Tag: Child Abuse
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Pandemic posed greater risk of child abuse, says studies
Covid 19 pandemic put the entire humanity through various vulnerabilities putting children, specially at greater risks of physical and emotional traumas due to crimes related to sex. This despite the fact that most of the children were within the safer confines of their homes. According to recent National Crime Bureau Records (NCRB) data over 350 …
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July 14, 2022 -
Hema Malini: Child abuse is a heinous crime, must be stopped
Geetika Tyagi said: "The one point that Saif is making through this film is how essential it is to break the silence surrounding this grave and dreadful issue."
May 7, 2022 -
Over 12,000 POSCO cases pending in Odisha special courts
In the States and the union territories, the pendency of such cases till 31 January, 2022 runs to 2,26,728. The cases awaiting verdict in Odisha constitute 5.43% of total cases pending across the country.
March 26, 2022 -
Educate your child about good touch and bad touch
Building a bond of trust with your child is essential, right at a very tender age. You must tell them that you are there for them, you believe them, and will trust them if they wish to share anything with you and confide in you.
February 11, 2022 -
States have to set up two designated courts in districts with more than 300 POCSO cases: SC
The court also made it clear that if the cases under POCSO are less in a district then the special court might also deal with other cases such as rape.
December 17, 2019 -
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