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Source: DNA Mumbai Sixty-five years after Independence, millions of Indian children are yet to be freed from the bondage of malnutrition, child labour, lack of education and child abuse. Their wait to enjoy their childhood and realize their full potential seems to be getting longer with every passing anniversary of our Independence. A look at [...]
Guest post by: Dr. Sunilkumar Lavate, Principal, Mahaveer College, Kolhapur *[EDITOR'S NOTE: India's previous 'Bandit Queen', Phulan Devi (at right), was a seasoned bandit of north India. An ordinary village woman, she was abducted by outlaws and raped. She escaped and turned herself into a 'bandit queen' and avenged all of her assailants. After undergoing [...]
Source: Catalyst House Salvador Bahia, Brazil — (SBWIRE) — 06/23/2012 – Dr. Arun Gandhi, noted peace and human rights activist and president of the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (‘GWEI’) has accepted an invitation to provide keynote address from the Brazilian City of Salvador Bahia (Salvador da Bahia) at the City’s annual Education in the First Place [...]
Unite to Light is a not for profit 501 (c) (3) corporation dedicated to providing low cost lighting to those without electricity, and eliminating the health and environmental issues associated with existing light sources used by this population, such as kerosene. In doing so, we will allow children the opportunity to study in the evening. [...]
Jeevaba Nana Park, where the Avani residential home is located is 7 kilometers from Kolhapur city. Avani is working on the prevention of the many aspects of child exploitation. With scarcity of infrastructure and help of local donors is trying to support children from the deprived classes. The children are provided food, clothes, shelter, proper [...]
Guest Post by: Dr Neeraja Sharma Home Problem of Child-Labour is not new to anybody. ILO under convention 138 makes a distinction between child labour and child work. ‘Child work’ is that participation of children in the economy which does not affect their physical and mental development adversely. This kind of work under ILO guidelines [...]
Delhi High court orders crackdown on child labour Harish V Nair, Hindustan Times New Delhi, March 23, 2011 The familiar sight of children slogging at roadside eateries, vehicle workshops, scrap industries and power looms in Delhi will hopefully be a thing of the past. The Delhi high court has ordered a crackdown against deployment of [...]
Earlier in the week NPR’s Neal Conan interviewed Jane Stewart, special representative and director of the International Labour Organization’s office to the United Nations, formerly minister of human resources in Canada. Listen online here Read NPR Transcript – This is TALK OF THE NATION. Im Neal Conan in Washington. The campaign to eliminate the horrors [...]
From Kolhapur / July 20, 2010: Namaste! I would like to update you all on the projects we have been involved in of late with Scott, Jean and Tushar. A donor provided seeds and labor to cultivate the lower part of our land during the monsoon. Therefore, around one acre of land has been occupied [...]
Obama visit may see announcement on India-US Education Council US President Barack Obama’s visit to India in November is likely to give a boost to bilateral cooperation in the field of education, with the two countries planning to announce the setting up of a joint educational council. Read more on Hindustan Times NRIs may get [...]
Gujarat Police to fund 500 students’ higher education Continuing its social initiative, Gujarat Police have again decided to adopt 500 meritorious poor class 12 students and bear the cost of their higher education. Read more on Calcutta News Related PostsThe Lost Childhoods of Gujarat’s Cotton FieldsSource: Kapil Dave | India Today Like most teenage girls, [...]
No children should be deprived of education: Raj CM Jaipur, Jun 12 : Stressing on the importance of education, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said no child should be deprived of education in the state. Read more on New Kerala Forbes India: one-child policy for India? The downsides of a one-child policy could outweigh [...]
India’s sexpert no substitute for education | Sarika Bansal The rejection of sex education by parliament has left Indians relying on a newspaper column for advice on basic biology Can oral sex lead to pregnancy? Will daily masturbation make me go bald? If my elbow brushes against a woman’s breasts on a bus, will I [...]
As India booms, experts discuss improving education As the core of India’s economic success, education was a key focus of a two-day forum at Stanford on the country’s economic reform. Read more on Stanford Report US, India acknowledge cooperation in education, science, health The governments of the United States and India have acknowledged the positive [...]
