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Clippings and Articles for
Organisations working on
Human Rights and Legal Advocacy

Child Rights
March 2009	Father and daughter Law is silent on a bitter shame by Meenakshi Kumar, The Times of India, 29 Mar 2009 State's move to reduce age for child labour irks activists by Anshika Misra, DNA, 22 Mar 2009 Innocence lost, DNA, 23 Mar 2009 Children of the Valley by Shoma A Chatterji, The Statesman,04 Mar 2009
December 2008	Girl, interrupted, Manjula Sen, The Telegraph , 28 Dec 2008
November 2008	It's a loud CRY for changes in educatin bill, Priya Ramakrishnan, DNA, Mumbai, 24 Nov 2008 Childish approach, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 22 Nov 2008 3.5 lakh students still out of school in state, K A Dodhiya, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 05 Nov 2008 All children can testify under Indian law, Kartikeya, The Times of India, Mumbai, 05 Nov 2008 Kids to get speedier justice, Swati Deshpande, The Times of India, Mumbai, 05 Nov 2008 Now, special courts for crimes against kids, The Times of India, Mumbai, 03 Nov 2008
September 2008	Sexual Abuse At School: Court Favours Monitoring System, Lawyers Collective Magazine, 01 May 2008
August 2008	A different school of thought , Amitava Sanyal, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 03 Aug 2008 Report allows children to voice their grievances, The Hindu, Chennai, 07 Aug 2008 Unequal burden, Malavika Vartak, Infochange Magazine, 01 Jul 2008 Leave Them Alone,Reena Martins, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 13 Aug 2008
July 2008	Goa has turned the screws on paedophiles, Shibu Thomas, The Times of India, 26 Jul 2008 Review unnatural sex: HC, Umesh Mohite, The Asian Age, 25 Jul 2008 AMMY versus Mummy, Bachi Karkaria, The Times of India, 27/07/2008
June 2008	A fundamental right falls by the wayside,Kathyayini Chamaraj, The Deccan Herald, 03/06/2008 Child labour : tokenism again, Sujata Madhok, Sahara Time, 28/06/2008
May 2008	Reality of Child Labour in India, Pradyumna Bora, Legal News & Views, Magazine 01May 2008 Release juveniles after detention for three years: High Court, Deepa H Ramakrishnan, The Hindu, Chennai, 24 May 2008 Mumbai's map of lost chilhood, Shibu Thomas, The Times of India, 02 May 2008 Tradition mocks at law in Rajasthan, Vinod Vithal, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi , 08 May 2008 Child, interrupted, The Times of India, 09 May 2008
April 2008	The Supreme Court Judgment, Advocacy Internet Newsletter, 01 Sep 2007 Child redefined, T.K. Rajalakshmi, Frontline Magazine, 11 Apr 2008 Arresting Child Abuse, Combat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Girls who want to be boys, Parimal Bhattacharya, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 10 Apr 2008
March 2008	No longer 'fruits of adultery', Vimla Patil, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 29 Mar 2008 Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006, Jessy Kurian, Legal News & Views Magazine, 01 Mar 2008
February 2008	11-year-old's death forced law panel move, The Times of India, Mumbai, 07 Feb 2008 High incidence of child marriage in some states, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 02 Feb 2008 High Court confirms life term for couple guilty of infanticide, The Hindu, Chennai, 06 Feb 2008
November 2007	Children to get a voice in court, Charu Sudan Kasturi, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 18 Nov 2007 New rules soft on juvenile offenders, Chetan Chauhan, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 17 Nov 2007 Child rights to be taught in school, Vineeta Pandey, DNA, Mumbai, 31 Oct 2007 Gap passes the buck, Soni Sinha, Sahara Time Magazine, 11 Nov 2007 Target those who employ child labour, Shivani Singh, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 02 Nov 2007 Law for adoption helps non-Hindu guardians turn parents, Malathi Nayak, MINT, Mumbai, 07 Nov 2007 'Child labour ban won't work', Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 13 Nov 2007 Needed, a code of child rights, V.R. Krishna Iyer, The Hindu, Chennai, 14 Nov 2007