Child Sexual Abuse is one of the worst things that could happen to an individual. Such an incident inflicts inexplicable trauma and pain on the victim and makes him/her feel worthless, guilty and leads to depression and other developmental problems....
Children should be cut, cooked and eaten. That way we solve the food, population and child-trafficking problems at one go. Jonathan Swift, the author of the popular Gulliver’s Travels, had once proposed this easy solution for dealing with all the...
Trafficking is not at all new to the world. But the manner in which it has turned itself into a black-market business phenomenon, worth billions of dollars, is certainly of great concern. Socially and economically deprived women and girls, particularly...
The ultimate test of law is not how many convictions it results into but how many crimes it deters and prevents. Unfortunately, this is not quite happening in the US when it comes to preventing sexual crimes in school campuses.
Chad Maughan’s...
A report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA) talked about how a coordinated global effort could save the lives of millions of children. Sadly, not even half the children around the globe get the basic necessities like...
Kids are the future everywhere. No exceptions to this rule. How and what they are taught will determine the shape of things to come in this tired world of ours. Nigeria is now a divided nation. The 3rd Nigerian International Secondary Schools Model...
There is a common saying that childhood is the happiest time in one's life; when one feels secure and safe. But a survey in Britain proves the old adage wrong.
A survey by the Howard League for Penal Reform of more than 3,000 children between ages...
What happens when one fine morning there’s a loud knock on your door and the very next moment, you find yourself handcuffed with a rucksack heaped on your back heading towards your 'own' country? What happens when the country you were born and bred...
They have hardly made their journey on the trajectory called life. Yet they have had to witness which most adults would shudder to even imagine. With hopes in their hearts and dreams in their eyes, the thousands of children in Gaza wake up every...
In a busy by-lane of a Mumbai suburb a small hut like structure is cramped up with more than twenty kids working on fake handbags, which fetch anything between Rs. 50 to Rs 800 on the street. People who think they have a great bargain when they buy...
If you have ever caught yourself cribbing about the state of education in our country, then think again.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners in the UK Andrew Adonis told the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference of...
The death of two children at the hands of their mothers’ boyfriends has once again put the spotlight on the risk of childcare at the hands of inexperienced adults.
Eight-month-old Jayden Davidson and 2-year-old Nicholas Shaw were both healthy babies...
Physical and sexual abuse of young children by the very people who are responsible for educating and nurturing them is on the rise. In a shocking incident in New Delhi, a 6-year old girl was stripped nude and made to stand on a desk by her teacher for...
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