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Strict laws on paper, but here’s what we really need to keep our children safe

May 21, 2020 Swati Amar

In the first of a three-part series exploring solutions to the menace of child abuse, a former official of the ICCW tells us why laws alone are never enough.

Governance

Why ‘Fast Track Courts’ have been slow to ensure justice for women and children

January 16, 2020 Bindu Gopal Rao

The main intent behind the setting up of Fast Track Courts was to speed up trials and decide cases relating to serious crimes, especially against women and children. In most states, however, these have failed to achieve anything. A look at the reasons behind such failure.

Society

An open letter to parents: You need to protect your child from sexual abuse

July 19, 2018 Sonal Kellogg

Child rape has assumed pandemic proportions in India. Often parents don’t have the slightest inkling of the abuse faced by the victim, as in the recent Chennai case. A CSA survivor writes an open letter to parents, telling them about the role they have to play in protecting their child.

Education

As playschools operate at will, is your child’s safety at threat?

March 17, 2017 Akshatha M

Several reported instances of child sexual abuse in preschools across India, often by members of staff, raise concerns about the lack of regulation in the country’s pre-primary education sector. Akshatha M digs deeper.


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