Citizens for Justice and Peace
In 2017, countries took major steps to end child marriage
27-Dec-2017
UN Women, a United Nations entity focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment, compiled a timeline of major events in gender equality in 2017. According to the timeline, in June and August, several nations, largely, in the Caribbean and Latin America “made historic strides to end child marriage”. In June, Trinidad and Tobago amended several…
Over 200,000 children in eastern Ukraine at risk from landmines
27-Dec-2017
UNICEF said in an announcement that eastern Ukraine “is now one of the most mine-contaminated places on earth, endangering 220,000 who live, play” and attend school “in areas littered with landmines, unexploded ordnance and other deadly explosive remnants of war”. “It is unacceptable that places where children could safely play less than four years ago…
Celebrating Human Rights A KHOJ Initiative
21-Dec-2017
December 10 is celebrated every year as International Day of Human Rights. But even as privileged people hold galas and fund raisers to celebrate the day, the survivors of atrocities or the oppressed classes barely get the opportunity to express their feelings or share stories about their own journeys. KHOJ, an NGO that works in…
UNICEF: 50 million children displaced
20-Dec-2017
The United Nations’ children fund has reported that around 50 million children globally are in the process of migrating, with 28 million children being forced out of their homes because of conflict, Voice of America (VOA) reported. UNICEF spokeswoman Sarah Crowe told VOA that in 2017, “We have seen some 400 children, estimated 400 children…
ILO: Systematic child labour ends in Uzbekistan
16-Dec-2017
International Labour Organisation (ILO) monitors have found that the systematic use of child labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest has ended in recent years, and action is being taken to tackle the use of forced labour as well, ILO News reported. Indications of this emerged when Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the United Nations General Assembly…
How to Spot and Stop Child Sexual Abuse Community Resource: A Ready Reckoner for Parents, Teachers and other Responsible Adults
10-Dec-2017
Child Sexual Abuse has reached epidemic proportions in India. According to a 2007 MWCD-Child-Abuse-Report one in every two children has been sexually abused in our country. It is therefore crucial to put an end to this menace. Here is a ready reckoner on how to spot and stop child sexual abuse. Types of Child Sexual Abuse A…
Study highlights children’s acute plight in Syrian war
09-Dec-2017
A study published in Lancet Global Health found that shelling and aerial bombings in Syria had a “disproportionate lethal impact on civilians, particularly children,” according to the study’s lead author, Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir at the University of Louvain, the Guardian reported. The study found that in the first six years of Syria’s civil war, 71%…
UNICEF warns of “crisis of invisibility” in Sub-Saharan Africa
09-Dec-2017
UNICEF has released data indicating that the births of 95 million children in sub-Saharan Africa have not been registered. Leila Pakkala, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa said, “Such levels of invisibility cannot persist. The cost is too high,” cautioning that “an unregistered child is vulnerable to violations such as child marriage, child labour…
‘Protect’ Children from the Criminal Justice System Maharukh Adenwalla's Exclusive Blog by Special Invitation
04-Dec-2017
Children are treated differently from adults under the law due to traits linked to their age. Such traits are characterised by mental immaturity, impressionability, recklessness and impulsiveness, amongst others, which are heightened during adolescence. Going back to those years in one’s life, most will identify with these peculiarities, as also acknowledge their transient nature. Because…
Fighting for Human Rights in the Courts and Beyond Words of Support from Harish Iyer
28-Nov-2017
Harish Iyer is an Equal Rights activist and a survivor of Child Sexual Abuse. He is also helping CJP in fighting for the rights of oppressed and abused children in vulnerable situations and places like prisons and remand homes.
UNICEF, Norway sovereign wealth fund form child rights network
28-Nov-2017
The United Nations children’s agency and Norway’s $1-trillion sovereign wealth fund, along with some leading fashion companies, are forming a network to bolster the rights of children working in the garment and shoe industry, as well as those affected by the industry, Bloomberg reported. More than 10 companies, including H&M and Gucci owner Kering, have…
राख से उभर कर बाल यौन शोषण के खिलाफ हरीश अय्यर की #जंगजारी
23-Nov-2017
यह कहानी है सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता और बाल यौन शोषण उत्तरजीवी हरीश अय्यर की. आज इस लेख के माध्यम से हरीश अपने शब्दों में हमें अपनी कहानी बयां कर रहे है, कि कैसे एक सताया हुआ बच्चा जीवन में आगे बढ़कर दुसरे पीड़ित बच्चों की सहायता करने वाला युवा बन गया. हर दिन, मेरी सुबह होती…
Rising From The Ashes EXCLUSIVE Blog by Special Invitation
19-Nov-2017
On the occasion of Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Day, activist and survivor Harish Iyer pens this exclusive piece about his journey from a tormented little boy to a young man who helps fellow survivors today. Everyday, I wake up to the news of children getting sexually abused. The enormity of the challenge is visible when…