Rights activists caution against child labour and trafficking during pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Rights activists caution against child labour and trafficking during pandemic

Hindustan Times  

Child labour, abandonment by family members, risk of trafficking, child marriage, malnourishment, and an increasing number of school dropouts – these are some risks the national capital’s children are facing due to Covid-19 pandemic-induced hardships in marginalised communities, experts said. A Covid-19 ground report released by child rights NGO Protsahan, which is working closely with Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on counselling Covid-19 orphans, said that the second wave of Covid-19 has left many children at high risk for child labour, trafficking, and child marriage. “In just a 6km radius from Uttam Nagar Metro station to Hastalgaon, one can easily spot over 120+ children involved in non-hazardous and hazardous child labour work,” the report stated. In ten months, the Childline India foundation received 4.4 million calls and we acted upon 400,000 calls regarding children affected by Covid-19,” said retired IPS officer Amod Kanth, founder of NGO Prayas.

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Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar

India Today  

A team of a child welfare organisation, Sahyog Care for You, along with the subdivisional magistrate of Narela have rescued 73 children from the factories in North Delhi. The team from the NGO working for kids revealed that they used to work as bonded labourers in polishing, toy and fan manufacturing units in north Delhi’s Bawana for 15 hours a …

Over 19 Lakh Indian Children Lost At Least One Parent to Covid-19, Highest in World: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Over 19 Lakh Indian Children Lost At Least One Parent to Covid-19, Highest in World: Study

News 18  

Around 19.2 lakh kids lost at least one parent or caregiver to Covid-19 in India during the first 20 months of the pandemic, that is between March 2020 and October 2021, a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health said. The peer-reviewed medical journal said that India accounted for the highest number of Covid orphans or children who …

Over 1.4 Lakh Children Lost Either Parent During COVID: NCPCR Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Over 1.4 Lakh Children Lost Either Parent During COVID: NCPCR Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has told the Supreme Court that as per the data uploaded on the Baal Swaraj Portal- CoVID care from April 2020 till January 11, 2022, 10094 children are orphaned, 1,36,910 children have lost either parent and 488 children are abandoned after the onset of COVID.The additional affidavit has been filed by …

India Recorded Over 350 Crimes Against Children Each Day Amid Covid Pandemic in 2020, Shows NCRB Data
3 years, 2 months ago

India Recorded Over 350 Crimes Against Children Each Day Amid Covid Pandemic in 2020, Shows NCRB Data

News 18  

A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases were reported each day during the pandemic, according to an NGO’s analysis of data from National Criminal Records Bureau. When compared with figures from NCRB in 2019, however, there has been a drop of 13.3 per cent in the …

Children who have lost parents during pandemic should be given free education in same schools: Delhi govt
3 years, 4 months ago

Children who have lost parents during pandemic should be given free education in same schools: Delhi govt

India TV News  

The Delhi government has directed schools in the national capital to ensure that students who have become orphans or lost a parent after March last year be adjusted in the same school and offered free education. "All districts are directed to ensure that children who have become orphans or lost a parent after March, 2020 either due to COVID-19 or …

Global childcare crisis and the road for post-covid-19 recovery and resilience
3 years, 4 months ago

Global childcare crisis and the road for post-covid-19 recovery and resilience

Hindustan Times  

A year into the pandemic, we are no longer just worrying about progress on women’s equality coming to a standstill. In addition to reducing the undue burden of care, affordable and quality childcare frees mothers up to participate in the labour force and creates decent jobs for women in the childcare sector. The evidence review on the global childcare crisis …

Covid Orphans: Why it cannot be business as usual for the government
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid Orphans: Why it cannot be business as usual for the government

India Today  

As India limps back to normalcy after the devastating two waves of Covid-19, a grim reality awaits policymakers and stakeholders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his government's second anniversary in its second term, announced a slew of measures to support children who have been orphaned—having lost either one or both parents, or been abandoned. Andhra Pradesh, for instance, has announced …

Pandemic increased vulnerability to human trafficking: U.S. report
3 years, 5 months ago

Pandemic increased vulnerability to human trafficking: U.S. report

The Hindu  

The pandemic resulted in an increase in vulnerability to human trafficking and interrupted existing anti-traffic efforts, according to the Trafficking in Persons report, an annual study released by the U.S. State Department. On India, the report says that while it did not meet the minimum standards to eliminate trafficking, the government was making significant efforts, although these were inadequate, especially …

Children as victims of the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Children as victims of the pandemic

The Hindu  

The second wave of coronavirusinfection might be showing signs of receding from parts of India, but there are serious concerns that the third wave might affect children. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose heard the submissions in the suo motu case “In Re Contagion of COVID Virus in Children Protection Homes”. PM-CARES scheme On …

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report

News 18  

The number of children in child labour has risen to 16 crore worldwide — first increase in two decades — with millions more at risk due to COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization and the UNICEF. The report — 'Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward' — released ahead of the World …

SC asks states, UTs to ensure no breaks in education of children orphaned due to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

SC asks states, UTs to ensure no breaks in education of children orphaned due to Covid-19

