is good or not. A similar answer was also expressed by a participant named Ponsius who stated that his parents did not allow him to participate in outside activities. Thus, the resource person stated to the participants that the consequence of being a parent is to ensure that their children get their rights.

In the next section, the resource persons described the rights of children number 21 to 42, such as guaranteed protection when evacuating, no discrimination for children with disabilities, the right to access clean water, food, and a healthy environment. There are cases where children have less attention to nutritional adequacy and often eat only plain rice, but when a guest arrives, various nutritious food is immediately available. Are only rich people able to fulfill children's rights? No, even the lower middle class can afford it. Healthy food does not have to be expensive because vegetables and fruit can be grown on their own, as in Bengkulu there is still enough land area that can be utilized. Raising chickens and ducks is also not difficult.

Made Nopen as moderator responded to this explanation by admitting that he had not been able to fully fulfill these rights. The discussion became more interesting with questions arose, such as how the restrictions on information by parents prevent the negative influence of information from the internet, photos of social media accounts using images of kids, how are the rights of children born out of wedlock, how government programs implement child protection laws, as well as the international child community. The resource person answered and discussed all of this with the participants so that they added insight and understanding of the material provided.

At the end of the discussion Made Nopen asked the resource person to give a closing statement and close the activity by expressing a hope that children's rights can be understood more and for adults who already know about children's rights are obliged to disseminate them so that the quality of Indonesian children’s life will increase. (YDA)