“CRC” means the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20th November, 1989; “CSO” means a civil society organisation carrying out activities in a Member State; “discrimination” means any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on any ground specified in section 4 which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by a child or parent, on the basis of equality with another member of the community, of human rights, fundamental freedoms, any entitlement, privilege, measure or intervention provided or made available to a child or parent to mitigate the effects of child marriage; “foster parent” means an adult person, not being a biological parent or guardian of a child, who provides parental responsibility; “foster home” means a private home or residence for the care and maintenance of a victim of child marriage, and “foster care” shall be construed accordingly; “girls and boys” means a child in relation to gender or inter-sex; “Government” means the constitutional organ of a Member State which is responsible for the execution and exercise of Executive functions and authority in accordance with a Member States constitution; "guardian" means a person who has actual or legal custody, care, authority or control of a child, and includes a foster parent; “harmful practices” means customary, traditional, religious or social practices that negatively affect, or behavior, attitudes or rites which threaten or may threaten, the health, social welfare, dignity, physical or psychological development or life of a child, or the child’s enjoyment of human rights, including practices Page 30 of 78