Date: 21 May 2013

[18 May 2013] - A teacher flew into a rage and beat up an eight-year-old boy; slapping him, dragging him by the ear and bashing his head against a wall, as his classmates looked on in horror. The Class-III student Bapi Jourdar, who was admitted to hospital after Wednesday's attack battered

Date: 25 March 2013

Report by Asian Centre for Human Rights highlights the state of juvenile justice in the 197 districts suffering from internal armed conflict in India.

Date: 22 March 2013

Child Rights activists across India have hailed the Parliament of India for passing a landmark law against trafficking.

From Saturday, March 16, 2013 to Monday, March 18, 2013

HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, in partnership with Penal Reform International, the National Law University in Delhi, UNICEF India, Save the Children India, Child Fund India and Cordaid, is organizing an International Colloquium on Juvenile Justice on 16-18 March.

Date: 25 February 2013

A radical new law to ban child trafficking in India may be dropped by the country's parliament.The Observer has learned that attempts have been made to water down the proposed move despite evidence showing the trafficking of hundreds of thousands of children in the country.

Date: 21 February 2013

In the Bengal region in the west, trafficking and sexual exploitation are still the most serious scourges faced by the Terre des hommes teams. At an interview given to the local paper Postnoon , Lopa Bhattacharjee, coordinator for child protection, spoke of Tdh’s activities in India. Here is a resume of his interview, focussing on the efforts still to be made in the matter of implementing the child protection laws.

Date: 19 February 2013

Legislators in India should substantially amend or replace the new criminal law on violence against women in the forthcoming budget session of the parliament, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have said.

Date: 25 January 2013

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on Friday welcomed the report of the Verma Committee as a groundbreaking basis for action against violence against women in India, and urged the Government to follow through on its vision and recommendations.

Date: 22 January 2013

[19 January 2013] - She was just 14 years old when she was picked up from her poor village in eastern India and promised good wages as a maid in New Delhi. Instead, she was forced to work for free as a virtual slave in a wealthy middle-class household. When she plucked up the courage to compla

Date: 15 January 2013

Understanding how poverty and inequalities affect children is central to understanding the impact of the MDGs and development of the post-2015 agenda.This paper draws together research from across the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty to answer questions about how inequality shapes children’s development. Our conclusions are wide-ranging – spanning education, health and nutrition, and psychosocial development. Overall, the evidence is clear – that children from the poorest households are most vulnerable and quickly fall behind their peers, in terms of equality of opport

Date: 7 November 2012

Following the girl's rape, the suggestion that the age of marriage
 should be be lowered to reduce rapes, sparked both a wave of
 anger and a debate about India’s attitudes towards women.

Date: 30 October 2012

Dans l'État de l'Haryana, le nombre de viols a doublé en huit ans, avec pour premières victimes certaines castes et les jeunes filles considérées comme inférieures.

Date: 24 October 2012

[21 October 2012] - Over 60 children were denied admissions in the schools in various states in last four years because they were infected with HIV. Such children continued to face discrimination despite a law guaranteeing the right to free and compulsory education to children came into effect

Date: 23 October 2012

In a recent case of child sex abuse, the Delhi High Court ruled that "the evidence of a child witness cannot be rejected outright, [but it] must be evaluated more carefully and with greater circumspection because a child is susceptible to be swayed by others."

Date: 8 October 2012

Research has found that private schools are not admitting children belonging to poorer social groups.

Date: 17 September 2012

The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international human rights mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues covered by NGOs in their alternative reports to the various human rights monitoring bodies. These violations are listed in no particular order.Please note this is a work in progress. Send comments to info@crin.org

Date: 13 September 2012

This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports.Please note that the language may have been edited in places for the purpose of clarity.

Date: 11 September 2012

A 2007 study on child abuse revealed that almost 65 per cent of children suffer corporal punishment in schools.

Date: 17 August 2012

[16 August 2012] - India's Supreme Court has ordered the federal and state governments to provide information on 55,000 missing children in the country. The court is hearing a petition filed by a lawyer which claims the government has "failed to trace" the children. The petition said children

Date: 1 August 2012

Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.

Date: 31 July 2012

On 28 July, the Delhi High Court passed a judgement on child marriage.

Date: 18 July 2012

[17 July 2012] - The images looped over and over again on television screens, provoking outrage across India.  On July 9, a teenage girl in Guwahati, in the northeastern state of Assam, stepped out of Club Mint on the crowded G.S. Road after an evening out with her friends. Part of w

Date: 17 July 2012

[17 July 2012] - Following reports that the Bhopal gas tragedy victims are being used as `guinea pigs’ for testing certain clinically unapproved drugs the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Union and MP governments to file their responses to the allegations. “There has to be some se

Date: 15 June 2012

Despite aiming to protect children from sexual abuse, the bill criminalises all sexual activity involving a child under the age of 18, even if consensual and practiced by under-18s. In doing so, one activist says the bill will essentially regulate sexual activity of minors, and criminalise those who have sex.

Date: 14 June 2012

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Date: 12 June 2012

The 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review took place from 21 May to 4 June this year. Read the summary reports for each of the fourteen State reviews, as well as CRIN's children's rights extract reports.

Date: 1 June 2012

On 24 May 2012, the UPR working group examined the human rights situation in India.

Date: 31 May 2012

Español / Français / العربية  Developments on the use of the death penalty in 2011 confirmed the global trend towards abolition. The number of countries that were known to have carried out death sentences decreased c

Date: 24 May 2012

العربية / Español / Français / Pусский The courage shown by protesters in the past 12 months has been matched by a failure of leadership that makes the UN Security Council seem tired, out of step a

From Monday, May 21, 2012 to Monday, June 04, 2012

The 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review will take place from 21 May to 4 June 2012. Below is a list of the countries to be reviewed during the session.

Date: 16 May 2012

A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholders' Information'. Also included is the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.

Date: 27 April 2012

Activists and legal experts slammed the bill saying it was out of tune with the reality of sex ceasing to be taboo among youth. Offences would be tried under the Juvenile Justice Act and carry a maximum punishment of three years. imprisonment.

Date: 26 April 2012

[24 April 2012] - Two Indian children who were handed over to their uncle from foster care in Norway have returned to India. On Monday, a Norwegian court ruled that the children be allowed to return to India. Norway's Child Welfare Agency (CWA) said it took the children into custody last May alleg

Date: 26 April 2012

The couple was married at ages one and three, but the bride was not informed until she was 18.

Date: 19 April 2012

The Indian Supreme Court's ruling on a child's right to education (RTE) that private schools must keep a quarter of their seats open for poor students has been welcomed, though challenges in implementation have presented themselves.

Date: 12 April 2012

The report documents the inadequate living conditions within the prisons, the inadequate provision of food, the physical and sexual abuse of inmates, and that some juvenile inmate have attempted suicide as a result of the above.

Date: 11 April 2012

India is reported to have more child labourers than any other country in the world.

Date: 2 April 2012

Expressing concern over the “startling revelation” that more than 100 juveniles are wrongfully lodged with adult inmates in Tihar Jail, the Delhi High Court has said that it intends to frame guidelines for the police and the magistrates in handling cases that involve minors.

Date: 21 March 2012

To protect child rights, Jammu and Kashmir will soon set up a State Commission and district-level Juvenile Justice Courts to look into cases of children.

Date: 19 March 2012

Mr Finance Minister, what have you got for me this year? - Budget for Children (BfC) in the Union Budget 2012-13 Key Findings • 5.3 per cent of the Union Budget is Budget for Children (BfC) with an increase of 0.3 per cent since 2011-12. This must be set against the inflation rate of 6

Date: 15 March 2012

The information below is based on the 2011 report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council (A/65/820-S/2011/250) issued on 23 April 2011. More information is available in the report.

Date: 7 March 2012

Life sentences in countries that practice inhuman sentencing. Antigua and Barbuda Life sentence for treason regardless of age: The Treason Act (article 8) sets a mandatory life sentence for treason offences, and the government has reported that this applies to persons under the age of 18. Indeter

Date: 5 March 2012

With the number of incidents of schools practicing corporal punishments showing an increase, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the schools to constitute special monitoring cells to take prompt action in cases of physical punishment or harassment of children.

Date: 27 February 2012

This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are available here: http://www.crin.org/resources/treaties/index.aspPlease note that the language may have been edited in places for the purpose of clarity.Scroll to:

Date: 24 February 2012

Analysis from a children's rights perspective of the debate in India on the 2009 ruling against the criminalisation of same-sex relations.

Date: 10 February 2012

[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing ceremony to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28 F

Date: 1 February 2012

The Government of India has published a draft of the National Report for input from civil society ahead of its second Universal Periodic Review in May.

Date: 27 January 2012

[NEW DELHI, 26 January 2012] - A villager in southwestern India has developed the country's first online mapping platform that documents the multitude of abuses, rapes and murders committed daily against women there, to awaken people to the extent and horrors of such crimes. Despite strong laws,

Date: 25 January 2012

Download the three volumes below:  Volume I   Volume II Volume III

Date: 23 January 2012

This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. M

Date: 23 January 2012

Norwegian authorities objected to the parents' hand feeding the children, equating it to force feeding. But what first seemed to be cultural differences have now turned out into a custody battle. Norway has been criticised in the past for putting too many children into public care.

Date: 20 January 2012

Civil rights activist Jignesh Mevani describes the conditions endured by India's child cotton workers.

Date: 18 January 2012

General overview of India's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.

Date: 16 January 2012

The article relates to recommendations to include domestic workers, who comprise 30 per cent of the female workforce, within the ambit of the 'Protection of women against sexual harassment at workplace bill'.

Date: 13 January 2012

India issues arrest warrant for guide after tribal people made to dance for tourists on tropical island chain

Date: 10 January 2012

[GUWAHATI, 8 January 2012] - The domestic workers of the city have demanded a separate union that would look after their rights and privileges and also work towards their uplift, besides raising a voice against the injustice meted out to them on a regular basis. City-based NGO Centre for Developmen

Date: 5 January 2012

Low costs, weak laws and inadequate enforcement and penalties are blamed for making India an attractive destination for conducting the tests.

Date: 3 January 2012

Une amende de 5 000 roupies (72 euros) : c'est l'unique peine qu'ont reçu douze médecins en Inde pour avoir pratiqué en secret des tests de médicaments sur des patients, des enfants pour certains.

Date: 13 December 2011

Information about institutions in India that monitor children's rights.

Date: 9 December 2011

Most of the missing children end up in bonded labour, in brothels or in other exploitative situations, while the main reason why many remain untraced is police apathy.

Date: 1 December 2011

The situation of children living with HIV in conflict areas is especially disconcerting, since they are infected, and affected by circumstances and actions beyond their own doing.

Date: 22 November 2011

'Torture in India 2011' states that a total of 14,231 persons i.e. more than four persons per day died in police and judicial custody in India from 2001 to 2010. This includes 1,504 deaths in police custody and 12,727 deaths in judicial custody from 2001-2002 to 2009-2010 as per the cases submitted

Date: 17 November 2011

[NEW DELHI, 16 November 2011] - The Asian Centre for Human Rights has released its fact finding report, 'Juveniles of Jammu and Kashmir: Unequal before the Law & Denied Justice in Custody', after field visits to Srinagar, Budgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Islamabad, Kulgam, Ganderbal and Jammu

Date: 8 November 2011

The Bangalore International School has been asked to tender an unconditional apology to a former student by the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The girl was segregated from her class for a whole week for no fault of hers.

Date: 28 October 2011

Hundreds of boys detained during anti-India street protests in 2010 who were subsequently detained in adult jails for stone-throwing or attending a procession, say they were abused and mistreated by the authorities. In the part-autonomous state of Kashmir, boys above 16 are treated as adults, while in the rest of India, offenders under 18 years are treated as juveniles and sent to separate detention facilities.

Date: 28 October 2011

CRIN has submitted a report to the 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), when India will be reviewed for the second time. The report focuses on in the inhuman sentencing of child offenders in the country.

Date: 26 October 2011

"Now in school, my classmates and friends will be calling me this new name, and that makes me very happy," said a 15-year-old girl.

Date: 5 October 2011

The draft bill includes fines of up to 10,000 rupees ($203 USD) or three months’ jail time for parents that have more than two children, while a third child will not be eligible for services from the government.

Date: 15 September 2011

Tackling gender inequalities has become central to poverty reduction strategies. yet gender dynamics between children growing up in poverty, and how these change, are poorly understood, yet a number of assumptions prevail. Young lives findings suggest that gender is one source of inequality, alongside poverty,geographical location, ethnicity or caste status, which can intersect to impact negatively on life chances and on girls differently from boys. to improve equality of chances, policy interventions will have most success by targeting absolute poverty and broader structural inequalities.

Date: 19 August 2011

Submission to the 2011 Day of General Discussion

Date: 18 August 2011

A Delhi school discriminated against its poor students by profiling them on the basis of their socio-economic status and by making them wear tags showing they have been admitted under the legally bound 10 per cent quota for economically disadvantaged children, the children's parents and child rights activists have alleged.

Date: 5 August 2011

Jasvinder Sanghera has long campaigned against forced marriage but, she says, it is still widespread – and thousands of girls will not return to the UK after the summer holidays

Date: 20 July 2011

Many victims have been raped or assaulted when they went to the fields because, like millions of Indians, they have no access to toilets at home. Over 90 percent of rape victims are Dalit, 85 per cent of which are underage girls.

Date: 13 July 2011

Survival International is calling for tourists to boycott the Andaman Trunk Road in India's Andaman Islands, a fast-growing tourist destination now known for their beautiful beaches, as contact between tourists and the local Jarawa tribe is highly dangerous for the Jarawa, who number just 365, because tourists risk passing on diseases to which the tribe has little immunity. In 2002, the Indian Supreme Court ordered the road be closed, yet it still remains open.

Date: 4 July 2011

Marriage under 16 is illegal in India, but a national survey last year showed almost half of girls were younger when married.

Date: 2 July 2011

(Le 1 juillet 2011) - Des médecins indiens ont été accusés de conduire des opérations chirurgicales de changement de sexe sur des petites filles pour des parents souhaitant un fils afin d'améliorer les perspectives de revenus de leur famille. La Commissio

Date: 1 July 2011

Discussion is taking place on making a new law on sex change operations conducted on children, after it was revealed that they are being conducted on girls aged one to five years to turn them into boys.

Date: 29 June 2011

Upon being informed of the report that sex change operations (genitoplasties) are being performed on baby girls, the Prime Minister's Office has issued an investigation, and hints at the possibility of tighter laws and restrictions on the issue.

Date: 31 May 2011

There are many children in Bangalore state who have suffered various criminal offences, but they do not know what to do and where to go.

Date: 25 May 2011

Up to 6 million females were aborted over the past decade, often when the child was the family's second and they already had a daughter, with the practice is more widespread among wealthier and better educated Indian families.

Date: 16 May 2011

Perhaps thousands of underage workers as young as 8, lured by the wages, leave school to work in coal mines under perilous conditions. The country officially upholds mining safety standards and forbids child labor, but loopholes in state laws allow widespread abuses.

