Tag: Child Abuse
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Court and the Child
In the aftermath of horrific instances of child abuse in several girls’ schools in Kolkata, the recommendations of a Calcutta High Court appointed committee urgently call for reflection. The report was readily accepted by Justice Nadira Patherya on Friday, and the court has couched its concurrence with a directive to schools to urgently implement the …
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November 19, 2018 -
Government to revise visa form for foreign nationals with criminal record of child abuse
The revised visa application will have a separate questionnaire about child sexual abuse, said Maneka Gandhi.
October 22, 2018 -
Child marriages continue to ail Himachal’s Sirmaur
Traditional, social and administrative barriers pose a challenge to bring change in Trans Giri Sirmaur.
September 12, 2018 -
The Pope and the Catholic Church
When an institution sexually abuses children on an industrial scale, you won't win back trust easily. This Pope is an extremist, ignoring centuries of tradition to announce opposition to all of it at once, like a papal Che Guevara.
September 2, 2018 -
Sexual abuse in almost all shelter homes across Bihar: TISS
At a home run by 'Gram Swaraj Seva Sansthan' in Kaimur, a security guard was reported to be “sexually abusive”
August 19, 2018 -
‘No child abuse complaint from any Punjab shelter home’
With cases of rape and sexual abuse of women at shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh coming to light, Punjab government subjected its 67 children’s homes to checking as a precautionary measure but no complaint related to the abuse or child security came to the fore. An official spokesperson said the specialised campaign was …
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August 11, 2018 -
98% cases of child abuse remain unreported: Supreme Court judge
About 97-98 per cent of child abuse cases are not reported to the appropriate authorities in the country, Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta said here at a symposium.
July 30, 2018 -
Kolkata: 2-year-old sexually assaulted at playschool, FIR registered
An FIR has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act 2012 against unidentified person.
July 5, 2018 -
Bengal among states with highest number of child abuse cases
In 94.8 percent of the cases, according to NCRB data, children were subjected to rape by someone known to them.
May 25, 2018 -
(Un)safe search of learning
Not long ago, parents would be free from worries when their children left for school early in the morning and returned late in the afternoon. But today, they are very much concerned about the safe return of their little ones. They have been unnerved by the recent cases of child abuse and deaths reported from …
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December 8, 2017 -
NCPCR condemns disclosure of identity of minors by media
Taking cognizance of media reports which disclosed identities of juveniles or minors, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said it had written a letter condemning such reportage to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 5 October. The NCPCR said it urged the ministry to make the media fraternity be aware of a …
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November 10, 2017 -
All work, no home for DCW chief till Children’s Day; seeks death for rapists within 6 months
A week ahead of Children’s Day, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal launched a unique protest against rape of minor girls in the Capital. She claimed that which she would not go home but work round the clock and stay in office till 14 November. She lamented that her repeated requests had fallen on …
November 8, 2017 -
A silent cry
What is my fault?” is a silent question that hangs on the lips and in the eyes of the innocent children. It’s not a child’s world that they inhabit as the world around them looks down upon them for being a sex worker’s child. “Do they not have the right to live like any other …
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October 26, 2017 -
Andhra teacher breaks UKG student’s arm for not doing homework
In a shocking incident, a teacher in a private school in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam disttrict broke the arm of a upper KG student for not doing her homework, officials said on Wednesday. According to reports reaching here, a woman teacher at National Talent School at Vaddadi in Bucchaiahpet ‘mandal’ (block) mercilessly beat up Puja Pallavi, …
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October 26, 2017 -
‘No New India without child safety’
He founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan in 1980 and has acted to protect the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries. It is largely because of his work and activism that the International Labour Organisation adopted Convention No 182 on the worst forms of child labour, which is now a principal guideline for …
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October 21, 2017 -
We owe children a debt, not just a duty
A little boy sits in the shadow of a crumbling wall, hands folded on his lap, his feet touching each other. His eyes gaze solemnly into the future. He is a contemplative child; his dark eyes are serious, brooding. The wooden door shut behind his back, the corrugated sheets that roof his home, the decrepit …
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September 27, 2017 -
Yet to break the deafening silence
In a Parliamentary Forum discussing matter related to children, I came across some startling data about the incidents of child abuse in India. One cannot help but acknowledge that it brings up several uncomfortable questions. Yet, I firmly believe that this discussion needs to happen, more so in these current times, so we can banish …
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September 24, 2017