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A Movement against Female Feticide Female feticide is defined as killing of the unborn female child in the womb through abortion after a sex determination test. This is one of the most horrendous forms of violence carried out against the girl child. more...
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Let’s Create A Society That Warns And Protects There are two images related to terrorism that haunt me. One is the eyes of a twelve year old girl. The other is the face of a mother who lost her six year old son. The twelve year old girl wants to know why she survived while her brother did not in the terrorist attack when they were standing next to each other during the blast.
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Hope lives on We would like to share the story of Gali No. 42, an average gali situated at Beodonpura, Karol Bagh, Central Delhi. Walking down to this gali, we come across people from Rajasthan and Gujarat communities who have been living here for a hundred years.
The men here are daily wagers while women earn from household
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When Swanchetan’s Evidence Led To Justice for a Thirteen Year Old In December 2007, the honorable session’s court in Delhi passed a judgment sentencing a man to eight years of rigorous imprisonment for having assaulted his daughter. Terming the act barbaric and shocking the judge said it was a great misfortune that the country is forced to witness such heinous offences. more...
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Serial Killers Con You With Ease I came across severely violent offenders thirteen years ago when I started working in Tihar, Asia’s largest prison. There were violent offenders of all descriptions and they would reveal their personal histories to me when they felt no threat.
I talked to different groups. They were stalkers, kidnappers
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Swanchetan’s Work with Children in Gujarat (A synopsis of the report submitted to National Human Rights Commission)
The following describes over a two year period, the trauma faced by children after the Gujarat riots. It also describes the psyche of the children and their families and the resilience shown by them through their trauma.
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