Was 2019 an 'Annus horribilis' for India's children?
Except a few positive headlines, 2019 was a year when Indian children were in the news for mostly the wrong reasons
Child labour: When do we start to rewrite their story
The day people really start believing that there can be no reason that justifies child labour, not even poverty — is the day the real …
Budget 2020-21: Why it’s high time for a thorough revamp of our child budget
India's allocation for children has been remained a paltry 3.3% for some time now. Here's why we need more
Age at marriage in India: A gossamer of complexities and intricate linkages
India is the home to largest number of child brides. Nearly 27 per cent women aged 20-24 years were married before attaining 18 years of age
Union Budget 2019-20: Status quo remains for children
Allocation needed to be increased after being nearly stagnant for years
Not a child’s play to stand up against child marriage
After saying a no to her own marriage, Bishnupriya Pradhan is saving others from child marriage
Simply Put: Beti Bachao
International Women’s Day: How education can rewrite the story of child marriages in India
Adolescent girls are more vulnerable to child marriage as they drop-out of school before completing education. Here’s an attempt at …
COVID-19: Inducing child, early and forced marriage
The lockdown has interrupted protective measures that need to be restarted immediately
Gains lost: ILO flags rise in child labour — the first time this millennium
Globally, 9 million more children are at risk of child labour by the end of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Don’t raise legal age of girls’ marriage to 21: Odisha body to parliamentary panel
Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights urges parliament panel to keep 18 as minimum legal age for marriage of girls and boys
Over 1,400 more Odisha villages free of child marriage
All villages belong to tribal-dominated Kandhamal district; total 5,411 villages across 7 districts free of child marriage since 2019
COVID-19: Child trafficking, assault on the rise in north Bengal
Most tea growers lost livelihood to the pandemic; cases of sexual assualt do not reach courts
Dahi Handi and the fall of young govindas
Under the veneer of celebration, lives of minors in Maharashtra are put at stake
Simply Put: Marriage and employment
What the new National Education Policy misses — Time
Except the makers of the policy, everyone else acknowledges that a baby’s brain development starts from the moment it is born and not …
Girls, hope your health gets precedence over ‘tradition’
Child marriages are not illegal yet but they could be if the WCD ministry’s proposal is accepted
Odisha minister endorses CRY-VCRO campaign on child health, malnutrition
The six-month-long campaign reached out to children and mothers of 131 villages of five tribal districts in Odisha
Free the child from all barriers this Independence Day
As we celebrate seven decades of independence, we must give all our children the gift of real freedom – from prejudice, barriers, …
Lost childhood: COVID-19, floods trigger child trafficking in Bihar
State’s battered economy provides fertile ground to human traffickers
Incremental child budget won’t bring transformational change
If tomorrow’s budget sticks to being just about an incremental change of numbers, nothing much will change. Transformation always needs …
Musings on the Independence of the Other India
Even after 71 years of independence, 1 in 11 children in India is a child labourer, 1 in every 3 is malnourished, only 3 in every 10 children …
Is child protection a priority in the public budget?
Well-designed interventions for prevention, protection, response & rehabilitation can help India reach the ideal of a comprehensive …
What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed – and why it matters
Kenya performed well above average, with a rate of 46 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to an average of 76 across sub-Saharan Africa region
Back to school: An encouraging move, but need to tread with caution
Children became vulnerable to child marriage, trafficking and labour during the COVID-19 pandemic. The only focus right now should be to …
