Crime Against Children

Fact Sheet: DHS Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation and Abuse | Homeland Security
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Fact Sheet: DHS Efforts to Combat Child Exploitation and Abuse | Homeland Security

Every day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leads the fight against child exploitation and abuse. From the DHS Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (CEIU), part of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Cyber Crimes Center (C3), to the United States Secret Service (USSS), to the DHS Science & Technology Directorate (S&T), DHS is dedicated to battling…

International Day for The Girl Child: Education is the biggest weapon to overcome odds
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International Day for The Girl Child: Education is the biggest weapon to overcome odds

Reality bites Why do parents worry about their teenaged daughters’ safety, much more than their sons? Well, a look at the latest findings of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) might provide an answer. In Bihar, where Seema lives, there were 6,894 recorded cases of Crime against Children in 2021, and all the victims were girls. …

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About …
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Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About …

India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But, facts and figures paint a worrying picture of how vulnerable they are….

Rajasthan man buys child bride for ₹3 lakh, tortures her for not conceiving
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Rajasthan man buys child bride for ₹3 lakh, tortures her for not conceiving

jaipur news – Updated on Sep 16, 2022 06:43 PM IST The girl told the Jaipur Police that she was repeatedly raped by the man who bought her for marriage last December and harassed her because she hadn’t conceived. By Sachin Saini, Jaipur A 14-year-old girl, sold by her mother’s live-in partner in Rajasthan’s Dholpur for…

Crimes Against Minors Spiked 337% in Madhya Pradesh in Last Decade | NewsClick
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Crimes Against Minors Spiked 337% in Madhya Pradesh in Last Decade | NewsClick

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest spike in cases of crime against children in the last decade, an analysis of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released last month shows. The number of crimes against minors in the state, which has more than 2.4 crore children in the 0-14 age group, increased by 337% to 19,173…