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कल का सूर्योदय बाल विवाह के अंत की शुरुआत देखेगा, जब केंद्रीय महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्री अन्नपूर्णा देवी जी के नेतृत्व में बाल विवाह मुक्त भारत अभियान की शुरुआत होगी I @JustRightsIndia @Annapurna4BJP @MinistryWCD #BalVivahMuktBharat

Psychological first aid is not available in a box. It is present in your actions, words and emotions. Congratulations to @IndiaCPOrg and @JustRightsIndia for organising the national-level workshop on psychological first aid for first respondents.

The intention of this Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment is laudable. But POCSO already mandates support persons. They must be created, strengthened and held accountable first, in all cases of child sexual abuse. If one institution fails to perform its duty, the creation of new institutions does not solve the problem. @IndiaCPOrg tinyurl.com/4bwt5m9b

"आज के स्वस्थ और शिक्षित बच्चे देश के कल की संपत्ति हैं। आज जब भारत विश्व गुरु बनने की राह पर है तो इस यात्रा में हमें अपने बच्चों को भी साथ ले कर चलना होगा और उन्हें शोषण से मुक्ति दिलानी होगी।" @Live_Hindustan में प्रकाशित केंद्रीय बजट 2024-25 पर मेरे विचार। livehindustan.com/national/s…

Actionable intelligence shared by victims is critical to combat trafficking. Victims should be involved at every level in fighting this crime--from identifying the money trail and patterns of technology-driven trafficking to feeding information in a global database of traffickers. TACT (Technology Against Child Trafficking), a @JustRightsIndia initiative, gives a new direction to the fight to #EndHumanTrafficking .

“In the absence of holistic rehabilitation, the children will eventually return to poverty, illiteracy and bondage from which they were rescued. There is no place for this cycle to continue in India in the 22nd century.” Thank you @TheQuint for carrying my views on how the reduced allocations to National Child Labour Project and the Central Sector Scheme in the Union budget 2024-25 will prove detrimental to India’s fight for child protection, including the elimination of bonded labour and bonded child labour. thequint.com/amp/story/voice…

Trafficking is one of the most pervasive and fastest-growing crimes, yielding $150 billion in profits annually. Such a heinous organized crime warrants an equally robust organized response. Governments, corporates, civil society, and law enforcement agencies must involve survivors, prosecute the entire chain, follow the money, expose the networks, and #EndHumanTrafficking.

Investing in girls’ education is a prerequisite to end child marriage. The Economic Case for Investment in the Well-being of Adolescents in India, report by @MoHFW_INDIA, substantiates what I have proposed in my book ‘When Children Have Children: Tipping Point to end Child Marriage. One child educated and saved from child marriage gives a return of 1:33 for the economy. @BalVivahSeAzadi pmnch.who.int/resources/publ…

The law prohibiting child marriage supersedes personal laws and applies to all faiths. Thank you Kerala High Court for reaffirming what we, at #ChildMarriageFreeIndia have always held. Our pending cases before the Supreme Court of India will get a fresh impetus as a result of this judgment. @BalVivahSeAzadi timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Every child leader, community member, trader, corporate house and govt official who made the dream of Child Labour Free Mica into a reality, is a #realhero, and an inspiration for India and the world. Thank you @TheDailyPioneer for giving space to their courage and bringing to light the model that shows the potential of community participation in social transformation. @NCPCR_ dailypioneer.com/2024/column…

Inaction is the biggest injustice. Implementation of the law is the first step towards justice. #worlddayforinternationaljustice

Child marriage is a socially pervasive and invisible form of child sexual abuse which needs to be eradicated as a crime. Congratulations to @IndiaCPOrg for launching the report ‘Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriages’ which underlines that prosecution at scale is the only deterrence for child marriage and needs to be scaled up across states. #ChildMarriageFreeIndia #TowardsJustice

Congratulations @himantabiswa @CMOfficeAssam @assampolice for the pathbreaking work against child marriage. Humbled to be a part of creating a child marriage free Assam and a #ChildMarriageFreeIndia. Reduction in child marriage instances by 81 per cent, as shown in @IndiaCPOrg report ‘Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriages’ demonstrates that prosecution is the key to eliminate child marriage. This report puts to rest all doubts about prosecution as a deterrent against the crime of child marriage.

Thank you Sir, @himantabiswa, for your leadership, unwavering commitment and decisive legal action against child marriage, which has shown the way towards eliminating this crime. Together, we shall eradicate child marriage and ensure #ChildMarriageFreeIndia by 2030. @BalVivahSeAzadi @Bhuwan_Ribhu

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अगर हिंसा का सहारा लेकर किसी भी विचार को आगे बढ़ाने की कोशिश की जा रही है और एक बड़ी जनसंख्या को दबा कर, डरा कर और हिंसा के माध्यम से विकास से दूर रखा जा रहा है तो वह आतंकवाद है।

Prosecution at scale is required to eradicate the crime of child marriage. Thank you @AmbikaPanditTOI for giving space to this significant @IndiaCPOrg report which reiterates the importance of legal action to attain #ChildMarriageFreeIndia #TowardsJustice timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

The first few hours after the crime are the most crucial, and the police must act immediately on receiving the complaint. Thank you Delhi High Court Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma for directing the @DelhiPolice to initiate investigations into cases of missing children immediately upon receiving a complaint. business-standard.com/india-…

Child porn is paid rape of a child. We need global efforts to fight this organised, economic crime. We ought to devise strategies which allow probe agencies us to trace the victim and provide them with the required assistance, apart from prosecuting the perpetrators. Thank you @adrijabose @boomlive_in for this story. boomlive.in/decode/csam-inve…

The criminal laws should be amended to ensure that the creation/generation of child pornographic imagery, even a deepfakes created through AI, is treated at par with the case of a real child. A very important investigation by @adrijabose @boomlive_in underlines that online platforms including Telegram and Instagram are swamped with child porn videos available for as little as Rs 40. boomlive.in/decode/csam-inve…