New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to protect children below 18 from sexual abuse, set up special courts for speedy trial of cases against them and provide stringent punishment extending up to life term for offenders. "The bill is gender neutral. It seeks to protect children from sexual offences...the burden of proof will be on the accused," Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said winding up the...
07:25 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Aamir Khan's show 'Satyamev Jayate' is just two episodes old, but the show is getting very good response from the common viewers as well as celebrities, however some of the facts revealed on the show are shocking. The report that Aamir Khan and his guests quoted from, is 'Study on Child Abuse: India 2007' by the Women and Child Development Ministry. The study is a detailed analysis of...
01:13 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Whom does a child turn to when the one he trusts with all of his tiny heart turns abuser? In a nut-shell, the second episode of Aamir Khan's television show Satyamev Jayate was simply heart-breaking. It brought out a common but rarely talked-about scourge of society - the sexual abuse of children - often by people they trust the most. Aamir spoke to several such victims, their family...
01:46 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been working with a string of NGOs...
11:54 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse, according to sources. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is likely to be even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been...
03:23 PM, May 11, 2012
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03:28 PM, May 02, 2010
The Chilean Catholic Church earlier this week for the first time asked forgiveness for alleged sexual abuse. ...
08:14 AM, Apr 24, 2010
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11:49 AM, Apr 17, 2010
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Reverend Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul charged with sexually assaulting a teenager. ...
05:58 PM, Apr 06, 2010
The campaign has gained momentum as more Catholic sex abuse scandals have swept across Europe. ...
09:52 PM, Apr 04, 2010
But pontiff does not make any mention of Vatican responsibility in the scandal. ...
05:19 PM, Mar 20, 2010
A look at what the myths are about child abuse and what the facts are. ...
10:38 PM, Nov 18, 2009
Where does India's legal system stands on the issue of child abuse? ...
10:26 PM, Nov 18, 2009
One of the first such cases was exposed in Goa sixteen years ago. ...
09:59 PM, Nov 18, 2009
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