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Why is child-rape on the rise in India?

Priya Kale reflects on the current wave of reported child-rapes in India and asks why tougher rape laws have failed to stem the incidence of sexual assault. Just when it seemed that gender violence...

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Political economy of a tragedy: Why deaths followed mid-day meals in Bihar

In a two-part series, Manisha Priyam analyses the gruesome tragedy of 23 children who died in a Bihar village, Gandaman, after consuming a school lunch served under India’s flagship mid-day meal...

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Reviewing India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act three years on

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) was enacted in 2012. Srishti Agnihotri and Minakshi Das offer a three pronged analysis of the progress of the POCSO Act so far from the...

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Protecting girls in Bangladesh’s tea garden communities: Ends and means

According to UNICEF, Bangladesh has the fourth highest rate of child marriage in the world. In this article, Zerina Shabnaz Akkas and Khurshed Alam discuss the different understandings of ‘girl child...

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Strengthening the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act

Judges tasked with dealing with cases of child sexual abuse have pointed to deficient infrastructure causing delays and making it hard to meet timelines set by the 2012 POSCO Act. Minakshi Das reviews...

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The revised Afghanistan criminal code: an end for Bacha Bazi?

The war in Afghanistan has led to  a resurgence in the practice of bacha bazi, or ‘boy play’ in Afghanistan. Sayed Jalal Shajjan discusses the inefficacy of allied and local forces in stamping out...

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