A/HRC/19/64 specific national issues (such as early marriage, corporal punishment), breakdown misconceptions and change societal behaviour. Indicators: • # of awareness raising campaigns in each country addressing causes and consequences of early marriage, corporal punishment, sexual abuse and exploitation, trafficking and child labour • # of awareness raising campaigns conducted to educate parents, caregivers and communities on positive discipline techniques, non-violent values and the consequences of corporal punishment • # of awareness public education campaigns which teach caregivers how to give care 3.13 Objective 13: CHILD AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION By 2015, all States support the meaningful and active participation of civil society, children, and young people so that they can prevent and monitor violence against children, make recommendations to end violence against children and be involved in decisionmaking processes for actions to end violence against children. Indicators: • SAIEVAC establishes one regional forum for children‘s participation • # of States with a national forum for children‘s participation • # of States with national forum for civil society participation • # of states that have established awards, recognition and prizes for pioneers, leaders and child rights activists including children 4. Issue Based Action The issues of early marriage, sexual abuse and exploitation, trafficking, corporal punishment, and child labour are seen as extremely critical issues that are affecting children throughout the region. Gender and discrimination are cross-cutting issues throughout all areas. Additionally, lack of birth registration is an important and is a preventive measure for many forms of violence. Birth registration provides an official record of a child‘s existence, nationality and age and is considered a fundamental human right under Article 7 of the UNCRC and should therefore be made mandatory and free of cost in all countries in South Asia. For more information about the severity of these issues in the region please see ANNEX 1. All South Asian Governments commit to implement the following recommendations and report back to SAIEVAC using the indicators provided. All recommendations are in line with the ‗SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the promotion of child welfare in South Asia‘ and the UNCRC. 4.1 Expected Result: Early Marriage By 2015, All States have raised the legal age of marriage for both boys and girls to 18 and implement article 4(3)(d) of the SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the promotion of child welfare in South Asia. Indicators: 1. # of States where 18 is the legal age of marriage for both boys and girls 53