Girls lead the charge in Veer Gatha 4.0
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan honoured the Super-100 winners of the Veer Gatha 4.0 competition here on Saturday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan honoured the Super-100 winners of the Veer Gatha 4.0 competition here on Saturday.
India and Sri Lanka registered convincing victories in their respective second Group A matches of the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup over Malaysia and West Indies, respectively, in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
The sexual assault on a girl student at the prestigious state-run Anna University in the heart of Chennai, on the night before Christmas eve, has sent shockwaves across the state.
During 2022-23, boys and girls in the programme were introduced to government schemes like Kanyashree, Sishushree, and Juboshree, as well as the benefits of Duare Sarkar, reaching over 3,500 participants.
On Thursday night, girl students from the hostel began their protests over the hidden cameras. Students alleged some 300 videos were recorded and then sold to other students of the boy’s hostel.
The report details how partners rapidly adjusted programs to address the shadow pandemic of violence against women and girls amid ongoing global challenges.
Four types of maltreatment are generally recognized: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse (psychological abuse), and neglect.
The gender-poverty gap will worsen further still in South Asia, Central and Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa ~ “home to 87 per cent of the world’s extreme poor”.
“Trafficking is the most egregious violation of human rights”, declared Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, at the turn of the new millennium, when the global body adopted a convention against transnational organised crime, and three protocols, one for preventing and punishing trafficking in persons, especially women and children, under the guardianship of the UNODC. So far, 177 countries, including India, have ratified it.
A large number of civil society organisations (CSOs) came together and urged the government not to increase the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21.