Date: 13 May 2011

Español / Français As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings, tear gas and tanks. This bravery is sending a sig

Date: 19 April 2011

International review, comparison, and analysis of child-friendly justice practices in various jurisdictions.

Date: 19 April 2011

The court's decision followed a petition lodged by the Indian children's rights group, Save the Childhood Movement, campaigning against children being made to perform dangerous stunts such as high-wire acrobatics, often without safety nets.

Date: 15 April 2011

At least 891 children has gone missing from state-run children's homes in the state of Karnataka, strengthening the common belief that government homes do not provide a child-friendly atmosphere.

Date: 14 April 2011

An aversion to having daughters is leading to millions of missing girls.

Date: 4 April 2011

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is not happy with the way the Gurgaon police have handled the case of a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on charges of vehicle theft last week.

Date: 16 March 2011

An investigation is under way into allegations of physical abuse against a schoolboy at the hands of two teachers.

Date: 15 March 2011

The Karnataka state Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has launched an investigation into instances of corporal punishment against children in schools, after the death of one child and 20 other related complaints.

Date: 9 March 2011

Studies have shown that adolescent marriage appears to be directly linked with increased violence at home: emotional, physical and sexual, practiced both by the husband and the in-laws. It even continues unabated during pregnancy and motherhood.

Date: 7 March 2011

Children's rights activists say that with high levels of impunity for perpetrators of child labour, the practice continues to flourish, highlighting weaknesses in the The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986.

Date: 3 March 2011

Poverty, gender discrimination and migration have a big impact on child marriage and on the health of girls and young women.

Date: 22 February 2011

The memorandum included the demand for more budgetary allocation for basic education, proper facilities to madrassas, child health, proper sanitation and water supply in schools.

Date: 14 February 2011

Three children have run away from the children's home in which they resided due to mistreatment by the management, including forced labour and whipping.

Date: 10 February 2011

Nineteen parents, including eminent figures, of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have gathered at the Supreme Court against the criminalisation of their children.

Date: 7 February 2011

Children in a shelter home suffer the effects of overcrowding, hunger, lack of running water, deficient infrastructure, health issues and beatings and physical torture at the hands of their caregivers, reveals a recent study conducted by NGOs in Bangalore.

Date: 3 February 2011

Recent figures of sexual violence against children highlight the scale of the problem, including a recent case of the rape of a minor by her doctor in hospital.

Date: 26 January 2011

This 21st annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2010 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. With increasing frequency

Date: 25 January 2011

A staggering 95 per cent of children who were rescued from forced labour in Delhi over a year ago have not received any rehabilitation, which increases their chances of returning to labour.

Date: 25 January 2011

Cases of human rights abuses against human rights defenders and their families in India have highlighted weaknesses in the country's National Human Rights Commission.

Date: 24 January 2011

An initiative to put a stop to child marriages in Bangalore proposes the compulsory demonstration of age certificates, electron identity cards or photo identity.

Date: 21 January 2011

The Jharkhand state government has been requested to set up a children's rights commission after high rates of trafficking in children for labour were recorded.

Date: 20 January 2011

It has been revealed that 1,807 children escaped from NGO- and government-run shelter homes in New Delhi, India throughout a four-year period. There have even been cases of child deaths, inadequate hygiene facilities and poor food. This finding has highlighted significant gaps in the shelter home system that include a lack of a child-friendly environment and a lack of sufficient training of staff in child rights.

Date: 13 January 2011

[NEW DELHI, 12 January 2011] - Blaming Delhi government for not taking proper action for rescue and rehabilitation of child labourers, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday submitted an affidavit before the Delhi high court seeking directions to government

Date: 7 January 2011

[MYSORE, 7 January 2011] - Child abuse can't get worse than this. Sameer, 11, was found on Thursday with his hands and legs in chains in a bylane of Shaktinagar here. All because he didn't obey his uncle Asgar's orders to go to work. Police and child rights activists rescued Sameer and arrest

Date: 5 January 2011

[NEW DELHI, 23 December 2010] - After losing their parents to HIV, eight children are now on the verge of losing their right to education. The children, aged between three and 12 years, were denied admission to a prominent school in Gurgaon last year on 'medical grounds' and even the government

Date: 5 January 2011

[GURGAON, 24 December 2010]: Following a report that a private school in Gurgaon denied admission to eight HIV positive children, the state education department has sought a detailed report from the District Education Officer by December 27. A spokesman of the education department said that at pres

Date: 4 January 2011

Analysis of CRC reporting in seven States.

Date: 24 December 2010

[NEW DELHI, 22 December 2010] - The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked a Jharkhand official to take action in a case in which three arrested school girls were treated as adults and sent to jail, a statement said Wednesday.  According to the commission, th

Date: 24 December 2010

[BANGALORE, 21 December 2010] - The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) visited the premises of a child care Trust, following reports of the death of a 14-year-old boy at a farm in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, owned by the Trust. The boy, Chandru, an inmate of Karunya Co

From Friday, December 03, 2010 to Sunday, December 05, 2010

ICYO will invite 500 delegates from 200 youth organizations from all over India. The Convention will be held from 3rd December to 5th December 2010 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Date: 2 November 2010

Report detailing the legality of inhuman sentencing against children in India. India is divided into 28 states and seven union territories. Federal law is applicable in all states and territories except the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which has a degree of autonomy. Capital punishment of child offenders is unlawful except possibly in Jammu and Kashmir. Life imprisonment of child offenders is prohibited except in Jammu and Kashmir. Judicial corporal punishment is unlawful under criminal law throughout India, but it is used, possibly lawfully, in traditional justice systems.

Date: 26 October 2010

[25 October 2010] - The enormous economic and social cost of violence in schools across the world has been revealed for the first time in a new report. Based on research commissioned by Plan, the report found that the total cost of school violence in terms of social benefits lost in just 13 cou

Date: 6 October 2010

A fact-finding report on the fleeing of juveniles from the Government Observation Home, Special Home and Children’s Home (Combined) for Boys at Berhampur under Ganjam District of Orissa on 21-22 September 2010.

Date: 20 September 2010

Much remains to be done if progress towards achieving the mdgs is to be sustained. Young lives research is tracking 12,000 children in ethiopia, india, peru and vietnam to learn about their education, well-being and experiences of poverty and uncertainty. Our work shows that there has been progress towards the mdgs, but that significant inequalities in access to and quality of services and children’s outcomes remain. strategies to support sustained improvements under the mdgs need both to improve overall outcomes, and to deliver most for the poorest and most marginalised children.

From Thursday, September 09, 2010 to Wednesday, September 09, 2020

Save the Children launches a new report which provides an analysis of child protection systems in South Asia. The study, “Stepping Up Child Protection: An assessment of child protection systems from all countries in South Asia, including reflections from Central Asia," brings together the latest data and information on all elements of child protection systems. This report is a tool to support governments, civil society and children to step up and take action for the protection of children and amend and implement laws, policies and programmes.

Date: 7 September 2010

[NEW YORK, 7 September 2010] - Maoist militants and Indian authorities should protect both schools and children's access to education during the upcoming Bihar state elections, Human Rights Watch said today. The use of schools by government police and paramilitary forces as bases during the elec

Date: 22 July 2010

(NEW YORK, 22 July 2010) – The Jammu and Kashmir state government should carry out a high court order to ensure due process rights and protections for children detained for allegedly participating in violent street protests, Human Rights Watch said today. Hundreds of these children, locall

Date: 1 July 2010

[1 July 2010] - An Indian MP's call for the children of a recently-contacted Andaman Island tribe to be removed from their parents and sent to residential schools has sparked worldwide outrage. Indigenous people around the world have reacted furiously to the move, which echoes the much-criticised p

Date: 23 June 2010

The Prime Minister of Nepal inaugurates the South Asian Minister’s meeting on ending violence against children. On 23 June the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of Nepal inaugurated a meeting involving the ministers from the Nodal ministry dealing with children’s issues from Afghanistan, Banglades

Date: 15 June 2010

[NEW YORK, 15 June 2010] - US child activists made an impassioned plea Monday for the 90-year-old former boss of Union Carbide to help victims of the deadliest ever industrial disaster in Bhopal, India. The Indian government said last week the case against the chemical group's former CEO, Warren An

Date: 14 June 2010

Delhi's high court has prevented a 40 year old man from consummating his marriage to a 17 year old girl until she reaches the age of majority. Unlike some earlier decisions of HC when minor brides were allowed to reside with their husbands, a bench headed by justice A. K. Sikri decreed that the

Date: 11 June 2010

[KOLKATA, 11 June 2010] - The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has held that a premier boy’s school in Kolkata was responsible for the suicide of its student Rouvanjit Rawla and stated that the school environment was ‘not suitable’ for children. Rouva

Date: 7 June 2010

[KOLKATA, 5 June 2010] - India's National Commission for the Protection of Children's Rights has launched an enquiry into the suicide of a school boy in February following allegations that corporal punishment by the school's principal and teachers pushed him over the edge. The boy's father, Ajay R

Date: 6 June 2010

In the lead up to the MDG+10 Summit in 2010, the GMC conducted a survey in eight developing countries (India, Cambodia, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia and Bolivia) among the middle classes and opinion leaders to find out their knowledge and reactions to child mortality rates in their countri

Date: 20 April 2010

[14 April 2010] - School children in some of the remotest villages of the Indian state of Bihar have urged Maoist rebels to stop destroying their schools.Twenty-five schools across the state have been destroyed by Maoists in the past year - five have been blown up in the last few weeks alone.But in

Date: 6 April 2010

[1 April 2010] - A landmark law which makes education a fundamental right for children has come into effect in India.It is now legally enforceable for every child to demand free and elementary education between the ages of six and 14 years.Indian PM Manmohan Singh said enough funds would be made ava

Date: 23 March 2010

[DIMAPUR, 19 March 2010] - An estimated 70,000 Nepalese and Bangladeshi children work as bonded labourers in the coal mines of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya, northeastern India, according to the Impulse NGO Network.Child trafficking for forced labour remains a serious problem in the region des

Date: 3 March 2010

[ISLAMABAD, 2 March 2010] - Two children were wounded in "unprovoked firing" by Indian forces across the de facto border dividing the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistani officials said on Tuesday.An Indian army spokesman said soldiers had retaliated after Pakistani troops opened fire.Pakis

Date: 3 March 2010

[3 March 2010] - The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended that children below the age of seven years should not be allowed to participate in reality television shows.“The final decision on several other related recommendations will be taken in a couple

Date: 2 March 2010

Children not included in "inclusive" budget: Where is the "Aam Bachcha" in the budget, Mr Finance Minister?Budget for children in the Union 2010 - 2011.

Date: 1 March 2010

Como parte de la serie “estudios sobre transiciones en la primera infancia”, este cuaderno se basa en la investigación "young lives" (niños del milenio, en español), un estudio longitudinal de 15 años sobre la pobreza infantil en Perú, Etiopía e India. Este documento aborda los retos a los que hay que hacer frente para garantizar que las potencialidades de la atención y educación para la primera infancia se traduzcan en prácticas concretas para transformar la vida de los niños pequeños y sus familias.

Date: 11 February 2010

Discrimination against Dalits permeates numerous aspects of daily life in India. It affects access to education and medical facilities and imposes restrictions on housing and what kind of work Dalits can carry out. Moreover, the practice is widespread despite national laws banning it.Such are the fi

Date: 2 February 2010

[2 February 2010] - There has been another protest in Indian-administered Kashmir over the killing of a 15-year-old boy by a police tear-gas round.Wamiq Farooq died after being struck in the head by a shell, which was fired as police tried to disperse a protest against Indian rule on Sunday.At least

Date: 21 January 2010

Date: 6 January 2010

[6 January 2010] - The need for a minimum age for children to appear on television shows has been raised following the suicide of 11-year-old Neha Sawant. Neha allegedly committed suicide because her parents prevented her from participating in a reality television show. The National Commission for P

Date: 21 December 2009

The Indian central government has informed the Delhi High Court that it will lay down guidelines for appointments to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam informed a division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidh

Date: 9 December 2009

The ongoing conflict between Maoists and government forces is disrupting the education of India's most marginalised children, a rights group says.In a new report Human Rights Watch has urged the rebels to stop attacking state-run schools.It has also asked the government to instruct its troops not to

Date: 24 November 2009

CRY (Child Rights and You), a child rights organisation in India, has launched a nation-wide campaign called “ Do what is right”, urging all citizens to demand amendments to the recently passed Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.Addressing a press conference last

Date: 3 November 2009

Part of the "Studies in Early Transitions" series, this Working Paper draws on interviews and observations carried out as part of Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam based at the University of Oxford’s Department of Internatio

Date: 1 November 2009

This report presents the results from a survey developed and conducted by the Childwatch International Research Network’s Children and the Law Study Group. The survey explored how children’s participation rights are respected in post-separation decision-making in international family law contexts, including a focus on the legislative mechanisms and on the factors that facilitated, or hindered, children’s participation.

Date: 15 October 2009

Date: 15 October 2009

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Date: 14 October 2009

It’s a familiar sight. A child, wearing clothes too big for his frame, scrubbing pots in a roadside restaurant or serving food. An RTI enquiry has revealed that even three years after a law banning child labour came into effect, the government has carried out no inspection in most states, incl

Date: 8 October 2009

PUNE, 1 October The New-Delhi-based National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a legal notice to NDTV Imagine, directing the channel to immediately stop airing its newly-launched show Pati, Patni aur Woh' and send a report of compliance within seven days, or face action.The

Date: 10 September 2009

This report was compiled following an international colloquium on children and governance.

Date: 2 September 2009

What is a caste?The caste system describes a social hierarchy whereby restrictions or privileges may be afforded to different classes of people according to their heredity (or genes). As such, the assignment of rights is determined by birth. While the caste system has been formally abolished under s

Date: 25 August 2009

The Children's Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, which has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament and is awaiting the President's nod, is being severely criticised by the activists of Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL), who have demanded a re-drafting."The bill, in its presen

Date: 7 August 2009

Despite vigorous and unambiguous efforts to eliminate corporal punishment, the practice persists in schools around the world. Violence is a part of the lives of those children who experience and witness it and their physical safety is compromised in one of the spaces in which they should be most pro

Date: 5 August 2009

The Indian parliament has approved a landmark education bill which seeks to guarantee free and compulsory education for children aged between six and 14.The bill, passed by the lower house of parliament, will set up new state-run neighbourhood schools.It will also force private ones to reserve at le

Date: 28 July 2009

[NEW DELHI, 28 July 2009] - Teachers, doctors and other caregivers could soon report child abuse to authorities, if the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has its way.The commission — in its review of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act — has recommende

Date: 7 July 2009

Most child rights organizations say the union budget has been disappointing as demands for better fund allocation for primary education and health care have not been met.Dipankar Majumdar, director of Child Rights and You (CRY), an international child rights organisation, said Tuesday that while man

Date: 3 June 2009

 The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) publishes its 2009 Annual Report on Human Rights in India as the Congress led United Progressive Alliance government assumes its second term following the elections. The findings of the report are a clear challenge to the new government. ACHR argues tha

Date: 14 May 2009

A survey conducted by child rights organisation Bachpan Bachao Andolan Wednesday said around 80 per cent candidates contesting elections this Lok Sabha polls do not have child welfare or the right to education on their priority list.Bachpan Bachao Andolan carried out the survey after scanning the ca

Date: 5 May 2009

Child rights activists and educationists in Chennai, India, have slammed the 'Committee on Petitions' for its view on sex education in schools, a view that calls it regressive. The committee, which comprises members of the Indian parliament, has recommended that there should be no sex education in s

Date: 24 April 2009

In 1989, the UN adopted the Child Rights Convention. The bottom line of the Convention is that children all over the world should avail of the same rights. This, many scholars in the western countries have argued, again amounts to the imposition of western values on the entire world.In the discussion between relativists and universalists, the voice of the subject is often lacking. Froukje Gaasterland took on this challenge and went to live with the girls working in textile factories in Tirupur (India).

