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Here, you will find a variety of resources - documents, presentations, articles, papers - based on issues affecting the rights of children. We hope that each piece listed will enable you understand child rights better. Join us, as we lobby to bring about policy changes in the area of child rights.

...Because tomorrow should not be like yesterday...: CRY submitted this document for a discussion on Child Rights to the UN Committee on Rights of the Child for the day of general discussion on 16 September 2005. Read the discussion paper

Concept Paper on Child Labour in India: The problem of child labour as well as the approaches to eliminate child labour is linked with the complexities of what constitutes childhood, child work and child labour as well as what causes it. This concept paper aims at demystifying some of these social, economic and political myths, and at stimulating discussion, debate and deliberation on various aspects of child labour. More...

Globalisation - Will our children pay the price? (Paper presented at the World Social Forum). The adult world finds it extremely hard to comprehend that little children could in any way be affected by macro decisions and policies made in national or international closed-door meetings. Not only do children experience discrimination on account of their gender, caste, race, ethnicity and class, just as adults do; they experience a distinctive marginalisation on account of being "children". Experiences from across the world show that children are amongst the most at risk when local economies are opened up to global market forces without making adequate investments and safeguards especially for the poor and marginalised. More...

Inclusive Education: Discourses on the principles of social inclusion and exclusion are integral to any debate and dialogue on the principles of justice and equality. Over time the element of 'Inclusion' has been incorporated into the mainstream discussion on Education Policy as well. CRY has been advocating for a Common School System (CSS) that has as its bedrock the principles of equality, justice and inclusion. More...

Evaluation of the scheme for Juvenile Justice: Child Rights and You (CRY) along with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment took a study across 159 institutions in 9 states of India, with the intent of enabling a larger understanding of the situation of children in institutions and to add to the knowledge bank on juvenile justice reform processes in the country. The task was to contribute to the then ongoing debate of whether the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 was being implemented in its true spirit. The study draws attention to some difficult truths and the challenging tasks when re-evaluating policy as far as Juvenile justice goes. More...

Acronyms: In our efforts with the grassroots-level communities, and their demand for child rights, we have come across many development-related abbreviations/acronyms. To help you in browsing the CRY site, we have complied a list of some of these terms. More...

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