Child labourers rescued in Raichur
Don Bosco Devadurga was part of a joint team that raided goods vehicles transporting children to work in agricultural fields. They rescued 129 children through raids between 2 to 5 September 2020 in Raichur district. The joint team comprised members of the Labour and Education Departments, Mr. Manjunatha Reddy of the National Child Labour Project […]
Children and NGOs appeal to the Chitradurga District Administration
The educational institutions across India are hit very badly by the COVID 19 lockdown. The government schools in Karnataka are still shut and children are unable to attend online classes due to poor connectivity, lack of gadgets, or the absence of online classes itself. There were also a large number of economically-backward children depending on […]
Consultation on Gender Empowerment and the Age of Marriage for Girls
The Government of India Gazette of 4 June 2020 announced a task force to examine matters pertaining to the age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering maternal mortality rates, improvement of nutrition, correlations between age of marriage and motherhood with health, medical wellbeing and nutritional status of mother and neonate/infant/child during pregnancy, birth and thereafter. A […]