Date: 21 April 2009

With the first round passed in India's marathon five-phase general election, CRY (Child Rights and You) has revealed that it sent a child rights manifesto to all political parties demanding children's rights take centre stage. The Child Rights Manifesto (below) lists the issues that are affectin

Date: 17 April 2009

A shocked child rights commission has decided to take up the case of the 11-year-old schoolgirl who died Friday afternoon after her teacher allegedly beat her and forced her to stand out in the sun.'It is shocking how a young girl was punished so brutally that she lost her life. We are going to ask

Date: 7 April 2009

The Bernard van Leer Foundation is accepting applications for the 2009 Oscar van Leer Fellowships for journalists. The fellowship consists of a four-week, expenses-paid training course in The Netherlands covering journalism and children's issues. This is a great opportunity for young journalists to

Date: 2 April 2009

Acting on a complaint filed by a local college student who said that school children were being used in rallies by political parties across the country, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in India has asked the Chief Election Commissioner of India to issue to take up the

Date: 30 March 2009

Alarmed at a spurt in reported cases of fathers sexually abusing their daughters, India's child rights commission said that parents need to be counselled to handle such cases and recognise the fact that more than half the country's children are sexually abused.Just days after the shocking revelation

Date: 10 March 2009

[PARIS, 10 March 2009] — Child marriage is a crippling medical and social burden to women in India and poses a demographic threat to the entire world, health experts warned in The Lancet on Tuesday.Specialists in public health from India and the United States looked at data for 22,807 women ag

Date: 26 February 2009

In Delhi, India, nearly 63 per cent of children in the 0 to six years group suffer from anaemia. Pre-school education is available to only 2.7 lakh children in the three to six years group, out of the eligible 12 lakh. These figures are preliminary findings of an alternate report on the status of yo

Date: 19 February 2009

India's interim budget for 2009-10, presented on Monday, has frozen or decreased funds for child welfare programmes, according to a child rights NGO's budget analysis. “On issues of health, education, protection and nutrition, children have either received less in 2009-10 or their share has re

Date: 12 February 2009

HAQ’s Third Status Report on India’s children comes at a time when the country is trying to build the image of an emerging economic power, even while contending with a deepening global economic slowdown, preparing itself to host the Commonwealth Games 2010, grappling with the challenges

Date: 4 February 2009

The state government of Delhi has told the High Court of Delhi that to curb trafficking, especially domestic child labour, and to reign in the placement agencies mushrooming in the capital, the government will create a high level committee to draft guidelines for the prevention of trafficking an

From Monday, February 02, 2009 to Thursday, December 31, 2009

Is a UN human rights expert visiting your country?

Date: 30 January 2009

[New York] - The Orissa state government in India should develop and put into effect measures to ensure that children are not recruited as "special police officers," Human Rights Watch said in a letter released this week, to Orissa's Chief Minister Navin Patnaik. Human Rights Watch also ex

Date: 29 January 2009

The vast majority of children living with HIV around the world lack access to HIV testing and treatment. We can do something about that. The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), in collaboration with partners around the world, are embarking on a year-long action with governments, pharmaceutical compa

Date: 22 January 2009

[NEW DELHI, 22 January 2009] - Concerned over the increasing number of child trafficking cases, the Delhi High Court this week ordered senior police officers to investigate the case and present the results by Friday. A division bench of Chief Justice AP Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said, "Th

From Saturday, January 10, 2009 to Sunday, January 10, 2010

NLSIU, Bangalore, invites applications for a one year Post Graduate Diploma in Child Rights Law (PGDCRL) - Distance Mode. The programme is being offered by the Centre for Child and the Law (CCL), a specialised Research Centre at the NLSIU, engaged in research, training, teaching, practice and policy

Date: 16 December 2008

[NEW DELHI, 16 December 2008] - Almost six years after the Indian Parliament passed the 86th Constitutional Amendment, the national government this week introduced the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House). The 86th Amendmen

Date: 10 December 2008

The report includes information on child rights violations.Further informationResources on the rights of the child in India

Date: 1 December 2008

This year's theme is 'Lead, Empower, Deliver'

Date: 20 November 2008

Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across the world. The World Organisation Against Torture

Date: 20 November 2008

Sexual exploitation of boys as young as six is on the rise in India, researchers say. Abuse is becoming particularly more common in places of religious tourism, according to the study by non-governmental organisation Equations. Children interviewed said the abusers were foreign and domestic tourists

Date: 18 November 2008

بالعربيةCouncil resolution 7/3 asks that the High Commissioner for Human Rights consults with States, NGOs and others on how to better international cooperation and dialogue in the UN human rights machinery, including the Human Rights Council. The Comm

Date: 14 November 2008

Razia Sultan's eyes sparkle. Just 11, she is already a mix of power-lady and princess. Nothing in her mien gives away the fact that the eldest of  nine siblings toiled for four hours every day after school to stitch footballs in Meerut for two years till 2004. But Razia's come a long way since

Date: 31 October 2008

[NEW DELHI, 31 October 2008] - India's Union Cabinet has cleared the long-pending Right to Education Bill. “The Bill has been considered at several levels by the Group of Ministers (GoM). The Cabinet has approved the text of the Bill,” Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told repor

Date: 30 October 2008

The awards have been instituted by Tulir-CPHCSA with an aim to affirm, support and celebrate efforts that strengthen every child’s right to be safe from sexual violence, as enshrined in Article 34 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The awards for the year 2008 will be presented t

Date: 28 October 2008

From Sunday, September 28, 2008 to Sunday, September 28, 2008

Ahwaan Foundation invites you to be part of Ahwaan Bal Mukti Aandolan -a campaign against trafficking and commerial sexual exploitation of children.Mass rally and open forum.Youth from across Delhi will walk down from India GateThis is not a protest march -it is a gesture to tell the world that

Date: 25 September 2008

The Indian government has proposed new guidelines to regulate children's participation in reality TV shows. Among them is a suggestion to fix the minimum age limit of contestants to 12 years. Once approved, all broadcasters will have to follow the guidelines. In the past few years, reality shows wit

Date: 19 September 2008

[LONDON, 18 September 2008] - The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) has just launched the latest edition of its Review 'Children's Right to the City'.In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world’s population will be living in towns or cities. New cities are rising acr

Date: 15 September 2008

[NEW DELHI, 15 September 2008] - A child with either parent belonging to a scheduled caste (SC), such as Dalits, could be considered a member of that community if a proposal for an amendment to the Constitution gets the government's nod. Under the present statute, only a child with an

Date: 5 September 2008

[NEW YORK, 5 September 2008] – Indian security forces and Naxalite rebels should immediately end the use of children in the conflict in Chhattisgarh state in central India, Human Rights Watch said. Using children under age 18 in armed operations places them at risk of injury and death and viol

Date: 4 September 2008

A "staggering" 45,000 children go missing in India every year and of these, 11,000 are never found."Generally, police do not give priority to these cases and a report is filed only if it is a case of suspected kidnapping or abduction. Lodging reports will lead to accountabil

Date: 2 September 2008

[2 September 2008] - Children sheltering near highways after they fled their homes to escape rising floodwaters are being killed by high-speed vehicles, according to Save the Children's emergency response teams in northern India. Local indian aid agencies working with Save the Children have reported

From Thursday, August 14, 2008 to Thursday, August 14, 2008

Date: 4 August 2008

Menu: The concept of Ombudsperson | Why establish an Ombudsperson? | An Ombudsperson for children | The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) | Why an Ombudsperson for children? | Activities of an Ombudsperson for children |&nb

Date: 30 July 2008

Skip to: conclusions | recommendations[30 July 2008] - In 2007, the Controller and Auditor General of India came out with a Performance Audit of Educational Development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India. The audit report highlights among other things alarming gaps in policy implement

Date: 21 July 2008

[HYDERABAD, 20 July 2008] – Andhra Pradesh should protect and assist thousands of families who have fled the conflict in neighboring Chhattisgarh, Human Rights Watch said. State officials should act immediately to end the government’s discrimination against the displaced people.In a

Date: 21 July 2008

More than 200 people representing a cross-section of individuals and organisations working with children met to discuss Singapore’s progress in the promotion and protection of children’s rights.The meeting, moderated by Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies Director Ambassador Ong Keng

Date: 20 July 2008

[20 July 2008] - Since being sold to an Indian circus owner at the age of five, Kumari Lama had spent much of her life performing a high-wire act in which she gripped a rope with her teeth and whirled 40ft above the ring without a safety net. Forced to perform the stunt at least five times a day, s

Date: 17 July 2008

NEW DELHI, 17 July 2008] - The Indian labour ministry, which had come in for criticism for not being serious about implementing the Child Labour Act, has issued a 'protocol on rescue of child labour' on the directions of the Delhi High Court. Labour secretary Sudha Pillai said, she hoped t

Date: 24 June 2008

This is a documentation of a campaign to end violence against women and girls and to promote gender equality in India. Men’s Action for Stopping Violence Against Women or MASVAW is a network of over 175 individuals and 100 organisations, a member based campaign in the Indian State of Uttar Pra

Date: 23 June 2008

The number of girls born and surviving in India has hit an all time low compared to boys, ActionAid says. A report by the UK charity says increasing numbers of female foetuses were being aborted and baby girls deliberately neglected and left to die. In one site in the Punjab state, there are just 30

From Thursday, June 12, 2008 to Thursday, June 12, 2008

BBA is joining hands with Global March Against Child Labour (GMACL) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) to organise the South Asian Regional Congress on Child Labour and Education. The main intent of the regional congress is to create a platform for discussion on the interlinking issues

From Wednesday, May 28, 2008 to Friday, May 30, 2008

A National youth convention is planned in partnership with UNICEF and other youth organizations in India from 28th to 30th in Bangalore. The purpose of this convention is to create a Platform to Voice of Youth to fight against HIV and AIDS along with take up issues that affecting young people in the

Date: 14 May 2008

[14 May 2008] - More than 1.5m children in India are at risk of becoming malnourished because of rising global food prices, UNICEF says. It warns that food inflation could be devastating for vulnerable women and children right across South Asia. The region already has the largest number of malnouris

Date: 6 May 2008

[NEW DELHI, 6 May 2008] - The law ministry has asked the government to look into certain “crucial" aspects before introducing the Right to Education Bill which envisages free and compulsory education to children between 6 and 14 years. The Bill is likely to be introduced in the curre

Date: 1 May 2008

We are currently developing an international guide to human rights pro bono lawyers to accompany our toolkit on strategic litigation. If you know of other pro bono law firms, please let us know at info@crin.org.

Date: 29 April 2008

In ArabicShantha Sinha, 58, has been India’s Ombudswoman for Children for just over a year. Founder of the MV Foundation, Shantha is also a professor of political science and works and lives in Delhi.  There are 420 million children under 18 in India. It is easy to be daunted by the innum

Date: 28 April 2008

[MUMBAI, 28 april 2008] - Girls attending state-run schools in India's financial capital of Mumbai are ending the school year a little richer than they began it.For each day a girl showed up in classes, city authorities are paying her 1 rupee - about 2 U.S. cents. Boys continue to take not

Date: 10 April 2008

A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the first Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's Information'. Also included is the 'Final Report' and 'Conclusions and Recommendations' from the Review.

From Monday, April 07, 2008 to Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Se realizará la primera Revisión Periódica Universal (UPR, siglas en inglés) del 7 al 18 de abril del 2008 en Ginebra. Todos los documentos serán colocados en una página web dedicada al UPR de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, incluyendo re

Date: 4 April 2008

In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark Convention today. "It is a historic moment in our que

From Thursday, April 03, 2008 to Friday, April 04, 2008

Funded by the United Kingdom-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI)

Date: 20 March 2008

[NEW DELHI, 19 March 2008] - New Delhi's Fashion Week has for the first time adopted a strong focus on children’s rights. The organisers built a 'pledge wall,' where designers can air their views on child labour, and advocate for an end to the practice. This heightened atte

Date: 19 March 2008

Date: 4 March 2008

[NEW DELHI, 3 March 2008] - India is offering to pay poor families nearly $3,000 to bring up their girl children, and discourage the widespread practice of aborting the female foetus which has led to a skewed gender balance in parts of the country. Many families prefer boys, as future breadwinn

Date: 20 February 2008

[NEW DELHI, 20 February 2008] -  Moved by the mounting cases of violence amongst school children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has urged the Centre to introduce legislation which would make it mandatory for all schools (including private institutions) to have f

Date: 19 February 2008

[NEW DELHI, 19 February 2008] - Physical abuse by teachers is driving children out of school in India, the government has admitted, directly blaming corporal punishment for school dropouts for the first time. The human resource development ministry has asked all states and Union Territories to

Date: 18 February 2008

[NEW DELHI, 16 February 2008] -  A report released by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has thrown light on the conditions for juvenile criminals in reform homes in India. Around 5,000 cases against juveniles are pending in courts.Apart from delayed justice, th

From Monday, February 18, 2008 to Saturday, February 23, 2008

At the end of the six day, interactive course the participants will have:�� Enhanced conceptual clarity on rights based approaches (children and young people), gender, and life skills�� Enhanced understanding on participation of children and young people through diff

Date: 6 February 2008

[6 February 2008] – Women buying high-end fashion in India and abroad realise that the fancy bangles, shoes, belts and wallets are made by the injured and tiny hands of trafficked and enslaved children. 82 such children were rescued in two different raids jointly conducted by Bachpan Bachao An

Date: 22 January 2008

[22 January 2008] - India's National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will hold a public hearing 23 January on allegations of child abuse by Tamil Nadu schools and hostels. The hearing is in response to an appeal made by a coalition of 22 NGOs. The commission team will hear 40

Date: 14 January 2008

(BHOOGAON, INDIA, 14th January 2008) - In a smart blue tunic and red ribbons in her hair, 12-year-old Komal's laughing eyes hide a fear of death that stalks every student in her village school.Within months or years she could be dead, but while she lives she is fulfilling a dream -- of goi

Date: 14 January 2008

[NEW DELHI] - When does childhood end? At 18, when a girl can marry; 16, when she can give consent for sex; or 14, when a person can work in hazardous jobs? These legal ambiguities may soon be history, with moves afoot to hammer out a uniform definition of "child" in India. The Nation

Date: 10 January 2008

[NEW DELHI, 10 January 2008] - India's Delhi High Court has criticised the central government for the delay in constituting a State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, and asked it to give powers to the lieutenant governor to initiate the process within a week.Chief Justice M.K. Sha

Date: 3 January 2008

[3 January 2007] - A group of child laborers recently rescued from a dank factory where they threaded sequins onto shirts to be sold by the San Francisco retail giant Gap Inc. finally went home last week. But in a country long desensitised to minors toiling in iron ore mines, fireworks plants and te

Date: 14 December 2007

[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday. Crises worsen discrimination against the elderly, people

Date: 13 December 2007

"We, non-governmental organisations, networks and civil society groups meeting in India to assess what has been done to make the world fit for children since 2002, commend the initiative taken by the United Nations to take stock of progress for children worldwide, and welcome the holding of the

Date: 10 December 2007

[10 December 2007] - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will turn 60 on 10 December 2008. Human Rights Day 2007 will launch a year-long UN system-wide advocacy campaign to mark this important milestone. The theme of the campaign, which will be led by the High Commissioner for Human Rig

From Friday, December 07, 2007 to Monday, December 10, 2007

The Global Symposium is an annual event that has developed a world wide movement through a global partnership with civil society and educational organizations to establish sustainable development, world unity and world peace. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for many to be proximate with som

Date: 5 December 2007

[NEW DELHI, 5 December 2007] - Proposed US government guidelines on imported goods made using child or enforced labour, issued in October, have prompted the Indian government to act.The ministries of commerce, labour and women and child development have got together and decided to get expo

Date: 30 November 2007

This is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children.

