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National Policy needed to tackle declining sex ratio

NEW DELHI: Terming the decline in child sex ratio (0-6 years) as an 'emergency', civil rights workers say there is lack of political will to address the issue which requires a national policy from the government before the situation goes out of hand.  Census 2011 results show that ..... Read More

Sense of Census: Save the Girl Child

Sense Of Census: Save The Girl Child Punjab, Haryana and J&K have the worst track records Rukmini Shrinivasan & Himanshi Dhawan | TNN  New Delhi: India’s child sex ratio continues to plummet, indicating that female feticide and infanticide remain rampant. Provisional data released by the census ..... Read More

HAQ commends the Sexual Offences Against Children Bill 2011..but holds up a caution sign…

TAKING ON THE BIG BAD WOLF A new bill seeks to tackle the growing problem of the sexual abuse of children. Will it be effective, asksShabina Akhtar When it comes to sexual violence, children ..... Read More

Enrolled in Bihar working in Delhi

Enrolled in Bihar, working in Delhi Manash Pratim Gohain | TNN  New Delhi: Studies have shown free education in India is far from being a reality with 20% of government schools across nine states still charging admission fee and 42% charging money for study materials.      The dropout ..... Read More

Schools Violate RTE but parents striking back now

Schools violate RTE but parents striking back now Neha Pushkarna | TNN  New Delhi: At least 9,789 children were denied admission by various schools in the city in the first year of Right to Education. Even during the nursery admissions that began in January this year, ..... Read More