Child Rights Connect

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July 2008

History in India has always been written around the struggle for land. Today it is no different. The struggle of the people for a home, sufficient drinking water and land to sustain their livelihood continues. However, land is increasingly getting concentrated with the powerful. The easily recognisable form is corporate's exploring SEZ or mining or affluent individuals speculating land as investments. In this issue we bring you the struggles of the people left to live on the margins. More...

May - June 2008

Recent media reports have suggested that Indian Government has been responding to the issue of child labour in fear of the backlash from US and EU on export orders. There are even reports of few families in Mumbai's posh localities being fined for engaging domestic child labour. Seems good. But is it enough? More... 

March 2008

Last year, 10 Lakh girls never made it to the world when her parents learnt the sex of the foetus. Think about it. It is a heinous crime and a serious social issue. While we battle such criminal discrimination as foeticide, infanticide, child marriage etc, there is another discrimination that sometimes escapes attention - that girls are 'different' from boys, leading us to treat them different. This is akin to the stifling of a spirit. This issue of the Child Rights Connect deals with unabated discrimination shown towards the girl child in our nation. More...

February 2008

In this issue of Child Rights Connect , let us take a look at the education landscape in our country. Even as we struggle to provide a more inclusive educational environment, a study by CRY volunteers shows a vast gap between the reality and the claims of the state. In another research piece by Prof. Anil Sadagopan, we dwell on a very interesting topic of how globalisation has affected education in India, and meanwhile, an interesting article by a rights activist looks at children in advertising; who is affecting whom?More...

January 2008

The first issue of 'Child Rights Connect' will keep you abreast of happenings related to Child Rights and CRY. We'll point you to resources you can use, indicate some interesting pieces, bring you leads for human interest stories and share with you, the impact CRY-supported projects are making. More...