From Friday, November 30, 2007 to Wednesday, December 05, 2007

The broad objective of this course is to strengthen knowledge base, implementation and management capacities of participants for programmes on child rights including right to participation so that they can design and deliver efficient-equitable and financially sustainable programmes and also integrate concepts of rights and participation in their existing programmes.

Date: 29 November 2007

The October - November 2007 issue of Children Speak deals with climate change. Children Speak is published every two months to communicate current news and insights, as part of a continuing effort to promote greater awareness on major themes and critical issues of timely significance for c

From Wednesday, November 28, 2007 to Saturday, December 01, 2007

The theme of the conference is "TQM in Education: An Inititative to Develop Total Quality Person". Free registration, Fooding, Stay and Site Seeing at the city of Nawabs, Lucknow. For all international participants. Visit www.cmseducation.org/icsqcc for details.

Date: 20 November 2007

[20 November 2007] - The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is 18-years-old today. The symbolism of the anniversary has not been missed on NGOs and child rights advocates, who have highlighted the importance of the treaty on the day it attains adulthood. CRIN today launches a brand new sect

Date: 13 November 2007

The August September 2007 issue of Children Speak deals with education – one of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations to achieve universal primary education for all by 2015. The article examines the disparities in educational standards, for although countries may hav

Date: 5 November 2007

[SRINAGAR, 31 October 2007] - More than 15,000 orphans, the children of militants killed in the past 17 years, have been neglected and face discrimination in the Indian government's relief and rehabilitation measures, according to an NGO.General Secretary, A R Hanjoora, of the Volunta

Date: 1 November 2007

[NEW DELHI, 1 November 2007] - The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in India has written to district collectors to ask that articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child are read out in every class, and morning assemblies, at least tw

From Thursday, November 01, 2007 to Monday, December 31, 2007

Dates of upcoming visits by the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council

Date: 31 October 2007

[NEW DELHI, 31 October 2007] - The Indian government is planning to extend certain provisions of the Domestic Violence Act to make beating of children by their parents an offence, as is the case in many western countries. The politically "progressive" move is aimed at protecting kids

Date: 29 October 2007

[29 October 2007] - Amitosh concentrates as he pulls the loops of thread through tiny plastic beads and sequins on the toddler's blouse he is making. Dripping with sweat, his hair is thinly coated in dust. In Hindi his name means 'happiness'. The hand-embroidered garment on which his tiny needle is

Date: 19 October 2007

[NEW DELHI, 19 October 2007] - Indian Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh has warned carpet manufacturers against using child labour as it could mean a ban on exports to the United States and other Western nations. He said the U.S. government might be thinking of public

Date: 17 October 2007

[17 October 2007] - More and more States worldwide are reforming their laws to prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in their homes. A new report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses the progress made towards prohibiting all corporal punishme

Date: 16 October 2007

[AHMEDABAD, 15 October 2007] - Midday meal schemes are being rolled out in schools in some Indian provinces. But if you are a dalit child in Amreli or Banaskantha districts, in all probability, you will be asked to get your own dish or plate from your home and be served separately. The rice may cont

Date: 15 October 2007

NEW DELHI, 15 October 2007] - India is still struggling to properly feed its children even as its economy booms, according to a survey of its citizens' health and development.While many development indicators are improving, including literacy and child mortality rates, malnourishment is by some

Date: 10 October 2007

[10 October 2007] - A year after India banned children under 14 from working as domestic servants or in food stalls, millions continue to be employed, a study says. The study released by Save the Children says these children are routinely subjected to different forms of abuse and a lot still needs o

Date: 8 October 2007

[NEW DELHI, 8 October 2007] - India's National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has proposed new laws that would punish those responsible for failing to ensure a child is adequately fed, immunised and educated.Experts in the field of child rights have be

Date: 5 October 2007

[NEW DELHI, 5 October 2007] -  A 13 year old bonded child labourer has been rescued In Delhi, Indiai. Bachpan Bachao Andolan in Bihar received a complaint from the father of the child, of Madhubani district. He informed them that a villager had taken Rs.26000/- from him in exchange for 20

Date: 27 September 2007

[27 September 2007] - The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source and by Antenna International, a member of SOS-Torture network, of the illegal detention and torture of Mithun Majhi alias Barkha, a 17 year-old boy, by several police officials at the Narkeldanga Polic

Date: 26 September 2007

[26 September 2007] - More than 416,000 children under the age of 18, and 225,000 younger than 14, are involved in (often bonded) child labour in India’s cottonseed fields. Most of them are girls.They work in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Compared to the 2003

Date: 26 September 2007

No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.Pakistan ratified the United Nations Con

Date: 25 September 2007

The UN Human Rights Council has now selected the first countries to be examined under the new Universal Periodic Review mechanism. The countries listed below will be reviewed over the course of next year's Council sessions. The UPR aims to ensure that the Council examines the human rights records of

Date: 19 September 2007

Nomination process for child delegates to participate in the Special Session follow up event to take place in New York on 11 and 12 December 2007. The selection process has been set up by UNICEF and the Global Movement for Children (GMC).

Date: 18 September 2007

[NEW DELHI, 18 September 2007] - The Supreme Court in India has ruled that no school in the country can compel a child to disclose his caste at the time of admission. A bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan made the judgement, saying the disclosure of caste could only be optional a

Date: 17 September 2007

[17 September 2007] - The Indian Government has accepted a parliamentary panel’s suggestion that pre-offence “grooming” over the Net should be made a criminal offence.Several countries, including the UK, US and Australia, have already criminalised online “grooming”

Date: 17 September 2007

On the 27 August 2007, 12 year old Taposi, from West Bengal, who had been working as a domestic servant, committed suicide by hanging herself in the Study of the house of an Indian Economic Service Officer. An Indian NGO, BBA, believe that despite concerted efforts of the Government of India to elim

From Sunday, September 16, 2007 to Sunday, September 23, 2007

National Youth Project and Arvindo Ashram are organising the Youth Leadership training Camp from 16 to 23 September 2007 at Ramgarh, Uttaranchal Pradesh. The training camp will cover all aspects of becoming a youth leader.  The training is open for youths aged 18 to 35. There is no fee for

Date: 13 September 2007

The consultation was organized collectively by the child based networks and NGOs working with children in Andhra Pradesh.

Date: 13 September 2007

Date: 12 September 2007

[NEW DELHI, 11 September 2007] - Despite the law banning child labour, the practice still persists in the country with the middle class being the largest employer of children in domestic work, the newly constituted National Commission for Protection for Child Rights has said. There is a ne

Date: 12 September 2007

[12 September 2007] - The recent findings brought out by a study conducted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) highlights the staggering number of children experiencing different forms of abuse - Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse and Girl Child Neglect. Over 50 per cent chi

From Saturday, September 08, 2007 to Saturday, September 08, 2007

The main objective of this conference is to share the best practices for prevention of child labour & trafficking of children for forced labour initiated by civil society groups, UN agencies, governments and community based organisations.Suggestions/comments/feedback welcome.

Date: 6 September 2007

Report submitted to the Third Committee of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly which will open on 18 September 2007.

Date: 4 September 2007

[4 September 2007] -  In a major setback to India's Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry, the Law Ministry has rejected the Offences Against Children Bill, saying the bill is just a repetition of provisions in other laws. The Law Ministry has told WCD that most provisions for child protec

Date: 4 September 2007

[NEW DELHI, 4 September 2007] - Eight children under the age of 14 were rescued from jewellery workshops by the labour department on 25 August 2007 from Beidenpura and Raigarpura areas of Karol Bagh. All of them are from West Bengal, mostly from Midnapore district. Acting on a Public Interest L

Date: 24 August 2007

[24 de agosto de 2007] - La India más conservadora se ha apuntado una victoria sobre los sectores que empujan cada vez más para fomentar el uso de los preservativos al conseguir que el Gobierno congele una campaña de educación sexual a adolescentes.Tras la negativa de once de los 35 estados i

Date: 24 August 2007

[BIHAR, 23 August 2007] – Three days after giving birth to her son, Subhagi Devi, 30, had to make a midnight escape from the floods that have submerged her village in East Champaran, Bihar state.Clutching her precious cargo – often hoisting the newborn above her head – she made the

Date: 23 August 2007

[NUEVA DELHI, 22 de agosto de 2007] - El tráfico humano desde los estados indios de Bengala occidental y Assam se intensificó hacia otros como Punjab y Haryana, donde la explotación sexual es muy fuerte, indica un informe de la ONU, difundido aquí.Adolescentes, mujeres y niños varones so

From Tuesday, August 21, 2007 to Friday, August 24, 2007

An annual event, bringing together a wide array of NGOs, Dignitaries, Professionals, Experts, Funding Agencies, Corporates and Government Representatives from all over the world. Attendees will discuss and deliberate on the eight Millennium Development Goals set by the UN and review the progress, developments and their impact on children.

Date: 20 August 2007

[20 August 2007] - India is in the throes of a revolution of rising expectations, a country animated by a providential sense of its own possibility. Already, it is close to dislodging Japan as the world's third largest economy, if purchasing power is taken into account. And by 2040 should have eased

Date: 20 August 2007

The Indian government's recent attempt to introduce sex education for school children has provoked a vigorous debate. In the first of two articles, the BBC's Jyotsna Singh considers the case in favour of a more open discussion of sex in schools. "Who says discussing sex is against Indian cultur

Date: 20 August 2007

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has prepared a questionnaire on the new UN Disability Convention with a view to strengthening and improving the quality of the relationship between OHCHR and persons with disabilities and their representative organ

Date: 20 August 2007

La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OACDH), les hace llegar este cuestionario con la intención de fortalecer y mejorar la calidad de la relación entre la OACDH y las personas con discapacidad así como sus organizaciones representantes. Se ha prepara

Date: 16 August 2007

[Bihar, 16 de agosto de 2007] - Kusum, una niña de cuatro años de edad, acaba de ser vacunada contra el sarampión en un campamento médico de UNICEF que forma parte de una amplia campaña para salvar las vidas de los damnificados por las recientes inundaciones monzónicas.Ku

Date: 14 August 2007

[14 August 2007] - The coach of a six-year-old Indian boy who entered the record books last year when he ran 40 miles in seven hours was arrested yesterday and charged with torturing the child.Biranchi Das, a fitness fanatic who runs a judo school in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar, was take

From Tuesday, August 14, 2007 to Thursday, December 06, 2007

Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan ( Dalit’s Movement Against Slavery) is organising a 2000km march in the districts of Malwa region of Punjab to raise awareness about the daily sufferings and discrimination against the Dalit Community. The march (‘The Second Freedom Struggle’) began on August 14 2007 from Fatehgarh Sahib. The marchers will walk through Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Mansa, Bhathinda, Muktsar, Ferozepur, Faridkod, Moga, ending the march on 6 December 2007 at Baba Sahib, Bhimrao Ambedkar Nirvan Diwas.

Date: 13 August 2007

[NEW DELHI, 13 August 2007] - Making a student kneel down or stand for hours, pinching and slapping are all set to be banned under plans to widen the definition of corporal punishment for schools in India.Taking a serious view of increasing incidences of violence on children in schools, the Nat

From Sunday, August 12, 2007 to Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The role of young people is immense and vitally important in any democracy. As India and Pakistan completes the celebration of sixty years of independence on 15th August, the Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA) in association with like-minded organisations intend to organise a 3-day i

Date: 10 August 2007

[10 August 2007] - The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights in India has directed State Governments to take effective steps to check incidents of corporal punishment in school. Expressing concern over recent incidents of violence in schools, the Chairman of the Commission, Smt

Date: 9 August 2007

Child Rights and You invites applications for research fellowships investigating the best interest principle within the broad framework of justice for children. The best interest principle, hence, needs to be explored so as to understand ways in which it impacts the inter-generational experience of

Date: 9 August 2007

Child Rights and You invites applications for research fellowships investigating the best interest principle within the broad framework of justice for children. The best interest principle, hence, needs to be explored so as to understand ways in which it impacts the inter-generational experience of

Date: 9 August 2007

Child Rights and You invites applications for research fellowships investigating the best interest principle within the broad framework of justice for children. The best interest principle, hence, needs to be explored so as to understand ways in which it impacts the inter-generational experience of

Date: 7 August 2007

[7 August 2007] - An Indian NGO has won what they believe could be a landmark court case for the rehabilitation of child labourers.In October 2005, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) rescued 129 child labourers from embroidery factories in Kotla Mubarakpur area, Delhi. However, the case registered by

Date: 1 August 2007

[NEW DELHI, 1 August 2007] - India launched has launched a drive to supply drugs to tens of thousands of mothers and newborns to stop HIV transmission to infants.India has the world's third highest HIV caseload, after South Africa and Nigeria, with around 2.5 million people living with the

Date: 27 July 2007

Date: 26 July 2007

Date: 25 July 2007

[NEW DELHI, 25 July 2007] - The Indian federal government has launched an investigation into the case of a 10-year-old boy who was allegedly sexually abused daily for three months by a teacher and two employees at his New Delhi school, a newspaper has reported.The inquiry marks the first time t

Date: 19 July 2007

[KOLKATA, 19 July 2007] - A survey conducted across several districts in West Bengal has indicated that a rising awareness against dowry is fuelling child marriage and trafficking.The survey was conducted by Women’s Studies Research Centre (WSRC); the Department of Sociology, Burdwan

Date: 18 July 2007

A man in his mid-40s has been arrested in Calcutta on charges of abetting the suicide of his second wife, a minor aged 15.The arrest followed a complaint lodged by the victim’s family, who also alleged that she had often been tortured by her husband and in-laws for dowry.Police said Jyoti, a s

Date: 17 July 2007

[NEW DELHI, 17 July 2007] - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued guidelines for the speedy disposal of child rape cases, recommending that the investigation be completed within three months and the trial carried out in a child-friendly atmosphere. It said the investigatin

Date: 13 July 2007

[13 July 2007] - The United Nations Children’s Fund is raising the alarm about the toll faced by millions of children across Southern and Eastern Asia after an especially fierce monsoon season has led to a series of deadly floods in Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Afghanistan. “The monsoon

Date: 12 July 2007

[12 July 2007] - The Indian government, in a new set of regulations for child adoption, has proposed that parents who have given their children up for adoption cannot claim them back again. The new rules will also affect international adoption.The draft guidelines on the adoption of Indian chil

Date: 10 July 2007

[CHANDIGARH, 9 July 2007] - Uttar Pradesh Administration has prepared an action plan for gender sensitisation and removing discrimination against the girl child. “The nurturing of the girl child till the age of 18 must be tracked through a system like issuing a card at the time of her bir

Date: 10 July 2007

[10 July 2007] - This report is the outcome of a child participation initiative piloted in ten identified villages of Kaprada block, Valsad district, Gujarat State, of which five villages extended as far as the Maharashtra border area. The initiative has motivated and built capacity f

Date: 4 July 2007

[23 June 2007] Witnesses noted the release of 9 children from being trafficked in Jharkhand to Murdabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Chatra district of Jharkhand is the most trafficking prone area. Children are trafficked for forced labour and child labour. Most often children are made to work in homes, road

Date: 2 July 2007

[KOLKATA, 2 July 2007] - India has enlisted the follower of a global pagan witchcraft movement to help curb the country's high female infanticide rate and end the neglect of the girl child, officials said.Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, a Wiccan and social activist, has been nominated by the government

Date: 1 July 2007

This is one of five reports form the IREWOC project Working children: unionisation and participation

Date: 26 June 2007

Amnesty International s'inquiète de ce que, dix ans après avoir signé la Convention des Nations unies contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants (la Convention), l'Inde n'ait toujours pas ratifié cette Convention. Des modifica

Date: 12 June 2007

The 'Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child' is the result of ten years of work by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Save the Children Sweden.Please be aware that this document, which comes in two volumes, may take some time to download.

Date: 12 June 2007

[June 12 2007] - Multinational companies Bayer and Monsanto have, under a combination of local and international pressure, begun to tackle the issue of child labour in their cotton seed supply chain in India. However, both companies are still unprepared to tackle the issue in other states in which t

Date: 6 June 2007

[BHUBANESWAR, 6 June 2007] - A five-year-old Indian boy, who became a celebrity after a seven-hour run that sparked charges of abuse, was stopped by police from participating in a 500-km (300 mile) walking event.Police in the eastern state of Orissa said they were ordered to stop Budh

Date: 31 May 2007

Asian Centre for Human Rights has the pleasure of releasing its “India Human Rights Report 2007” covering the events of 2006. It is available here “India Human Rights Report” is the only report which provides State-wise information and analysis on human rights situations

Date: 18 May 2007

On 17 May 2007, the first members of the Human Rights Council were elected. The Council consists of 47 members divided over five regional groups. Each member serves a three year term. At present the following States hold a seat in the Council:African States (13 out of 4

Date: 17 May 2007

[NEW DELHI, 17 May 2007] - Banning sex education on the grounds that it offends Indian sensibilities puts young lives at risk and jeopardises the fight against AIDS, a top official said.Six Indian states have banned sex education for adolescents or refused to implement the curriculum, saying the cou

From Monday, May 14, 2007 to Friday, May 18, 2007

As signatories to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, we have committed ourselves to respect children as holders of rights and to ensure that they are facilitated to realise their rights within the overarching principle, of the best interests of children. While concerned adults are often o

Date: 1 May 2007

PLUS has recently conducted a situational assessment study with the support of UNDP India Country office. The study was conducted among 400 respondents from areas in almost twenty-two districts in three respective states of West Bengal, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. The primary respondents are young gen

Date: 11 April 2007

[NEW DELHI, 11 April 2007] -  A government commissioned survey has found that more than 53 per cent of children in India are subjected to sexual abuse, but most don’t report the assaults to anyone. The survey, released this week and which covered different forms of child abuse &

Date: 4 April 2007

[3 April 2007] - India's Maharashtra state has banned the introduction of sex education in schools after protests from legislators who say it will corrupt young minds. The move is being seen as a setback to central government efforts to introduce sex education in schools countrywide. Gujarat and Mad

Date: 3 April 2007

[Geneva, 3 April 2007] - The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in India.Brief description of the situationThe International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source of the killing of two children of 13 year-old and 15 yea

Date: 16 March 2007

On May 2006, the first members of the Human Rights Council were elected. The Council consists of 47 members divided over 5 regional groups. Each member serves a three year term. At present the following States hold a seat in the Council:African States (13 out of 47 seats)Ter

Date: 8 March 2007

[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it also puts their lives in jeopardy. Education gives w

Date: 1 March 2007

From Wednesday, February 21, 2007 to Tuesday, February 20, 2007

"Hope for the Girl Child" shares some of World Vision’s programmes and the lessons learned through their work to improve the status of the girl child. Reports from World Vision El Salvador, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Armenia, India and Ghana, describe the context and the significant challenges facing girls, as well as some of the promising practices and recommendations for upholding their rights through education, empowerment, community change and the elimination of discrimination and violence.

Date: 7 February 2007

Asian Centre for Human Rights has released the India Human Rights Report 2006. It analyses trends and patterns of human rights violations in 27 States of India.“India Human Rights Report 2006” is the only report prepared by any organisation/ institution in India which extensively re

Date: 22 January 2007

The streets and railway stations of India and Bangladesh are increasingly becoming the home of children who have run away from their parental home for various reasons. This research aims to explore their vulnerabilities to, and incidence in abuse, violence and exploitation, in Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Bardhaman and Maldah stations in West Bengal and the streets of Khulna and Barisal in Bangladesh. This research is being done with three partner organisations – Don Bosco Ashalayam, Praajak and Aparajeyo Bangladesh.

Date: 22 January 2007

Launched by more than 4,500 children in Delhi, India on October 16 2006, the Nine is Mine campaign is a participatory children's advocacy initiative to call for 9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to be committed to health and education.

Date: 19 January 2007

ContexteEn Inde, les communautés tribales, lesquelles représentent 68 millions de citoyens de la population totale de l’Inde, habitent pour la plupart dans des régions délaissées et inaccessibles et figurent parmi les groupes sociaux les plus défavoris

Date: 17 January 2007

[NEW DELHI, 17th January 2007] - A government investigation into the gruesome murders of about 20 women and children in India on Wednesday criticised police and local officials for ignoring reports of missing children mainly because they were poor.The case, which has shocked the entire nation,

Date: 15 January 2007

[15 January 2007] – States who have signed on to the United Nations international bill of rights for women must continue to press for an end to gender-based violence, a senior UN official today told experts gathering in New York to evaluate compliance with the treaty.“Regrettably, violen

Date: 10 January 2007

1. Fleeing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR)In 2006, civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR) once again fell victim to horrific violence in the latest bout of conflict in a string of coups and rebellions that have plagued the country since it achieved independence from France in

Date: 4 January 2007

Indian President Launches Free Education PortalA pilot scheme to boost education through a 'one stop education portal' Sakshat, was launched by President APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, in New Delhi. Observing that nearly 10 million youth were injected into the employment market every year, Kal

Date: 3 January 2007

[KOCHI, 3 January 2007] - Schoolchildren will be taught about people's right to access Government information under the Right to Information Act. The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is planning to include RTI Act 2005 in the school curriculum. The school curriculum sy

Date: 2 January 2007

[31 December 2006] - Five senior police officers in India's Noida district of Delhi have been suspended, accused of ignoring local people's fears over missing children. The skulls of 17 people, most of them children, along with human remains have been discovered near a house in Noida. A local busine

Date: 27 December 2006

[14 December 2006] - After the October 2005 earthquake in the region, the world was expecting the two countries to intensify their cooperation. In recent months, Pakistan and India have shown a determination to reach a solution to the dispute in a peaceful and concerted manner. However a report rele

Date: 21 December 2006

[HONG KONG, 21 December 2006] - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released its Human Rights Report for 2006. The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations includes in-depth analysis of the situation of human rights in Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Maldiv

Date: 21 December 2006

[NEW YORK, 20 December 2006] – Two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 200,000 people and destroyed homes, schools and communities across a vast area, UNICEF is still working to rebuild children’s lives and provide a brighter future. In its new report – 'Much Done

Date: 21 December 2006

[NEW YORK, 21 décembre 2006] - Deux années ont passé depuis que le tsunami survenu dans l'Océan indien a fait plus de 200 000 morts, détruit sur une vaste étendue des logements, des écoles et des communautés. L'UNICEF travaille encore &agr

Date: 20 December 2006

The Integrated Child Development Services of India has recently released Focus On Children Under Six (FOCUS), an action-oriented report on the wellbeing and rights of Indian children under the age of six years. It argues that child care is a social responsibility, and makes a case for universal

Date: 19 December 2006

The following text is from an open letter to the Minister of Labour for the Government of India about recent changes to the legislation on child labour.

Date: 15 December 2006

Date: 12 December 2006

[HYDERABAD, India, 12 December 2006] - A four-year-old HIV-positive boy was asked to leave a nursery school in southern India after parents of other children complained, in the latest in a series of similar cases.Vamsikrishna's father, who used to sell toddy, a locally brewed alcoholic drink, d

Date: 11 December 2006

[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th anniversary.Gender equality produces the “doubl

From Monday, December 11, 2006 to Monday, December 11, 2006

Concerned for Working Children is organising a consultation on the morning of 11th December 2006 in Bangalore to discuss issues related to 'Mainstreaming Informed Participation of Children in Governance' and for the release of two of our publications, Taking A Right Turn: Children Lead the way in Re

Date: 11 December 2006

[NEW DELHI, 9 December 2006] - Over 1,670 cases of violations have been detected by 11 State Governments and the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh since the October 10 notification was issued banning employment of children under 14 in the domestic and hospitality sectors. Chandigarh, De

Date: 10 December 2006

Number Of Girls Has Declined In 80% Of Districts Since 1991

Date: 7 December 2006

[5 December 2006] - A parliamentary committee in India has recommended 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for child traffickers, noting that they “deserve the maximum punishment”. The standing committee also suggested imprisonment for no less than seven years for those trafficking in

Date: 4 December 2006

Submitted to the Child Protection and Gender Equality Programme of the Canadian International Development Agency.

Date: 30 November 2006

Two Indian companies are to supply antiretroviral treatment for children in developing countries at an annual price of around $60 a year, former President Bill Clinton announced today in Delhi, launching a 62 country programme to be funded by the international drug purchase facility UNITAID and his

Date: 29 November 2006

BACGROUND TO THE PROJECT1. OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED RESULTSCIDA's Action Plan on Child Protection, launched in June 2001, included a CAN$ 2 million research fund established to explore the area of child protection. The Fund's primary objective was to influence child protection policy and to identify

From Monday, November 27, 2006 to Monday, November 27, 2006

On the occasion of International Child Rights Day, Save the Children welcomes a presentation by David Cohen, Co-Director of the Advocacy Institute, Co-Chair of the Advocacy Institute Board, and one of its two founders, based in Washington.He is going to lecture on Child and Community

Date: 25 November 2006

Lid blown off Topsia bag factories’ norm of exploiting under-age workforce

Date: 17 November 2006

This poster for children was produced by Tulir (CRIN member) in collaboration with the Indian Council for Child Welfare, Tamil Nadu, on the occasion of the 2006 World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Date: 15 November 2006

Shabnam Resources, an NGO, partenered with YRC Anna University, in providing bed linen, towels, fruits, pencils, etc., to sick children in connection with Deepavali.They called the project 'Operation Diwali' and gathered about 20 YRC volunteers along with their own team.Armed with the things they wa

From Tuesday, November 14, 2006 to Monday, November 20, 2006

As it does every year, HELP / NATSAP are celebrating the anniversary of the CRC this year too. Celebrations will take place during the week from 14th to 20th November and will focus on raising awareness among civil societies and governments. Different programmes have been organised for different levels.

Date: 14 November 2006

From Friday, November 10, 2006 to Friday, November 10, 2006

HAQ:Centre for Child Rights is organising a Panel Discussion on 'Political Economy of Child Rights in India Inc. and Child Budget Analysis' at India Social Forum 2006. The focus of the panel is to discuss the use of 'Child Budget Analysis' to monitor the State's performance towards ensuring the righ

Date: 9 November 2006

World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.

Date: 7 November 2006

Date: 7 November 2006

The December 2006 - January 2007 issue of the electronic newsletter, Children Speak, highlights the status of children from Kashmir and Tibet. Living in a violent world torn apart by political strife, these children face a grim future. The gruesome killings of innocent children and the tra

From Thursday, November 02, 2006 to Saturday, November 04, 2006

Date: 20 October 2006

[AHMEDABAD, India, 20 October 2006] - Two HIV-positive boys have been forced to leave an orphanage in India's Gujarat state after staff said they posed an unacceptable risk to the safety of other children, an official said on Friday."I am sad and sorry for them. Children play, eat and figh

Date: 12 October 2006

This global report was launched during the week of the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York on 12 October. The report is part of a submission to the Violence Study.

Date: 11 October 2006

The Indian government yesterday banned children under 14 from working in homes, hotels and restaurants, aware that the country's image suffers while its young are employed by middle-class families and businesses.The tightening of the labour law aims to relieve 250,000 children of backbreaking work a

Date: 10 October 2006

The campaign ‘Stop Child Labour- School is the best place to work’ calls on the European Union (EU) to raise the issues of child labour and right to education at the EU-India Summit on October 13th. Tomorrow, on October 10th, the new Indian regulation prohibiting domestic child labour an

Date: 5 October 2006

[NEW YORK, 5 October 2006] – The Indian government has taken a step forward by enacting a law to ban domestic work and some other forms of labour by children under age 14, Human Rights Watch said today. The law goes into effect on October 10, but to be effective, the Indian authorities will ne

Date: 2 October 2006

Inhuman labour conditions and wide-scale environmental damage are part and parcel of natural stone production in India. This is the message of the report From Quarry to Graveyard: Corporate social responsibility in the natural stone sector published today by the India Committee of the Netherlands. T

From Sunday, October 01, 2006 to Thursday, October 12, 2006

The course will focus on the attitudes and perceptions of adults and children towards children’s rights, their participation and development. The course will also deal with an understanding of socio-political and economic structures and institutions in order to design/use these to further children’s participation.

Date: 25 September 2006

This report covers a three-day workshop held in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India from 16-18 August 2006, for Save the Children TRP staff and its partner organisations. The report does not merely present the workshop proceedings but is also intended to serve as a handy guide and reference book, enabling participants to refer back to the workshop contents.

From Thursday, September 21, 2006 to Saturday, September 23, 2006

An opportunity to pro actively integrate your abilities for Disaster Mitigation and management of Disasters through collective learning and preparedness in a relevant way.

