Articles for Child Welfare

Tamil Nadu: Childline workers’ salaries increased after one-year delay
15 hours, 32 minutes ago

Tamil Nadu: Childline workers’ salaries increased after one-year delay

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: After a delay of a year, the Department of Child Welfare and Special Services has increased the salaries of childline workers across the state. At district-level child helplines, coordinators’ salaries have increased from Rs 14,000 to Rs 28,000 and counsellors’ pay has increased from Rs 8,000 to Rs 23,000. Similarly, childline supervisors will now draw Rs 21,000, up from …

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Karnataka: Women's Commission Seeks Probe Into BJP MLC’s Slur
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2 days, 3 hours ago

Karnataka: Women's Commission Seeks Probe Into BJP MLC’s Slur

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Karnataka State Commission for Women Chairman Dr Nagalakshmi Chowdhury on Saturday made an appeal to Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti to order an high-level investigation into the alleged derogatory slur made by Bharatiya Janata Party MLC and former minister C.T. Ravi against Congress leader and Minister for Women and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar during the recent winter Assembly session in …

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Shuttling Child Between Two Forums Causes Inconvenience And Is Detrimental To Child's Welfare: Kerala High Court In Custody Battle
3 days, 9 hours ago

Shuttling Child Between Two Forums Causes Inconvenience And Is Detrimental To Child's Welfare: Kerala High Court In Custody Battle

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court set aside an order issued by the Child Welfare Committee, which had directed the child to be produced before it without hearing the preliminary objections of the mother. The Court noted that the father filed a parallel petition before the Child Welfare Committee, while his original petition for custody was still pending before the Family Court. …

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Adoption of Rescued Children: Foster Parents Decry Attitude of Child Welfare Panel
1 week, 4 days ago

Adoption of Rescued Children: Foster Parents Decry Attitude of Child Welfare Panel

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Foster parents, who adopted nine of the 16 rescued children in May and are engaged in a legal battle to claim rights to meet their children at Sishu Vihar, have now decided to take on the Child Welfare Committee, which they blame for the turbulence they have been undergoing for the last six months. The court had directed CWC …

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Child-selling racket: Child Welfare Committee declares rescued children to be free for adoption
1 week, 5 days ago

Child-selling racket: Child Welfare Committee declares rescued children to be free for adoption

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Child Welfare Committee of Medchal-Malkajgiri district in Telangana has declared 15 children who were rescued by police from a child-selling racket busted earlier this year as 'Legally Free for Adoption '. Official sources on Wednesday said the Committee decided the children to be LFA as per Section 38 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 as their biological parents …

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Telangana HC Directs CWC to Decide on Kids’ Custody
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana HC Directs CWC to Decide on Kids’ Custody

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the child welfare committee to issue orders expeditiously to decide who has to take care of the 15 children placed in its custody — the biological parents or those who adopted the infants. The court also directed the authorities to decide on the applications filed by adoptive parents seeking adoption of the children within …

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Germany to Discuss Ariha Case, Seek Solution to Child's Future
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Germany to Discuss Ariha Case, Seek Solution to Child's Future

The Hindu  

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will discuss the case of three-year-old Ariha Shah, an Indian child taken into foster care by German authorities, during his visit to India this week. The government in Berlin continues to work to find a satisfactory solution for the future of the child, with the possibility of training and exposure to Indian culture in Germany being …

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Tottenham star Son Heung-min's father fined £1,683 for violating child welfare law at his South Korean football training centre after being accused of 'beating a student with a corner flag for losing
2 months, 1 week ago

Tottenham star Son Heung-min's father fined £1,683 for violating child welfare law at his South Korean football training centre after being accused of 'beating a student with a corner flag for losing

Daily Mail  

He is the 62-year-old father of Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min Football coach Son Woong-jung has been fined £1,683 by a court in South Korea Son Heung-min's father, Son Woong-jung, has been fined 3 million won for violating child welfare law. Son Woong-jung, pictured in 2018, has been fined £1,683 for violating child welfare law Son Woong-jung is the father …

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Will propose formation of ‘Child Welfare Committee’ in Pune: Educationists
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Will propose formation of ‘Child Welfare Committee’ in Pune: Educationists

Hindustan Times  

PUNE Amid a spate of crimes against women and children across the country, a meeting was called Thursday by members of prominent educational institutions in the city during which it was unanimously decided to approach the state government and police for formation of a ‘Child Welfare Committee’ in Pune district to monitor the safety of children in schools and work …

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Opinion: Fentanyl could fuel another cycle of loss in L.A.’s Black communities. It doesn’t have to
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Fentanyl could fuel another cycle of loss in L.A.’s Black communities. It doesn’t have to

LA Times  

Photographs of people who died from drug overdoses on display during a summit on fentanyl at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s headquarters in Washington last year. Although Black children make up just 7.4% of the Los Angeles County population, they represented 24% of those who entered the child welfare system in one recent year. The disproportionate number of Black children in …

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Opinion: Reducing racial disparities in foster care might endanger Black children
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Reducing racial disparities in foster care might endanger Black children

LA Times  

To what lengths should we go to reduce racial disparities in the child welfare system? The only racial or ethnic group currently subject to different treatment is Native children under the Indian Child Welfare Act, which requires different measures for determining whether maltreatment can be substantiated, different efforts toward reunification and different standards for placement in foster care or adoption. …

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Before a Palmdale baby vanished, there were multiple abuse allegations. Why didn’t agencies intervene?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Before a Palmdale baby vanished, there were multiple abuse allegations. Why didn’t agencies intervene?

