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Press Release: The Government’s move to curtail the right of the Gram Sabha to select the beneficiaries of the housing programme is reprehensible
Posted on December 19, 2019
“In order to take stern action against those who violate the law, we shall amend the law to make it compulsory that the Gram Sabhas …
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Open letter to the Honourable Chief Minister regarding the negative impact caused by illegal sale of alcohol in the state of Karnataka
Posted on September 15, 2019
We the members of Bhima Sangha, Children’s Sanghas, Women’s Sanghas and the Grama Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolana, who have repeatedly shared the pain and agony caused …
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Press Release: Data on Sexual abuse of Boys must compliment supportive and sensitive mechanisms that help boys report the abuse
Posted on July 29, 2019
For the favour of Press Release From The Concerned for Working Children Date: 29.07.2019 Data on Sexual abuse of Boys must compliment supportive and sensitive …
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Press Release: MHRD’s move to monitor young people’ social media movement unconstitutional
Posted on July 17, 2019
For the favour of Press Release From The Concerned for Working Children Date: 17.07.2019 MHRD’s move to monitor young people’ social media movement unconstitutional The …
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Commemorating the National Child Labour Day, April 30th, 2019: Understanding why children work
Posted on April 30, 2019
Twenty-nine years ago in 1990, the Bhima Sangha, a union of working children, chose 30th April, the day before Labour Day, as Child Labour Day. …
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CWC’s Response: Madras High Court judgment with respect to recent POCSO Case
Posted on April 29, 2019
The Concerned for Working Children welcomes the judgment by the Madras High Court dated 26th April 2019 with respect to the case of Sabarivasan v/s …
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Admissions Open at Namma Nalanda Vidya Peetha for 2019 – 2020 batch!
Posted on April 20, 2019
Namma Nalanda Vidya Peetha calls for applications for its vocational courses for the academic year of 2019 – 2020! Various short team vocational courses are …
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Me & My VOTE are NOT for SALE campaign reaches more than 40000 people across the country ahead of the General Elections 2019
Posted on April 10, 2019
The cure for an ill-functioning democracy is a larger dose of democracy – Nandana Reddy, Convenor, Grama Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolana and Founder, The Concerned for Working …
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ICPS endorses the Udupi District Child Rights Protection Protocol as a model for Karnataka
Posted on April 05, 2019
April 4th, 2019 The Concerned for Working Children had the opportunity to share with more than 300 representatives of 30 districts of Karnataka of the Department …
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Bhima Sangha and Grama Panchayat Hakkottaya Andolana release their manifestos ahead of the General Elections 2019
Posted on April 03, 2019
3rd April, 2019 Release of the Bhima Sangha Manifesto: Your commitment to the voice of children? It is the responsibility of organization such as CWC …
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