Date: 12 September 2006

[Srinagar, 12 September 2006] – The Indian government’s failure to end widespread impunity for human rights abuses committed both by its security forces and militants is fueling the cycle of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 156-page re

Date: 12 September 2006

[11 September 2006] - Roman Catholic schools in the northern Indian city of Lucknow have remained shut in protest against an attack on one of the city's premier schools. Hindu activists damaged property at the Loreto Convent girls' school on Sunday, after it organised a controversial occult show. Th

Date: 1 September 2006

A study, launched by Save the Children last week in Delhi, and available in the UK for the first time, reveals shockingly high levels of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among children working as domestic helpers in other people’s homes in Calcutta. More than 50,000 children are

Date: 29 August 2006

EQUATIONS position Paper on the recent Notification issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, on the ban of employment of children as domestic servants and in dhabas from 10th October 2006 and its links to tourism.

Date: 21 August 2006

[18 August 2006] - The government in India's Punjab state is investigating the possible involvement of state officials in setting up illegal clinics and ultrasound centres accused of female foeticide. Last week, a surprise raid by police and health officials in the town of Patran in Patiala district

Date: 16 August 2006

[KOLKATA, 16 August 2006] - Subhankar Baidya can't bring himself to discuss his ordeal as an abused domestic servant. Instead, the five-year-old boy draws pictures to show the beatings and humiliations he endured until his rescue. "I don't want to get beaten up again and wipe floors,&

Date: 11 August 2006

Concerned for Working Children has launched a new campaign to tackle the issue of child marriages. The Ideal Marriage program gives financial support to adult weddings and provides information and guidence about the dangers of child marriage.

Date: 7 August 2006

In this article, Kundu suggests that youth have a major role in helping create a culture of peace and non-violence in South Asian countries. Kundu provides illustrations of several youth-related projects and includes feedback from leaders involved in peace initiatives. Some key observations include:

Date: 4 August 2006

 CRY - Child Rights and You welcomes the Ministry of Labour's recent notification but feels it's an insufficient response. Gaps exist and it cannot be effective without proper enforcement and rehabilitation provisions. For real change the root causes have to be addressed.  CRY CEO Ing

Date: 1 August 2006

The recent initiative of Shabnam Resources, a charitable trust that rehabilitates child labour from the brick kilns of Tiruvallur, near Chennai, is the 'Kids for Birds and Keep Clean Lakes'.This initiative is all about inculcating a wonder about Nature in the children and also making them partners i

Date: 30 July 2006

Children had traditionally been neglected for the process of governance and have been treated as passive recipients of interventions. This paper calls for the participation of children in decision making, and empowerment through mandate, information and resources.

Date: 19 July 2006

Date: 19 July 2006

Date: 4 July 2006

The number of prostitutes in India has risen by 50% in less than a decade, according to a new survey. Two million sex workers in 1997 had risen to three million by 2003-04, the government-commissioned study said. Many prostitutes are said to be underage, entering the sex trade between the ages of 12

Date: 3 July 2006

ECPAT International’s written submission to the Day of the General Discussion is for Group 1: The child’s right to be heard in judicial and administrative proceedings.

Date: 3 July 2006

Date: 29 June 2006

Date: 29 June 2006

India might be a country rushing headlong into 21st century but every year thousands of babies are aborted or killed at birth because they are girls. A BBC correspondent contemplates this as she prepares to have a baby herself.

Date: 28 June 2006

The mountain State of Uttaranchal, India currently has no comprehensive policy on children or children’s rights. Yet: a strong, cohesive children’s policy is essential to building a state that is responsive and attentive to the needs of children, especially in the often very remote areas

Date: 19 June 2006

Nouvelle étude internationale menée par la campagne Contrôlez les armes : Amnesty International, Oxfam International et le Réseau d’action international sur les armes légères (RAIAL)Une étude menée auprès de la population dans

Date: 19 June 2006

Date: 7 June 2006

This publication traces the journey of Save the Children Canada, Asia Regional Office’s Bal Panchayat (a local self-governance group of girls and boys at the village level) project in Tuljapur block in Maharashtra, India. The project has been implemented in partnership with Paryay, a local NGO. The concept of Bal Panchayat is set within child participation. The project, which began with five villages, has now been extended to 55 villages, providing space for over 5000 girls and boys within the age group of 8 to15 years to participate.

Date: 1 June 2006

One of 4 studies on child sex tourism in South Asia undertaken by ECPAT International. Objectives of the study were to gather information on the nature, scope and manifestations of child sex tourism in Southern India.  

Date: 1 June 2006

Even though there is an awareness of sexual exploitation of children by tourists in places such as the south Indian beach resort of Goa and Negombo in Sri Lanka, few studies have been conducted on the prostitution of boys and their local exploiters in South Asia. This study focused on determining th

From Monday, May 29, 2006 to Thursday, November 30, 2006

The overall objective of the course, from a development perspective, is to enhance the right to relevant education to all - an education that empowers the poor and excluded parts of the population to participate as active and informed citizens in all aspects of development.

Date: 29 May 2006

GYCA members report on their government's progress in achieving the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS.

Date: 25 May 2006

[24 May 2006] - The government in the western Indian state of Rajasthan has made it compulsory to register all marriages. The decision follows a Supreme court ruling in February asking federal and state governments to pass laws requiring compulsory registration. "Not a single marriage would be

Date: 22 May 2006

An 18 months project (January 1st, 2004 through 30th June, 2005) was implemented in the 4 states (Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar and Jharkhand) using an implementation model of a NGO network   The project goal was to eliminate the illegal practice of female foeticide in 24 district

From Friday, May 19, 2006 to Sunday, May 21, 2006

A total of 120 children from each of the 13 districts in the State of Uttaranchal, India will be attending this conference. These children have formed Mountain Children’s Forum chapters at the village levels in primarily the rural Indian Himalayas. They have been working towards a more eq

From Wednesday, April 19, 2006 to Friday, April 21, 2006

“Strengthening Partnerships through Corporate Social Responsibility in South Asia” Date: 19–21 April 2006 Location: New Delhi, India  The workshop “Strengthening Partnerships through Corporate Social Responsibility in South Asia”, which is organised by Save th

Date: 13 April 2006

[12 April 2006] - In India's remote northern villages it feels as if little has changed. The communities remain forgotten and woefully undeveloped, with low literacy and abject poverty. They are conditions that for decades have bred superstition and a deep-rooted belief in the occult. The village of

Date: 10 April 2006

Press release on rights-based approaches to programming workshop which took place in Goa in April 2006.

From Friday, April 07, 2006 to Sunday, April 09, 2006

 The Rights to Food Campaign is organising a "Convention on Children's Right to Food", to be held in Hyderabad on 7-9 April 2006. This is a follow-up to the second National Convention on the Right to Food and Work, held in Kolkata on 18-20 November 2005. The main focus of this co

Date: 5 April 2006

Coordinated efforts are needed to stop and prevent child trafficking. Parliamentarians are key players in bridging political, governmental and civil concerns, and in uniting many partners in a common cause. Through specific steps to advance public policy, awareness and response, it is possible to en

Date: 31 March 2006

 In the context of the Eleventh Five Year Plan, the Government of India, Planning Commission (Labour, Employment and Manpower Division) has constituted a Working Group on Child Labour.Noted child right activist Mr. Shamshad Khan, Secretary, Centre for Rural Education and Development Action (CRE

Date: 31 March 2006

 68 participants representing Bangladesh, Czech Republic, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka came together at a two day seminar, Furthering Child Rights in Higher Education - Opportunities and Challenges held on 28-29 March 2006 at New Delhi. The participants came from various backgrounds; academicians

From Thursday, March 30, 2006 to Thursday, March 30, 2006

Sexual abuse of children is disturbing, abhorrent and very often an unimaginable crime but the unfortunate reality is that it exists. When children do not feel safe, their other rights are endangered. While it is the responsibility of adults to be the primary safeguards to care for and protect 

From Tuesday, March 28, 2006 to Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Furthering Child Rights In Higher Education- Opportunities And Challenges’ is the theme of the conference. Discussions will be structured to prepare a case for the inclusion of Child Rights in Higher Education in South Asia. The following shall be the broad themes around which discussions will

Date: 23 March 2006

Rani Pandey is a six-year-old girl - and an accused in a criminal case.

Date: 22 March 2006

This report raises the voices of children on the issue of negative discipline. Often we forget to ask children their opinions. If children are allowed to speak, they will tell about the damaging impact that physical and degrading/humiliating punishment often brings. This report documents some of the

Date: 13 March 2006

Gujarat Social Forum 2006 (GSF-2006) was held from 10th to 12th March at Ahmedabad. Over 8000 people from 150 organisations from all over Gujarat participated. In the GSF-2006 all together 130 seminars/workshops and four plenary were held on issues as diverse as women and marginalized communities like Dalits, adivasis etc, and youth issues like unemployment, communalism.In GSF-2006 the Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) organised the workshop on "Understanding and Exploring: Youth & Media" on March 12, 2006.

From Sunday, March 12, 2006 to Sunday, March 12, 2006

1. Lessons Children teach us about Families2. Workshop-1: Hearing the Voices of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers using Circles of Experience: A Clinician's Guide3. Workshop-2: A Systemic Assessment and Treatment of Teens with a Diagnosis of Substance Abuse4. Panel Presentation and Valedictory SessionTo be seen and to be heard: How Children and Adolescents benefit from Family Therapy

Date: 7 March 2006

The government of India has taken steps to reinvigorate its Reproductive and Child Health (RCH II) programme and is committed to achieving MDGs" said the Mrs Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, while delivering the inaugural speech In the 'International Forum on Integration of ICPD and MDGs jointly organized by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and Partners in Population and Development (PPD) and held Jaypee Palace Hotel, in Agra, India from November 21-22, 2005. The event was supported by UNFPA.

Date: 27 February 2006

This paper explores the hypothesis that the phenomenon of child labour is explicable in terms of poverty that compels a household to keep its children out of school and put them to work in the cause of the household's survival. Specifically, the authors examine the link between child labour and poverty in the Indian context.

Date: 24 February 2006

[New Delhi, February 20 2006] - Lauding India's open approach to dealing with violence against children, the United Nations has asked the country to play a lead role in protecting children against different forms of violence, abuse and exploitation. "It is time we built a culture of z

Date: 17 February 2006

[MADURAI, 17 February 2006]: Expressing concern over the lack of expertise and sensitivity among professionals dealing with crimes against children, the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Ajit Prakash Shah, has stressed the need to establish special courts to deal exclusively with cases of chi

Date: 14 February 2006

Call for input for consultative process.

Date: 14 February 2006

India: National Year of the Child - Speech by R.K. Raghavan for TulirDimensions of Child AbuseA few days ago, I was invited by Talir, a Chennai-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) to speak on the problem of sexual abuse of children. By all accounts, the NGO is doing commendable work in th

Date: 13 February 2006

The Eleventh Report of Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2005-2006) Fourtheenth lok Sabha under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India on "The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill."

Date: 8 February 2006

[NEW DELHI, January 31 2006] - The Government has decided to set up a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to ensue better protection of children. The Commission would be set up for proper enforcement of children's rights and effective implementation of laws and programmes relating to

Date: 6 February 2006

Save the Children organised the comics workshop with children from CPD (Children's partnership in development project) and a few other City based Ngos . The theme was on HIV/AIDS and it was a culmination of initiatives launched during the 'Lesson for life campaign'.

Date: 6 February 2006

A launching ceremony was organised by RARE, Sonepur at Netaji U.P. School, Sagarpali to introduce the Human Rights Education in Primary School on 9th January, 2006. The meeting was presided by the Headmaster of the School Sri Bharat Sahu. Sri Ghasiram Panda, Joint Secretary of Research Academy for Rural Enrichment (RARE) attended the launching ceremony and discuss about the need of Human Right Education at School level.

From Saturday, January 28, 2006 to Wednesday, February 08, 2006

The course will cover the attitudes and perceptions of adults and children towards children’s rights, their participation and development. The course will also deal with an understanding of socio-political and economic structures and institutions in order to design/use these to further children’s participation.

Date: 26 January 2006

RARE appeals for support and collaboration for HIV/AIDS awareness raising programmes in the Subarnapur district, India.

Date: 24 January 2006

On the 26 January 2001, an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale devastated five districts in the state of Gujarat in north-western India, killing an estimated 20,000 people, injuring 150,000, and making more than a million homeless. Around 40 per cent of those affected were children, and the emergency response would become the largest Save the Children intervention up to that time, leading to a five-year programme worth £5 million.

From Monday, January 23, 2006 to Friday, February 17, 2006

The National Institute of Social Defence is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. In the begining of this year, NISD launched a One-Month Certificate Course on Child Protection for the functionaries of NGOs working in the field of child protection in India.

Date: 23 January 2006

An abbreviated version of Slavery, Debt Bondage and Sex Work: A Study of Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women in Mumbai and Kolkata, India.

Date: 23 January 2006

Human Trafficking has been identified as the third largest source of profit for organised crime, following weapons /arms and drug trafficking, generating billions of dollars annually. The types or work that use trafficked labour usually involve exploitative working conditions that are gross violations of human rights and labour standards.

Date: 16 January 2006

More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years, according to medical research.

Date: 16 January 2006

In November 2004, the Concerned for Working Children (CWC) received a request from the University of Durham-UK to participate in a study on children’s mobility and access to education, health and other facilities. This was to be conducted in rural areas of three countries: Ghana, South Africa and India. This study invloved 144 child researchers.

Date: 9 January 2006

RARE alongside other district partner organisations, SMART, PRERANA, MAGADHESWAR CLUB, SWF & AYESA of the right based alliance "Voice for Child Rights Orissa" organised a parents conference and rally to present a memorandum to His Excellency Governor of Orissa.

From Saturday, January 07, 2006 to Monday, January 09, 2006

The aim of the consultation is to facilitate the pooling of ideas and exchange views on how best legal system can be used to bring a change in this situation. If a legal strategy is to be evolved which will result in greater access to justice for children not only at the level of the Supreme Court but also at the High Courts, it is necessary that lawyers and social activists come together for a collective action.

Date: 3 January 2006

The UN has effectively coordinated the immediate relief and rehabilitation efforts over the last 12 months, and will continue its work to work with to sustain and strengthen recovery efforts to “build back better” for many years to come.

From Sunday, January 01, 2006 to Sunday, December 31, 2006

The Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia in partnership with Save the Children, Sweden, has introduced a one year, Post Graduate Diploma in Child Rights. This course is open for graduates who are working in the area of social welfare / social development or fresh graduates who wish to acquire an advanced skill based diploma to carry out their functions effectively.

Date: 1 January 2006

This discussion paper intends to review the existing support given to families by State Parties, as well to identify programmes that focus on improving parenting styles for child development. The results of this preliminary study should enable Save the Children and others to stimulate further discussions that can direct future policy and programming of governments, I/NGOs, national and international organisations and other stakeholders in the region.

Date: 30 December 2005

Many thousands of children lost their lives and many surviving children lost one or both parents. Children – especially those living in poverty – are the most vulnerable victims of a disaster and its aftermath. This report brings the story of Save the Childre USA's emergency response and strategies for the next four years aimed at helping rebuild children’s lives.

Date: 22 December 2005

One year after the tsunami dramatically changed their lives, children in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand feel hopeful about the future, while children in Indonesia are recovering at a slower pace, according to a survey of tsunami-affected children released today by UNICEF.

Date: 20 December 2005

One year after the tsunami, UNICEF recounts its role in providing immediate relief and ongoing care to the thousands of families and children affected. Helping bring children back to school, providing immunization services, and assisting with registration, placement and reunification of the separated are but a few of the activities UNICEF undertook in the past 12 months. The report provides country-by-country breakdowns that include expenditure, plans and challenges, while highlighting children's stories and key partners in relief and recovery.

Date: 20 December 2005

This report intends to outline the work that has been undertaken to restore and improve the livelihoods of tsunami-affected people. It recognises the poverty in which many people were living before the tsunami. It describes how the tsunami destroyed what meagre livelihoods these people had, and how it threatened to plunge millions more into poverty.

Date: 20 December 2005

Thanks to its long-term presence in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, Terre des Hommes was able to respond from day one to the acute needs of the victims, providing emergency aid in the form of food delivery, medication, shelter, water and sanitation, and protection measures for separated and disabled children.

Date: 14 December 2005

This paper hopes to examine what has been achieved so far and what has still to happen, and to suggest what should be done better.

Date: 12 December 2005

The December 2004 tsunami is estimated to have killed more than 200,000 people and displaced more than 1.5 million. World Vision is working to meet the critical needs of impacted populations, with a special focus on families and children. This 12-month Anniversary Report details their programme across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Myanmar, which encompasses emergency relief, community rehabilitation, economic recovery, and infrastructure rehabilitation.

Date: 12 December 2005

The aim of the workshop was to train street and working children on principles of Journalism and Banking to facilitate the process of developing a Children's Development Bank and a newspaper in their own countries/State/localites.

Date: 5 December 2005

Outlook Speak Out Award Winner Mr. Shamshad Khan, a Ghandhian devoted himself fully for the cause of Hindu dalits. After studying for a M.Sc. (Ag.) from University of Udaipur, Rajasthan in 1972, he got involved in Kanker in Bastar district of M.P. mobilising tribes in their forest and promoting land rights.

Date: 1 December 2005

The report gives a shocking account inhuman living and working conditions of the workers involved in sandstone quarrying in the state of Rajasthan in India. Child labour (15-20.000 in Bundi district alone!), bonded labour, exploitative wages, rampant occupational diseases like silicosis and bronchitus, alcoholism as well as women's threathened livelihoods are some of its main features.

Date: 1 December 2005

The monthly magazine "Ankurodgam", carries exclusive contributions of news and views from children. It is an initiative of UNICEF to inspire a journalistic vision in the children of the region, to see things with clarity and more introspection. It aims at making children message bearers for society in the fields of health, education, sanitation and water facilities in their villages.

Date: 28 November 2005

Children in India can live with their imprisoned mothers until they are five years old, and in many cases receive better education, diet and healthcare than they would get at home.

Date: 28 November 2005

World Vision India held an eight-day peace camp in Lonavala, Maharasthra recently, which was attended by roughly 40 children aged 12-16.

Date: 22 November 2005

Religious and cultural views that place a higher value on males, coupled with technology that makes it possible to tell the sex of a child before it is born, together are contributing to a rise in the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation in India. "Female feticide [sex-selective abortion] has created a big demand for women and it's being met by trafficking ... They have made their daughters vanish but they are in desperate need of women," one human rights activist explained.

Date: 22 November 2005

In order to better understand the extend to which children are involved in migration from Nepal to India, and thus to assist in the development of targeted programmes, the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB) and the Save the Children Alliance jointly embarked on this cross-border survey, tracking the outflows and inflows of children migrating between Nepal and India.

Date: 7 November 2005

The Swiss based organisation, Pestalozzi Children's Foundation (PCF), worked in India for over 20 years and compiled a comprehensive paper to document their activities and the lessons learnt.

Date: 7 November 2005

A two days Special Seminar for the Parents of Child Labour of Sonepur Municipality, Dist. Subarnapur, Orissa was organised by RARE with the Central Board for Worker's Education, Ministry of Labour and Employment Government of India on 23rd and 24th October, 2005.

Date: 7 November 2005

Mumbai – Love Humanity International, a newly formed NGO headquartered in Mumbai, India, received its registration number as a Charitable Trust on August 16, 2005 and is preparing to roll out two new programs that address the issues of homelessness for children and how to raise children in a teaching, loving abuse-free manner.

Date: 1 November 2005

Multinational and Indian seed companies are paying Indian farmers who are producing their cotton seed almost 40% too little to enable them to hire adults for the local minimum wage of Rs.52 (€1) instead of children. The companies are multinationals like Bayer, Monsanto and Syngenta but also Indian companies like Nuziveedu Seeds, Raasi Seeds and Ankur Seeds.

Date: 1 November 2005

This report has been used as a background document for writing the alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 18 October 2005

Children’s agency Plan is predicting a secondary – equally deadly – crisis for children who survived the South Asia earthquake, as time runs out for the village communities still waiting rescue and relief.

Date: 15 October 2005

Children are in danger of becoming separated from their families as an estimated 150 children are evacuated from affected areas every day for medical treatment. Save the Children calls on all involved in the relief effort to ensure that children in affected areas are not evacuated or moved without an adult carer.

Date: 15 October 2005

A school textbook has been banned in the northern Indian state of Haryana for references offensive to Sikhs. Authorities banned the book after complaints of "derogatory" material about the 10th religious head of the Sikh community, Guru Gobind Singh. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda sa

Date: 13 October 2005

The relief effort in Pakistan is being hampered by severe weather conditions, blocked roads and a shortage of helicopters, and up to one million people have been affected across four districts in northern India.

Date: 12 October 2005

Oxfam’s emergency response to the South Asia Earthquake is now well underway with a planned initial budget of £4million.

Date: 11 October 2005

Save the Children UK press statement issued on 12th October, explaining relief measures taken immediately after the disaster.

Date: 9 October 2005

The Vellore Institute of Development Studies (VIDS) has urged the Tiruvannamalai district administration, which had been organising excursion-cum-medical camps for rescued child labourers, to form child rights clubs that could help them become free citizens in the society.

Date: 5 October 2005

Date: 1 October 2005

Interviews with officials, police, NGOs, as well as parents and their trafficked children revealed the urgent need for evidence-based recommendations in a time of change. For the families and communities at the heart of the problem, the factors that propel their children into slavery have simply intensified over time.

Date: 22 September 2005

A group of children has teamed up with renowned film-maker Govind Nihalani and international children’s agency, Plan, to produce a short film about their experiences during the tsunami and the subsequent reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts.

From Thursday, September 01, 2005 to Thursday, September 01, 2005

Research Academy for Rural Enrichment (RARE), Sonepur organised an one day workshop on Legal Guardianship for the Parents of Mentally Retarded at the Meeting Hall, Sonepur Block Office on 28th August, 2005.

From Thursday, July 07, 2005 to Thursday, July 07, 2005

India Committee of Youth Organization (ICYO) is launching the "Youth Build" project, in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) in line with the 'Millennium Development Goal 7 Target 11'.

Date: 1 July 2005

Butterflies' conducted a South Asian Regional Training Workshop on production of Children's own newspaper in April-May 2005 in New Delhi, India. The workshop culminated with the production of Children's Newspaper- South Asian Children's Times (SACT).

From Thursday, June 23, 2005 to Thursday, June 23, 2005

Memorandum for facilitating wider participation of civil society in formulations of national bills for legislation.

From Thursday, June 23, 2005 to Thursday, June 23, 2005

Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) in collaboration with Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) organised a three day National Consultation on the review of laws of Children in 15-17th of June 2005 at India International Centre.

From Wednesday, June 15, 2005 to Friday, June 17, 2005

The Human Rights Law Network in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development is conducting a 2-day national consultation on review of existing laws on children, followed by a 1-day NGO review.

From Tuesday, June 14, 2005 to Tuesday, June 14, 2005

In 2004, members of Bhima Sangha and other children of the community, had developed the five-year plans of their Panchayats as part of the 10th National Five-Year Planning process. They were facilitated by The Concerned for Working Children (CWC), Karnataka, India.

From Wednesday, June 01, 2005 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The book critically analyses the phenomenon of child marriage and puts forward recommendations to revisit existing laws.

From Monday, May 23, 2005 to Friday, May 27, 2005

Since 2001 Bal Panchayat, a children’s group from communities of CASP/Plan Delhi, has been organising annual national conventions to promote children's rights and encourage children’s participation in initiatives to promote and ensure children's rights.

From Monday, May 23, 2005 to Monday, May 23, 2005

Report of the panel discussion "Impact of Free Trade on Children" held on 14th May 2005 at the Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, as part of the Global Week of Action (10-16 May 2005), organised by the HAQ: Centre for Child Rights.

From Thursday, May 19, 2005 to Saturday, May 20, 2006

PARTNERS IN CHANGE STATEMENT BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Regional Consultation for the UN Study against Violence against Children 17th – 18th May 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan

From Wednesday, May 18, 2005 to Saturday, May 20, 2006

This session was organised by UNICEF to explain to children what their opportunities will be in ifluencing the outcome of the regional consulation.

From Tuesday, May 17, 2005 to Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Summary of the first day of the South Asia Regional Consultation

From Friday, May 13, 2005 to Friday, May 13, 2005

RARE Sonepur with the assistance of the Central Board for Workers Education, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India organised a two days workshop on Quality Life Programme for the Parents of Disabled Children.

From Sunday, May 01, 2005 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The report focuses on large-scale and very hazardous child labour in mining of iron-ore and granite in the Bellary District of Karnataka, India. The 7 India organisations who were represented in the fact-finding team estimate that at least 200.000 children are working in the mines.

From Sunday, May 01, 2005 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The aim of the research project “Seeing beyond Violence” was to learn from and with the children, who all come with their life stories of trauma and loss, how they perceive the discourse and reality of violence and how they understand those elusive spheres of non violence.

From Tuesday, April 19, 2005 to Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Although the law restraining child marriages in India, the Child Marriage Restraint Act, was enacted way back in 1929 with subsequent amendment in 1949 and 1978, child marriages are still rampant, particularly in low income families.

From Monday, April 18, 2005 to Thursday, April 28, 2005

The course will cover: attitudes and perceptions of adults and children towards child rights, their participation and development; using and understanding socio- political and economic structures to further child participation; skills, tools and methodology to further child empowerment and participation; issues related to the partnership between adults and children.

From Sunday, April 03, 2005 to Sunday, May 15, 2005

The purpose of this six week course is to foster and motivate children to develop their skills for a future professional career in art.

From Wednesday, March 23, 2005 to Wednesday, March 23, 2005

A delegation of girl child labourers from different parts of India met a number of political leaders to voice out their problems. A memorandum to protect them from abuses , exploitations and to them give back their child hood by ensuring quality education ,health and overall development of all children was presented to these leaders.

From Wednesday, March 16, 2005 to Friday, March 18, 2005

Conference will discuss and formulate the plan of action for capacity building of organizations serving the youth and other related issues. It will also provide the platform to discuss the outcomes of World Conference held Sarajevo. More so, it will promote the active participation of the youth as it seeks to empower them with participatory skills.

From Wednesday, March 09, 2005 to Wednesday, March 09, 2005

There is still a lack of reliable statistics to high light the child labour problem in India. Quoted figures range from a minimum of 17 million (Government’s figures) to 165 million children being actively involved in child labour across the nation.

Date: 1 March 2005

Resource pack for teachers on children, poverty and the UN Millennium Development Goals.

Date: 1 March 2005

Butterflies' conducted a South Asian Regional Training Workshop on production of Children's own newspaper in April-May 2005 in New Delhi, India. The workshop culminated with the production of Children's Newspaper- South Asian Children's Times (SACT).

From Friday, January 28, 2005 to Friday, January 28, 2005

The Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is planning to organize the “Conference of Youth Organizations” in New Delhi to discuss the all the issues related to young people and role of youth organizations to help the young people.

From Thursday, January 27, 2005 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Nearly three years after violence erupted in the state of Gujarat in Western India those responsible continue to walk free. The violence left over 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead. Several hundred girls and women were stripped naked, raped or gang-raped, had their wombs slashed and were thrown into fires, some while still alive.

From Wednesday, January 12, 2005 to Wednesday, January 12, 2005

The Bahá’i Office for the Advancement of Women is organizing the one day Seminar on January 12, 2005 (Youth Day) at Information Centre of the Bahá’i House of Worship, Nehru Place, New Delhi. The theme of the seminar is ‘Gender equality’. Women empowerment in general and gender sensitizatio

Date: 6 January 2005

6 January 2005: CRINMAIL 641: Special Edition on South Asian Tsunamis: Contents: ********************************************************* NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- AID CONFERENCE: Kofi Annan Appeals for $1bn Aid to Tsunami Victims [news] - CHILD PROTE

From Thursday, January 06, 2005 to Thursday, January 06, 2005

Activities for children organised by Shabnam Resources on World Aids Day, 1 December 2004.

Date: 1 January 2005

This paper describes a pilot livelihood activities and reproductive health intervention and its impact aimed at adolescent girls aged 14-19 living in urban slums in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. The project was initiated based on the recognition of the relative disadvantage of adolescent girls and in an effort to build the evidence base for adolescent livelihoods programmes.

Date: 1 January 2005

This is a qualitative study of Nepalese girls and women after they have been sold for prostitution into brothels in Mumbai and Kolkata, India - a study of their first days, their years of confinement and their years in sex work after their release.

From Saturday, January 01, 2005 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

A detailed study of 2000 households in 4 Indian staets during which around 50 children were followed closely. The book apart from an interesting analysis on child agency and structural constraints vividly describes the various activities of children from early morning till late at night. The ethnographic insights reveal how multifaceted the life of children is.

From Thursday, December 09, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The report examines three of the most widespread and devastating factors threatening childhood today: HIV/AIDS, conflict, and poverty.

From Friday, December 03, 2004 to Friday, December 03, 2004

The World Disabled Day, 3rd December 2004 was observed by the Research Academy for Rural Enrichment (RARE) at Sonepur with the disabled, parents of disabled, volunteers of Disabled Development Force (DDF), Life members and Institutional Members of RARE and other invitees.

From Thursday, December 02, 2004 to Saturday, December 04, 2004

This a 3-day regional workshop entitled "Strategies and Tools for Working with Men and Boys to end Violence against Girls, Boys, Women and other Men" focused on processes and practical tools for working with men and boys to addressing violence against girls, boys, women and men.

From Thursday, December 02, 2004 to Saturday, December 04, 2004

The Conference on “Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs: Progress, Achievements and Ways Forward” will address the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people.

From Monday, November 29, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Child-protection laws in India require a comprehensive overhaul to remove loopholes and ambiguities if they are to be effective tools for safeguarding children against commercial sexual exploitation.

From Friday, November 19, 2004 to Friday, November 19, 2004

An exciting revolutionary process is taking place in 56 Panchayats in Kundapur Taluk: for the first time, a participatory planning process has involved local populations, including children, in important local governance decisions.