LA Times  

Baki Dewees, in a photo provided by a family member, is presumed dead. Between November 2023 and April 2024, allegations surfaced that Gaoa, a mother of four, had battered her 1-year-old son, ripped and cut another child’s hair in Los Angeles, and beat and attempted to smother her 5-year-old daughter, according to police and child abuse reports obtained by The …

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Kerala HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Mother Who Allegedly Tried To Kill Her 14-Day-Old Baby Over Post-Delivery Mental Strain, Child's Custody Given To Father
10 months ago

Kerala HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Mother Who Allegedly Tried To Kill Her 14-Day-Old Baby Over Post-Delivery Mental Strain, Child's Custody Given To Father

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has granted pre-arrest bail to a mother who allegedly tried to kill her 14-day-old baby by putting then child in a bucket filled with water. Justice Sophy Thomas granted custody of the baby to the father for the time being since the mother was still undergoing psychiatric treatment post-delivery due to mental strain. Child Welfare Committee, …

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Surrogacy in India: Navigating rights, inclusion, and child welfare
10 months, 1 week ago

Surrogacy in India: Navigating rights, inclusion, and child welfare

Hindustan Times  

The recent Supreme Court ruling on an unmarried woman's plea for surrogacy has ignited a firestorm of debate, reigniting vital conversations about parenthood, reproductive rights, and the complexities of navigating societal norms within the legal framework. While the 2020 Act aims to safeguard vulnerable parties, it must ensure equitable access to surrogacy services irrespective of marital status, age, or sexual …

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Telangana: Millets to be served to kids in Anganwadis every Saturday
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Millets to be served to kids in Anganwadis every Saturday

New Indian Express  

RAJANNA-SIRCILLA: In a bid to ensure that kids consume nutritious food, the district administration in collaboration with the Women Development and Child Welfare officials has prepared an action plan to provide food items made with millets to children in Anganwadis every Saturday. On the direction of district collector Anuraag Jayanti, officials will monitor the implementation of the initiative starting next …

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Parenting classes are routinely ordered in child abuse cases. California isn’t ensuring they work
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Parenting classes are routinely ordered in child abuse cases. California isn’t ensuring they work

LA Times  

A photo of Noah Cuatro, who died in 2019, when he was 4 years old. “I don’t think judges look very closely at the quality of the parenting classes,” said former Judge Leonard Edwards, who oversaw child abuse cases for decades before retiring from Santa Clara County Superior Court in 2006. Parenting classes may be just “one of many services” …

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Central ministry asks Haryana governor to ponder over his relation with state child welfare council
1 year ago

Central ministry asks Haryana governor to ponder over his relation with state child welfare council

Hindustan Times  

The central government has asked the Haryana governor, Bandaru Dattatraya, to contemplate over continuing his association with the Haryana State Council for Child Welfare in view of an ongoing CBI investigation in the alleged embezzlement of funds by the Indian Council for Child Welfare of which HSCCW is an affiliate. Central ministry asked Haryana governor to ponder over his relation …

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The care homes in Andhra Pradesh violating child rights
1 year, 1 month ago

The care homes in Andhra Pradesh violating child rights

The Hindu  

Two years ago, Rani, now 15, lost her mother to an illness. A police officer investigating the case says the then District Probation Officer of the Juvenile Welfare Department, who is the designated officer for childcare homes, had failed to visit the home for several months. The Panchayat, Sachivalayam, and Anganwadi staff chose to keep mum.” Missing children Two girls …

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All about CARA, India’s adoption regulation body | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

All about CARA, India’s adoption regulation body | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: To adopt a child, India’s almost 30,000 prospective parents wait for an average of three years. CARA is the nodal body regulating the adoption of “orphaned, surrendered and abandoned children” in India. Adoption agencies urged the court to review the regime, “with a particular reference to the CARA’s status and functioning and the procedural hindrances to …

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Permission To Terminate 33 Weeks Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Victim, Cites Threat To Life
1 year, 2 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Permission To Terminate 33 Weeks Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Victim, Cites Threat To Life

Live Law  

Observing that abortion at such an advanced stage would "not only endanger the life of the minor victim but is likely to premature delivery of child", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to direct termination of 33 weeks old pregnancy of a minor rape victim.The Medical board also opined that it will not be safe and would be …

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Child rights advocates ask why state left slain 5-year-old Kansas girl in a clearly unstable home
1 year, 2 months ago

Child rights advocates ask why state left slain 5-year-old Kansas girl in a clearly unstable home

The Independent  

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Child rights advocates ask why state left slain 5-year-old Kansas girl in a clearly unstable home
1 year, 2 months ago

Child rights advocates ask why state left slain 5-year-old Kansas girl in a clearly unstable home

The Independent  

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Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation For High Pendency Of 40K Cases Before Juvenile Justice Board And Child Welfare Committee
1 year, 2 months ago

Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation For High Pendency Of 40K Cases Before Juvenile Justice Board And Child Welfare Committee

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently flagged the collective pendency of over 40,051 cases before the Juvenile Justice Board and the Child Welfare Committee while hearing a PIL by an NGO. “…the figures of 10,008 cases pending before the Juvenile Justice Board and 30,043 cases pending before the Child Welfare Committee would amount to nullifying of spirit of the Act.” On …

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’Passionate about child welfare…,’ Vedanta Group Chairman meets Ryan Reynolds
1 year, 4 months ago

’Passionate about child welfare…,’ Vedanta Group Chairman meets Ryan Reynolds

Live Mint  

Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal expressed his happiness after meeting entrepreneur and actor Ryan Reynolds and called him ‘one of the nicest people who is extremely passionate about child welfare initiatives’. unse milkar jaana how similar our values are…” “He is extremely passionate about child welfare initiatives and was interested in our@Nandghar. He said that Ryan Reynolds was happy to …

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