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  • UPA government, Protection of Child Rights, modi sarkar now after govt bodies, Child rights

    Modi sarkar now after govt bodies 20 June 2014

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has promised to transform the India within sixty months, want to sweep the entire UPA government traces so as to start from the scratch. Modi firstly removed the group of Ministers [GoMs], then he was...

    Keywords: Protection of Child Rights, Narendra Modi government, NDA government, Protection of Child Rights

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    Child Welfare Committee, complain against child abuse, female child abuse menace, Child rights

    Female Child Abuse Menace 06 November 2013

    Can you believe that 53% of the children face child abuse?  These are the tips to address the menace. First of all the parents should keep a watch on the daily activities of the children just by befriending with them...

    Keywords: child abuse, State Child Rights Commission, Female Child Abuse, complain against child abuse

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    NGOs and social activists, child prostitutes, southern cities turn centers of child prostitutes, Child rights

    Southern cities turn centers of child prostitutes 19 July 2011

    Five to six years ago, the age group of child prostitutes in India varied from 14 to 16 years but unfortunately this has now decreased to 10 to 14 years. In some cities, even the girls of 9 years old...

    Keywords: child prostitution in India, exploitation of the underprivileged, Child prostitution, child prostitutes

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    dowry tradition, women giving dowry, dear women never degrade yourselves, Child rights

    Dear women, never degrade yourselves 24 January 2013

    Customs and traditions-these two words are something really important to each one of us. If we carefully dig into the so called customs, unfortunately, many of them appear like evils and one amongst them is dowry! In fact, to those...

    Keywords: bride price, women giving dowry, dowry tradition, bride price

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    Boy for sale in Quikr.com, National Committee for protection of Child rights, boy for sale at rs 5 only, Child rights

    Boy for Sale at Rs 5 only 23 January 2015

    The online classifieds portal Quikr.com got involved in a controversy for allegedly advertising a boy for sale at Rs. 5. This incident came into limelight when the National Committee for the Protection of Child Rights spotted this strange and unconvincing...

    Keywords: Online classifieds, Boy for sale in Quikr.com, Quikr.com, Boy for sale in Quikr.com

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    everyday school experiences of India's children, national child rights body, 80 percent students in indian schools are humiliated study, Child rights

    80 percent students in Indian schools are humiliated:Study 12 March 2012

    The survey was conducted to study the scale and magnitude of corporal punishment in the everyday school experiences of India's children, types of violent punishment prevailing in Indian schools and analyse by age the prevalence of different types of punishments...

    Keywords: physical and mental harassment, physical and mental harassment, 80 percent students in Indian schools, everyday school experiences of India's children

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    child labor, child prostitution in India, child prostitution a splotch on indian nation, Child rights

    Child prostitution, a splotch on Indian nation 18 July 2011

    Child prostitution has become a common commercial phenomenon in most of the countries and we find very few countries where it is not an organized trade. No doubt, it is a centuries-old social problem that has gradually sustained and spread...

    Keywords: NGOs and social activists, child prostitutes, exploitation of the underprivileged, exploitation of the underprivileged

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    Malala Yousafzai, Child activist Kailash Satyarthi, india activist awarded nobel prize, Child rights

    India activist awarded Nobel prize 10 October 2014

    Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai have been awarded the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for the struggle against the suppression of children and for the right of all children to education. Kailash Satyarthi a...

    Keywords: child labour, child rights, child rights, Malala Yousafzai

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    shanta sinha child rights, national commission for protection of child rights, let us blame ourselves, Child rights

    Let us blame ourselves 24 January 2013

    The chairperson of the newly constituted National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Shanta Sinha has spoken about the child rights in the wake of child rights day today. The programme, which was organized at RTC Kala Bhavan in...

    Keywords: rtc kala bhavan, shanta sinha child rights, shanta sinha child rights, shanta sinha child rights

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    international labor rights forum, 2013 world day against child labor on june 12, global ngos step in to protect child domestic labor, Child rights

    Global NGOs step in to protect child domestic labor 23 April 2013

    Arousing a feeling of interest, ten leading international organizations are calling on ministers of labor around the globe in a letter released at the beginning of the week to protect child domestic workers. They are also calling to ratify the...

    Keywords: 2013 world day against child labor on june 12, plan international, international labor organization, world day against child labor

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    South Asia, UNICEF, india second in child marriages, Child rights

    India, second in child marriages 12 September 2014

    According to a UN report India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and is the second-highest in number of child marriages. The report also said, along with India, Afghanistan, Bangaldesh and the...

    Keywords: birth registration, birth registration, South Asia, Child rights

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