India Today  

The Supreme Court of India has directed the governments of states and union territories to ensure that there is no break in the education of children who have become orphans or lost one parent during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the Supreme Court hearing on June 7, the central government asked the court to provide them with more time to set …

Covid-19 made poor more vulnerable to child trafficking, say NGOs
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 made poor more vulnerable to child trafficking, say NGOs

India Today  

On June 4, Pooja was rescued from her employer’s house in Patna. Bihar is not an exception in child trafficking during Covid-19 pandemic, which led to nationwide lockdown last year and periodic restrictions in different states with each surge in coronavirus cases. Satya Prakash, program manager of FXB Suraksha India — NGO providing development assistance to marginalised children and women …

Covid-19 impact: Jharkhand identifies 234 children who lost parents to virus
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Jharkhand identifies 234 children who lost parents to virus

Hindustan Times  

The deadly coronavirus infection, that has killed over 5,000 people across Jharkhand since its outbreak last year, has also left hundreds of children orphaned or with a single parent, mostly after the onset of its second wave in early April this year. Special secretary at the department DK Saxena said, “Till now, we have identified as many as 234 children …

Loss of Parents Puts Kids in Vulnerable Situation, HC Asks Delhi Govt to Gather Info on Orphans
3 years, 6 months ago

Loss of Parents Puts Kids in Vulnerable Situation, HC Asks Delhi Govt to Gather Info on Orphans

News 18  

The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi government to take steps to gather information on the minors who have been rendered orphans in the Covid-19 pandemic and are in a vulnerable situation due to loss of one or both parents. The high court directed various departments of Delhi government to call all residents welfare associations, police stations, schools, anganwadi …

Govt asks state/UTs to protect children adversely impacted by Covid, enlists measures
3 years, 6 months ago

Govt asks state/UTs to protect children adversely impacted by Covid, enlists measures

India TV News  

The government has asked states and union territories to ensure care and protection to children who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. Immediate temporary rehabilitation of children through the existing child care facilities supported under Child Protection Services scheme must be ensured. To organise special inspection drives in collaboration with District Magistrates, for assessment of quality care in all …

Do children risk a ’generational catastrophe’ due to covid?
3 years, 6 months ago

Do children risk a ’generational catastrophe’ due to covid?

Live Mint  

The pandemic has severely affected children's rights worldwide, with young people risking a "generational catastrophe" if governments do not act, a rights group said in an annual survey. Marc Dulleart, founder and chairman of KidsRights, says that the effects of the pandemic on children had "unfortunately exceeded our predictions at the outset last year". "Apart from patients of the coronavirus, …

9,346 Children Orphaned, Abandoned or Lost a Parent to Covid-19, NCPCR Tells SC
3 years, 6 months ago

9,346 Children Orphaned, Abandoned or Lost a Parent to Covid-19, NCPCR Tells SC

News 18  

The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that there are 9,346 children, who have been abandoned, orphaned or lost a parent to the COVID-19 pandemic as per the data submitted to it by different states till May 29. The top court asked state government authorities to continue uploading the data on NCPCR’s website …

COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi left 32 children orphaned, says child rights commission
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi left 32 children orphaned, says child rights commission

Firstpost  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on 14 May said the government will bear the cost of education and upbringing of children who were orphaned during the pandemic New Delhi: The Delhi child rights panel has identified 32 children who have been orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic in the National Capital. Ten more children, living with single parents, have lost them, …

32 kids orphaned in Covid pandemic in Delhi: Child rights panel chief
3 years, 6 months ago

32 kids orphaned in Covid pandemic in Delhi: Child rights panel chief

India TV News  

The Delhi child rights panel has identified 32 children who have been orphaned during the Covid pandemic in the national capital. Ten more children, living with single parents, have lost them, said Commission for Protection of Child Rights chief Anurag Kundu. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on May 14 said the Delhi government will bear the cost of education and …

32 Kids Orphaned in Covid Pandemic In Delhi: Child Rights Panel Chief
3 years, 6 months ago

32 Kids Orphaned in Covid Pandemic In Delhi: Child Rights Panel Chief

News 18  

The Delhi child rights panel has identified 32 children who have been orphaned during the Covid pandemic in the national capital. Ten more children, living with single parents, have lost them, said Commission for Protection of Child Rights chief Anurag Kundu. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on May 14 said the Delhi government will bear the cost of education and …

The children left behind by covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

The children left behind by covid-19

Live Mint  

R has been promised that his parents will be home soon. “We have also found cases of incest,” Protsahan India Foundation’s founder-director, Sonal Kapoor, says. How will children heal this trauma if they don’t express their feelings?” It was this thought of what a “covidorphan” might be going through emotionally that led Delhi’s Arjita Saxena to tweet last week that …

PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt
3 years, 7 months ago

PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt

India TV News  

Children orphaned due to COVID-19 should be protected and guarded against being trafficked till they are legally adopted, two PILs have urged the Delhi High Court, which sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi government on the issue on Monday. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notices to the Union ministries …

Delhi Child Rights Body is Reaching Out to Kids Who Lost Parents or Caregivers to Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Child Rights Body is Reaching Out to Kids Who Lost Parents or Caregivers to Covid-19

