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Why an MP wants India to talk about child sex abuse

bbc.com I December 5, 2015 A four-year-old girl was brutally raped in Delhi in October India is home to the largest number of sexually abused children in the world, and on Friday, ..... Read More

Demand for road map to protect children from abuse

Damini Nath I The Hindu I December 2, 2015 : The Centre will be looking into a demand for a roadmap to protect children from sexual abuse after an online petition started by MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar received nearly ..... Read More

Child Sex Abuse: Sensitising Family and System Need of the Hour

November 30, 2015 I thequint.com As the discussion comes to an end, Rajeev Chandrasekhar pledges to The Quint to help Chhoti Nirbhaya. Also, panel members agree that this dialogue should act as a catalyst in the conversation about child ..... Read More

During Partition, men killed their women: Urvashi Butalia

Rosamma Thomas | TOI | Jan 25, 2016 JAIPUR: Feminist and author Urvashi Butalia, speaking of the 1947 Partition underlined how the eruption of violence could not be fully understood until one took into account the routine violence that women suffer in families. She said men killed ..... Read More

The Union Budget Must Not Ignore Social Security for Children

By Kumar Shailabh I The Wire I January 23, 2016 The government is gearing up to prepare the Union Budget 2016-17. The Ministry of Finance is holding pre-budget consultations with various groups for their inputs to make it inclusive and progressive. The Finance Minister, in his opening ..... Read More