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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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Me & My VOTE are NOT for SALE: Overview of the Campaign

Posted on March 07, 2019

Does my honest, non-corrupted vote really count? The two lakh people impacted by the ME & MY VOTE ARE NOT FOR SALE campaign prove that it …

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Marking the birth centenary of Pattabhi Rama Reddy: Screening of the Documentary ‘Revisiting Samskara’

Posted on February 09, 2019

6th February 2019 Screening of the Documentary ‘Revisiting Samskara’: Curtain Raiser We the Concerned for Working Children are delighted to invite you to the screening …

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Review of the National Policy for Children 2013

Posted on February 09, 2019

January 4th, 2019. Review of the National Policy for Children 2013 The Concerned for Working Children’s undertook the review of the National Policy for Children, …

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Recommendations towards the National Child Protection Policy, GoI

Posted on February 06, 2019

4th February 2019 We at The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) welcome the Ministry of the Women and Child Development, GOI’s initiative of drafting the …

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