How girls of today can become the women of tomorrow

Since childhood, AbhaKumari (21) wanted to study and don the police uniform – making a mark for herself as ‘Lady Dabangg’.

Worrying trend of more children being recruited for terrorism-related activities, says Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has voiced his concern that the world is witnessing a dangerous trend of an increase in the number of children being recruited and involved in terrorism-related activities.

COVID-19 calls for increased budget provisioning for child health, nutrition: Experts

New Delhi:  To discuss the critical issues and practical challenges related to spheres of child nutrition and health of children and pregnant and lactating women, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Child Rights and You (CRY) and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) held a national webinar that brought together academicians, subject experts, and NGOs working on themes of child nutrition and child health.

Odisha: CRY-VCRO launch ‘Giving Children of Odisha A Healthy Start’ campaign

Bhubaneswar, July 31 (IBNS): Voice for Child Rights in Odisha (VCRO), in collaboration with CRY – Child Rights and You, a leading child rights organisation, launched a campaign, ‘Giving Children of Odisha A Healthy Start’, to address the issue of child health and malnutrition in five tribal districts of Odisha.

Nine in every ten children do not get adequate diet in Jharkhand , Bihar, NFHS data reveals

Ranchi / Patna, Apr 5 (IBNS): Nine out of every ten children within the age-group of 6 – 23 months in Bihar and Jharkhand do not get adequate diet, as the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS 4, 2015-’16)) data highlights. In a series of startling revelations, the nutrition and health status of children in the two states are found to remain critically low in comparison to the National standard, even though the trend recorded some welcome improvement compared to that of the previous NFHS data published almost a decade ago.

Maneka Gandhi urges citizens to report child labour

New Delhi, Dec 10 (IBNS): Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi urged citizens to put an end to child labour.