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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by practices under personal laws: Supreme Court
Scroll Staff
· Oct 18, 2024 · 04:13 pm
Stop funding madrasas: Child rights body tells state governments
Scroll Staff
· Oct 13, 2024 · 03:05 pm
Avoid arresting teenage boys under POCSO Act for dating minor girls, Uttarakhand HC tells state
Scroll Staff
· Jul 06, 2024 · 01:42 pm
How an Argentinean sociologist is using chess to support, reach out to vulnerable children
Eva Marabotto, The Human Journalism Network
· Mar 29, 2024 · 07:30 pm
‘She cries all the time’: Gaza children grapple with a mental health crisis
Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Jan 14, 2024 · 06:30 am
Why the protection of teenagers needs to be balanced with respecting their sexual autonomy
Anubhav Kumar Prakhar Bajpai
· Oct 05, 2023 · 07:30 am
CBI raids 56 locations across country against circulation of child sex abuse material
Scroll Staff
· Sep 24, 2022 · 03:43 pm
Child rights body seeks FIR against Aaditya Thackeray for using minors in Aarey forest campaign
Scroll Staff
· Jul 11, 2022 · 05:54 pm
Child rights body asks Twitter to take action against Kunal Kamra for parody video featuring a boy
Scroll Staff
· May 06, 2022 · 02:44 pm
How Hindutva hijacked India’s child protection body
Aarefa Johari with Aishwarya Iyer
· Feb 02, 2022 · 09:15 am
Parents’ rights are irrelevant when deciding custody of child, says Supreme Court
Scroll Staff
· Jan 13, 2022 · 06:19 pm
Child rights body urges SC to stop illegal adoption of children orphaned by Covid
Scroll Staff
· Jun 08, 2021 · 08:11 am
UP police detained 41 children during CAA protests, some were tortured, says citizens’ report
Nidhi Suresh Sharib Ali
· Feb 13, 2020 · 09:00 am
Data check: India fares poorly on children’s wellbeing, below Sri Lanka, Bhutan and China
Sana Ali, IndiaSpend.com
· Jun 02, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Child rights body issues notice to Priyanka Gandhi for video of children shouting abusive slogan
Scroll Staff
· May 03, 2019 · 07:40 am
Data check: From education to health, there’s little for children in Budget 2019
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· Feb 10, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Paedophile hunters: A rise in citizen-led policing is putting life and laws of justice at risk
Joe Purshouse, The Conversation
· Jan 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm
‘Grey area’: Activists are sceptical about removing time limits on reporting child sexual abuse
Vijayta Lalwani
· Oct 11, 2018 · 12:30 pm
‘The status of children in shelter homes is frightening,’ says Supreme Court
Scroll Staff
· Aug 28, 2018 · 09:38 pm
Sex abuse cases: Children’s shelter homes across India lack funds, strong monitoring, say activists
Vijayta Lalwani
· Aug 13, 2018 · 07:30 am
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