From Sunday, November 14, 2004 to Wednesday, November 24, 2004

The March will begin on14th November 2004 to generate public consciousness and mobilise public opinion over the issue of child labour and education.

From Monday, October 25, 2004 to Thursday, November 04, 2004

The aim of this workshop is to explore participatory methodologies and provide a hands-on learning opportunity through field work in urban slums and villages.

From Friday, October 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Recent consolidated action research on child traffficking.

From Wednesday, September 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Provides evidence that another 117,800 children under 15 are also working under dismal circumstances for multinational and Indian companies.

From Wednesday, September 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

A BANK started, owned, run and managed by street and working children for their economic empowerment. Started in 2001, it has a membership of 950 street and working children and still growing. The bank is currently operational in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

From Wednesday, September 01, 2004 to Wednesday, September 01, 2010

This Quarterly e-newsletter is meant for people who are committed to the cause of children within the Right's perspective. This is mainly to focus on one of the initiative of BUTTERFLIES, an organization implementing a Programme for Street and Working children, called THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT BANK.

From Wednesday, September 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

National Children’s Times (NCT) is written, edited and published by street and working children (between the age of 9 to 16 years) on behalf of National Child Journalist Forum (supported by Butterflies).

From Wednesday, September 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This Quarterly e-newsletter is meant for people who are committed to the cause of children within the Right's perspective. This is mainly to focus on one of the initiative of BUTTERFLIES, an organization implementing a Programme for Street and Working children, called THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT BANK.

From Sunday, August 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This paper was presented at the 'Women's Role in Building Peace in India and Pakistan' Conference at McGill University. Jackie Kirk, a Steering Committee member of the Children and Armed Conflict Working Group, has done extensive research in the area of education for children in emergencies and education in post-conflict settings for girls and boys.

Date: 1 August 2004

From Thursday, July 29, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

India’s explosive AIDS epidemic is being fueled by widespread abuses against children who are affected by HIV/AIDS. The Indian government’s failure to address these abuses is undermining its anti-AIDS policy and putting millions of lives at risk.

From Monday, June 28, 2004 to Wednesday, June 30, 2004

To review youth participation in decision-making processes, and to ascertain how young people can increase their efficacy therein. A platform for young people to take stock of their efficacy in decision- making processes and will impart critical skills and knowledge to ensure that participants are properly equipped to participate meaningfully in decision-making processes.

From Tuesday, June 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This book examines the historical developments, legislative and judicial processes and implementation pattern relating to the juvenile justice system in India. It aims to identify the specific stumbling blocks in the development of juvenile justice as a system and suggest measures for their removal.

From Thursday, April 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This edition deals with the International Summit on Children, Poverty and Violence.

From Saturday, March 20, 2004 to Saturday, May 08, 2004

Lobbying political parties to ensure child rights becomes a priority on their agenda as XIV Lok Sabha elections draw near.

Date: 30 January 2004

CRC/C/15/Add.228

From Friday, January 16, 2004 to Wednesday, January 21, 2004

The group on "Children’s Rights in a Globalising World" (CR4WSF) believe that the WSF will offer the space to strengthen alliances and reaffirm the belief that ‘Another World is Possible’ and that the conception of ‘Another World’ is indeed child centered; that children too have a role in defining and determining it.

From Friday, January 16, 2004 to Wednesday, January 21, 2004

La raison d’être de ce groupe est de représenter les problèmes et préoccupations des enfants dans le cadre du quatrième Forum Social Mondial (FSM). Ils croient que le FSM offrira une opportunité intéressante pour renforcer les alliances et répandre la conviction qu'un monde différent et meilleur est possible.

From Friday, January 16, 2004 to Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Nosotros tenemos que ir juntos enfocados en las ediciones y preocupaciones de los niños en el cuarto forum social-mundial(FSM). Nosotros creemos que el forum social mundial va a ofrecer un espacio para fortalecer las alianzas y reafirmar la credibilidad que “Otro Mundo es Posible” y que la concepción de “Otro Mundo” está de hecho centrada en el niño.

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 23, 2004

The course offers an introduction to development management for those with some managerial experience and responsabilities. Key areas of study: planning skills in development, sustainable livelihoods approach, human resource management skills, development planning and management cycle.

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 30, 2004

Supplementary report to India's periodic country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 30, 2004

Supplementary report to India's periodic country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 30, 2004

Supplementary report to India's periodic country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 30, 2004

Supplementary report to India's periodic country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 30, 2004

Supplementary report to India's periodic country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 12, 2004 to Friday, January 30, 2004

The Committee will be examining reports submitted by the following state parties: Armenia, India, Indonesia, Slovenia, Papua New Guinea, The Netherlands and Aruba (considered together), Guyana, Japan and Germany.

From Thursday, January 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This paper analyses the relationship between livelihoods and childhood poverty and wellbeing in the state of Rajasthan

From Thursday, January 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The book makes a powerful statement on Tourism related paedophilia and has been used as the mainstay for advocacy work undertaken by CRG since its publication. It has met with great success here and abroad leading to Goa Government promulgating a well thought out section on Child sexual abuse and paedophilia in the new Goa Children's Act-2003.

From Thursday, January 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The book provides research-based insights in child labour policies at various levels: macro- policies, magnitude of the problem, child participation and globalisation. The case studies deal with deprived and working children in Vietnam, India, Guinea, Bolivia and Brazil. The presented papers in this book form a mix of social anthropology, political science and law.

From Thursday, January 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The research consists in four reports (Sri Lanka, India South, India North and Nepal) and is a tremendous investigation into the manifestation of CST in tourist destinations of these areas. Please have a look or download the documents (pdf) as they are extremely informative about CST in the South Asian context and the tourism policies and trends in the region.

From Thursday, January 01, 2004 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Realizing the critical need for exchanging information with like minded organizations, CHIN strives to share information, innovative approaches on health and development of the vulnerable groups in India including the partner's efforts. To enable this to happen, the network publishes CHIN News (e- newsletter) thrice in a year focusing on different themes.

From Wednesday, November 26, 2003 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

How many children are not in school? How many school-going children can read? Are ‘private schools’ serving the poor better? Findings of a dipstick survey of 41,000 children living with families in 6 states, 20 cities, 405 slums and low income communities by Pratham .

From Tuesday, November 04, 2003 to Saturday, November 15, 2003

The course content will cover the attitudes and perceptions of adult’s and children towards children’s rights, their participation and development. The course will also deal with an understanding of socio- political and economic structures and institutions in order to design/use these to further children’s participation.

From Monday, September 22, 2003 to Thursday, October 02, 2003

This is for those who have completed Level 1 and wish to attain a higher level of skill.

From Monday, September 15, 2003 to Friday, October 03, 2003

Tribal communities in India have been historically deprived of access to resources and opportunities, including the education. According to the author, unless the government undertakes urgent steps to address this issue, its proclamations on child rights would remain empty rhetoric.

From Monday, September 15, 2003 to Friday, October 03, 2003

Indigenous children's issues need to be addressed by all sectors of society. While anti-discrimination laws are a good starting point, implementation must take into acount their own realities: they are indigenous. Their survival, protection, development andparticipation depend on their identification as indigenous in the first place.

From Monday, September 15, 2003 to Friday, October 03, 2003

Indigenous children's issues need to be addressed by all sectors of society. While anti-discrimination laws are a good starting point, implementation must take into acount their own realities: they are indigenous. Their survival, protection, development andparticipation depend on their identification as indigenous in the first place.

From Tuesday, September 09, 2003 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Firmly rooted in the belief that every child has a right to basic education, this volume – based on case studies from India - explores strategies and alternatives to keep children in school, reach out to those outside the schooling system, and improve the quality of elementary education.

From Tuesday, September 09, 2003 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This paper takes a close look at the process of action monitoring as demonstrated by the involvement of parents of children studying in Bal Shramik Vidyalayas schools run by the Child Labour Elimination Society in the Dumka and Jamtara districts in Jharkhand under the support of the Ministry of Labour’s National Child Labour Programme.

From Monday, July 07, 2003 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This paper is based on a study that attempted to examine the current provision of early childhood education and primary education in the State of Himachal Pradesh and the existing pattern of linkage between the two.

From Thursday, June 26, 2003 to Friday, June 27, 2003

This convention, in Varanasi, India, will address the kind of future being built for the children of a society in which hundreds of thousands of children belong to the Dalits, Tribals, and other low castes and minorities are growing up as illiterates, dropouts, bonded /child labourers, victims of trafficking and police atrocities.

From Monday, June 23, 2003 to Wednesday, July 02, 2003

This workshop is intended for corporate bodies, international agencies and NGOs. It will aim to develop capacities in the area of children's rights through ready-made or customized training activities.

From Wednesday, June 04, 2003 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This book, aimed at children, intends to: a: Raise awareness of the language, techniques & impact of the mass media b: to analyse the personal & social values it promotes or belittles c: to encourage children to participate in mainstream media in a discerning & responsible way.

From Thursday, March 20, 2003 to Friday, March 21, 2003

What is corporate social responsibility (CSR), where are the new set of expectations surrounding CSR taking us, & what questions do they raise for private enterprise, governance and public welfare provision? The course will look at how & under what conditions private sector action can lead to positive social welfare outcomes, e.g. poverty eradication.

From Monday, March 03, 2003 to Wednesday, March 05, 2003

This workshop is organised in collaboration with Asia Youth Network for Human Development (AYNHD). It is important for youth in India to have a basic understanding of human rights and freedom, as they are generally more vulnerable to abuse and discrimination. Youth are discriminated on the basis of gender, caste and can be subjected sexual abuse.

From Thursday, January 23, 2003 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This report calls on the Indian government to implement its national laws to free and rehabilitate bonded children. Bound to their employers in exchange for a loan to their families, they are unable to leave while in debt and earn so little they may never be free. A majority of them are Dalits, so-called untouchables at the bottom of India’s caste system.

Date: 6 January 2003

This is a status report on the situation of children in India. The issues covered in this volume are the Legal Regime, Health, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education and Child Care, Juvenile Justice, The Girl Child, Child Labour, Children in Conflict, Disability, Child Trafficking, Adoption and Child Participation.

From Thursday, November 14, 2002 to Wednesday, November 20, 2002

Peace Trust will host a number of events in the week leading up to November 20, including a seminar entitled "The Other Side of Children's Day," which will include a number of speakers discussing child labour. The week will also see the launch of a signature campaign to abolish child labour, the formation of a human chain, and a photo exhibition of child labour.

From Thursday, September 05, 2002 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This report is the outcome of a meeting organised with HCN partner NGOs from various districts of the Gujarat State, government officials and field functionaries. The objectives of the meeting were to share the experiences of participation in the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children and to discuss the role of NGOs to safeguard and promote child rights.

From Wednesday, August 07, 2002 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The publication covers articles highlighting various aspects of children’s participation in welfare and development programmes run for their benefit. In addition to these , the publication also covers news items regarding various crucial issues pertaining to children.

From Friday, August 02, 2002 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This report shows how the Alliance has initiated conversations with the relevant government ministries, held a broad national consultation with NGOs and with children, and set up several working groups to formulate proposals for India’s national plan of action.

From Monday, July 29, 2002 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

From Wednesday, July 10, 2002 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

India currently faces a rapidly increasing HIV/AIDS pandemic that could devastate communities, as well as the entire national economy, in the same way that it has done across sub-Saharan Africa, if not brought under control.

From Wednesday, January 23, 2002 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This document is the declaration from the first National Workshop on Children in Armed Conflict in Shillong, Meghalaya from 10-12 January 2002, organised by India's NGO Task Force on CAC.

From Tuesday, October 23, 2001 to Thursday, October 25, 2001

Jawaharial Nehru University, New Delhi

From Monday, June 25, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Statement submitted to the National Committee set up by the Prime Minister of India in Preparation for the World Conference against Racism. The discrimination as apparent in South Asia is based on poverty, gender, caste and tribe. The discrimination and violence against girl child is worst in the region of South Asia cutting across the borders of religion and countries.

From Thursday, June 21, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Web's first magazine on issues related to child rights in India Published by Free The Children - India

From Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Over 110 NGO and CSO representatives met in New Delhi (September 2000) to prepare a national recommendation for preparatory meetings and the special session. Key issues included government policies for girls, domestic violence, violence in schools, sexual exploitation and trafficking.

From Saturday, March 03, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The book "Building Abilities" attempts to trace the process of the training from the perspective of participant trainees, programme administrators, project partners and trainers, and has documented several papers, reports, etc., to present a collective learning experience.

From Monday, January 01, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This book attempts to bring together various legal provisions that are pertinent to children under the Indian constitution and other general and special regulations. This book highlights the status of a child under criminal law, civil law, family law and labour law.

From Monday, January 01, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

From Monday, January 01, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

OUT OF SIGHT... OUT OF MIND... OUT OF REACH... A STUDY OF CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS IN CHENNAI - INDIA Anti-Slavery International and Arunodhaya, Centre for Street and Working Children Child Labour is the curse of our so-called modern societies. Today, child labour has become an issue of glob

From Monday, January 01, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

From Monday, January 01, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

The full text of this report is available on HRW's Gopher site at gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:5000/00/int/hrw/children/8

From Monday, January 01, 2001 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

HRW's summary of the publication At least eighteen million children live or work on the streets of India, laboring as porters in railway stations or bus terminals, as ragpickers, and as vendors of food, tea, or handmade articles. These street children are routinely subjected to arbitrary and

Date: 1 January 2001

Report of a pilot project to assess the extent of HIV/AIDS-related stigma surrounding mother-to-child transmission.

Date: 28 January 2000

CRC/C/15/Add.115

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

Supplementary report to India's country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

Supplementary report to India's country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

Supplementary report to India's country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20th November,1989. Its 54 articles encompass not just civil and political rights but also social and economic rights and is regarded as the single most comprehensive instrument of human rights law.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

I. The Centre for Organisation Research & Education (CORE), Manipur, India is a representative indigenous peoples' organization based in Manipur, India. The organization has been working in grassroots support and advocacy for the rights of the indigenous and tribal peoples and their organizations in the North East region of India.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

In its April 1999 report titled Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables," Human Rights Watch documents caste-based abuses against India's "untouchables" or Dalits, including caste violence, discrimination, and exploitation of Dalit children.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

Supplementary report on India's country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Monday, January 10, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000

Supplementary report to India's country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From Saturday, January 01, 2000 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

All states must be urged to abolish deep-rooted prejudices against children who have disabilities and children abandoned by their parents, vigorously address reports of abuse, and ensure that all abandoned and orphaned children, whether disabled or otherwise, receive full respect for their human rights and protection against discrimination.

From Wednesday, January 01, 1997 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

From Saturday, January 01, 1994 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

Ghana, India, Indonesia and Senegal were the countries used to test a methodology for detailing children's activities in relation to child labour.

From Wednesday, February 05, 1969 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This Quarterly e-newsletter is meant for people who are committed to the cause of children within the Right’s perspective.

From Wednesday, February 05, 1969 to Wednesday, February 05, 1969

This document summarises how a selection of development cooperation agencies, UN Agencies and NGOs active in Asia define the rights-based approach to development, why they have adopted their policy and how they have incorporated it into their programmes