News 18  

The coronavirus has left a lot of collateral damage in its wake and children have been a huge part of it. Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights shall intervene in <24 hours,” Kundu tweeted Thursday. If you know of any child who -is in need of essential supplies -has lost the parent/struggling to support because of illness Report @ …

'Cannot Leave Our Children Behind': Kailash Satyarthi on Covid-19 Impact on Child Health, Education
3 years, 10 months ago

'Cannot Leave Our Children Behind': Kailash Satyarthi on Covid-19 Impact on Child Health, Education

News 18  

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on children’s education, physical and mental health across the world. During the last year, the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation has been working closely with government organisations and NGOs to contain rising cases of child labour. News18 got in touch with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and child labour and education expert Kailash Satyarthi …

Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus
4 years ago

Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus

Associated Press  

KOIDU, Sierra Leone — The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. It’s a mindset that Sierra Leone’s first lady, Fatima Maada Bio, knows first hand and has been working to change with her “Hands Off Our Girls” campaign since her husband took office in …

Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens Children with Child Labor Rising in Country
4 years ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens Children with Child Labor Rising in Country

News 18  

A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. The 13-year-old boy who was working in the illegal shoe factory in Agra cannot be identified by name because Indian law forbids naming suspected victims of child labor and trafficking. The …

A Lost Generation: UNICEF Report Reveals COVID-19 Toll on Children's Health and Education
4 years, 1 month ago

A Lost Generation: UNICEF Report Reveals COVID-19 Toll on Children's Health and Education

News 18  

It has been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and while we count the massive death toll and economic losses, what is going unnoticed by most governments across the world is the disruption that this pandemic has caused in the lives of children and young adults. It was released ahead of World Children’s Day and is titled ‘Averting a …

Covid-19 Pandemic Has Created a Second Crisis in India — the Rise of Child Trafficking
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Has Created a Second Crisis in India — the Rise of Child Trafficking

News 18  

One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in Rajasthan. “Children have never faced such crisis,” said 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, whose organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan works to protect vulnerable …

NCPCR Directs 8 States to Start Sending Children Placed in Child Care Homes Back to Their Families
4 years, 2 months ago

NCPCR Directs 8 States to Start Sending Children Placed in Child Care Homes Back to Their Families

News 18  

The country’s apex child rights body NCPCR has directed eight states that account for over 70 per cent of children in care homes to ensure their return to their families, noting that it is the right of every child to grow up in a familial environment. The eight states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and …

8 States Account for Over 70 percent Children in Care Homes, NCPCR Wants Their Return to Families
4 years, 2 months ago

8 States Account for Over 70 percent Children in Care Homes, NCPCR Wants Their Return to Families

News 18  

The country’s apex child rights body NCPCR has directed eight states that account for over 70 per cent of children in care homes to ensure their return to their families, noting that it is the right of every child to grow up in a familial environment. The eight states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and …

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi

News 18  

New Delhi: For four decades Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour. “The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage,” said Satyarthi who was awarded …

Child Marriage or Trafficking: Choice Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan Have Left For Bengal's Vulnerable
4 years, 4 months ago

Child Marriage or Trafficking: Choice Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan Have Left For Bengal's Vulnerable

News 18  

The border district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal has been one of India’s prominent trafficking hubs. Digital Platforms as a Medium for Trafficking A small study conducted by Aangan’s community child protection volunteers in North 24 Parganas revealed that children voluntarily took up jobs to buy smartphones. CNN News18 reported a 40% hike in internet traffic in India during …

COVID-19 lockdown exposes gaps in India's child protection services and urgent need for collaborative, proactive approach
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 lockdown exposes gaps in India's child protection services and urgent need for collaborative, proactive approach

Firstpost  

Veer sits on a wooden stool, in a noisy children’s shelter. The June UNICEF report on children and COVID-19 states, “decades of progress on children’s health, education and other priorities risk being wiped out.” The risks include an escalation of India’s vulnerable minors as the country unlocks amidst aggravating poverty and dwindling child protection services. “Child labour includes those children …

How coronavirus is triggering cases of child trafficking
4 years, 4 months ago

How coronavirus is triggering cases of child trafficking

India Today  

A 15-year-old girl from West Bengal has been missing since an unknown person befriended her on Facebook. Last week, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights rescued nine child labourers working at several scrap shops in North East Delhi’s Mustafabad. In June, a petition filed in the Supreme Court by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO headed by Nobel Prize …

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown

News 18  

On March 24 when India went into a total lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, thousands of migrant labourers across the country lost their source of livelihood. Now that the lockdown is over and economic activities have sporadically started with several states across India diluting labour laws, children seem to be at the highest risk. The report, titled, "A …

COVID-19 : SC Takes Stock Of Progress Made By States In Protection Of Children In Child Care Institutions
4 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 : SC Takes Stock Of Progress Made By States In Protection Of Children In Child Care Institutions

Live Law  

Last week, the Supreme Court took stock of the steps taken by states across the country in terms of protection of children housed in shelter homes and child care institutions in wake of the Coronavirus outbreak situation. The bench also took note of the steps taken by various state governments towards ensuring welfare of children in conflict with law who …

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