Children as Zones of Peace
Globally, 450 million children were living in conflict zones as of 2023, with countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia remaining the most dangerous hotspots (UNICEF, 2023). As of last…
Child Rights
Risking Innocence: The Harsh Reality of Children Forced into Performing Life-Threatening Act (Circus)
by Dr. Aijaz Ahmed and Rahat Jabeen In the bustling streets of metropolitan cities across India, a heartbreaking reality unfolds daily—young children risking their lives to perform dangerous acts for…
Protection of Children’s Fundamental Rights
Children's fundamental rights are those essential rights required for every child's survival, growth, development, and protection. Safeguarding these rights is not only crucial for their well-being but also essential for…
Custodial Torture Claims the Life of Juvenile: A Mother’s Quest for Justice
As the world welcomed the New Year in 2023, Ms. Priya Palani endured an unimaginable tragedy the loss of her eldest son, Gokul Sri, under mysterious and brutal circumstances. Ms.…
Let’s Stop Slapping! OR If India were a Classroom!
That child getting slapped turning into a pulp woke me up again. I know, wake up to sleep again. But while I was in a briefly awakened state, that…
Children in Police Watch Houses: A Nasty Queensland Experiment
They really are a brutal lot. While the Queensland Labor Government croons on matters regarding rights, liberties and, it should be said, the plight of the First Nations Peoples, its…
Humanity’s Secret War Against the Environment, Ourselves, and Our Children
Inequitable family planning and illogical pro-growth policies are taking away every child’s right to a fair start in life. There is a conflict between ecocentric people struggling for freedom, and…
Child abuse and its different forms in India: An analysis
Introduction Child abuse is harm to another person, whether an adult or a child, or neglect of a child. In all racial, national, and…
Railways plans to use tech to tighten vigil on child trafficking
But are privacy rights coming in the way of reuniting lost children with families? In the backdrop of international development agencies such as International Labour Organisation (ILO) warning an imminent…
National Children’s Day 2020: Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru and Introspecting Children’s Rights in India
Children's Day or Bal Diwas in India is celebrated every year on Nov. 14th, six days before the rest of the world, on the birth anniversary of the first Prime…
Sivakasi, An Unlimited scourge
Sivakasi is a curse, a blight, an abomination that India could do without. Here, workers, especially children, are routinely killed or scarred for life in fires and explosions while making…
Zohra, what if you were my daughter?
On May 31st 2020, Zohra Shah, an eight-year old domestic worker in Pakistan was beaten to death by her employers. Each year over one billion children across the world experience physical…
Violence Against Children Amidst COVID-19 : Another Pandemic Compromised with a Pervasive Denial
COVID-19 outbreak was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020. Since then WHO has declared it as a pandemic affecting more than 115 countries around the globe. India has…
A Hug And Rethinking The Limitations On The Child Rights Commissions
“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.” — Mark Twain These words seem to carry relevance even today in the 21st century…
Abuse or Neglect at Home or in School
I was disturbed and appalled to read these two compositions: Children Can’t Wait: Taking Steps Towards Their Protective Present - Mahima Sukheja Pradhuman Dies Due To Gross Negligence And Bad Governance…
Truth or Delusion?
One inevitable outcome of the phenomenal violence we all suffer as children is that most of us live in a state of delusion throughout our lives. This makes it extraordinarily…
Bad Schools
Be Careful In Selecting An Early Childhood Center For Your Children's Care! They may look good on the outside -- on the skin level. Yet many are rotten to the…
Seeking The True Path
One of the more subtle manifestations of the intimate link between (unconscious) human emotions and behaviour is illustrated by the simple concept of choice and how this is so often…
Australia’s Horrendous Abuse Of Aboriginal Children The Tip Of Massive Australian Child Abuse
The Australian ABC TV Four Corners program has revealed shocking CCTV images of mostly Aboriginal children being horrendously abused, assaulted and tortured by prison guards in a juvenile detention centre…
Social Consciousness and Rights of Children: Legitimising Child Labour!
The Social Consciousness of Law Makers and Politicians at large when it comes to Rights of Children is missing, leading to the rise in violations against children. The recent passing…
Unicef Report Reveals 250 Million Child Victims Of War
The new “Unicef report, 2016—Assisting Refugee Children,” detailing the fate of children in war zones and those forced to flee, was released at the beginning of this month. It describes…
A Critique of Human Society Since The Neolithic Revolution
There is a long history of social critics and progressive thinkers offering critiques of human society. Among those who are better known, Karl Marx offered a critique of capitalism, anarchists…
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