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According to the Centre, 32 per cent of the childcare institutions were registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act while 33 per cent were unregistered.
According to the Centre, 32 per cent of the childcare institutions were registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act while 33 per cent were unregistered.
Recognising destitute persons have equal rights to dignity, the Court revives the possibility of enacting the Persons in Destitution Model Bill into law.
To give beggars dignity, the state and civil society must come together Read More »
Koshish was started in 2006 as a student initiative at the Mumbai campus of TISS and has grown into full-fledged social intervention for rehabilitation of people living on the streets.
Muzaffarpur shelter home abuse shocking, hard to stay neutral: TISS audit team Read More »
Among the 25 provisions struck down are those permitting the arrest, without a warrant, any person found begging, taking the person to court, conducting a summary inquiry and detaining the person for up to 10 years.
Beyond Delhi: how law makes begging a crime Read More »
The girls who end up at shelter homes are, very often, nobody’s children; society’s most vulnerable. They have no one to ask, are you okay?
Hell house ‘shelter’ horror Read More »
Activists working for the welfare of people who take to begging hailed the Delhi high court’s judgment but said it would not solve the long-pending problem of the rehabilitation of beggars.
In a telephonic interview, Mohd Tarique who led the ‘Koshish’ team from TISS, told The Quint that the objective of a social audit was to understand what factors were impacting the efficiency of these institutions.
Bihar’s Shelter Shame: Why the Buck Stops With the Nitish Govt Read More »
The country has been waking up every morning to disturbing accounts of young girls being sexually abused at a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur.