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The End Violence Against Children (EVAC) program is a five-year global initiative launched by World Vision to fortify protections, ignite community movements and eradicate violence against vulnerable children by 2021. Violence against children takes many forms that include, physical, sexual and mental violence, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, harm or abuse, commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking, child labor, cyber abuse and other harmful practices.
Given that the Asia Pacific region faces an overwhelming number of children…
This document, released by the Supreme Court of India on 5 May 2017, outlines decisions taken by the Court in regards to child care institutions in India. The document offers directions issued by the Supreme Court, which include registration of all child care institutions in the country by the end of 2017.
A press release from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India recapped a series of new initiatives by the Ministry during 2015. The achievements relevant to children’s care are briefly described below and include the launch of the flagship programme Beti Bachao Beto Padhao for protection of the girl child; several initiatives to track, restore, and rehabilitate missing children; and adoption reforms and a new foster care system.
The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme is aimed at preventing gender-biased sex selection and ensuring survival,…
The Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) of India outlines, and contributes to the implementation of, the Government’s responsibility to establish an effective and efficient child protection system. The ICPS is “based on the cardinal principles of ‘protection of child rights’ and ‘best interest of the child.’” The Scheme is developed to improve the wellbeing of children in difficult circumstances, as well as to help prevent abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment and separation of children from their families.
In early 2006 the Department of Women and Child Development became a full-fledged Ministry (the Ministry of Women and Child Development) and all child protection matters were transferred to this new Ministry, including implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, and its Amendment Act, 2006. The same year the Ministry proposed the adoption of an Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), which was adopted and launched by the central government in 2009-2010. Recognizing chronic under funding of child protection services in the…
It is estimated that 70,000 children below the age of 15 are infected with HIV in India and 21,000 children are infected every year through mother to child transmission. Nearly half of reported AIDS cases are in the 15–29 age group. Yet, India has a unique opportunity to use her strengths – low prevalence, concentrated epidemic, rapidly increasing ART coverage, strong government structures and family safety nets, growing recognition and advocacy for human rights and a robust media – to free the next generation from the burden of AIDS.
The Government of India is committed to preventing HIV-…