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    Crime Against Children in India
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2016) Child Rights & You, CRY
    In year 2015 and 2016, Crime against children in India has increased by a sharp 11% as freshly released NCRB data suggests. Going by absolute numbers, it’s an increase of 12,786 reported crimes against children across the country. The total number of crimes against children report edin 2016 is 106958, while 94172 crimes were record edin 2015.
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    CRY in Action 2013 - 2014
    (2014) Child Rights & You, CRY
    Before every election, politicians debate key issues that the country is concerned about inflation, corruption, and many more. One significant issue that both citizens and politicians should take seriously but often don't, is the issue of child rights. Every day, millions of Indian children are denied their fundamental rights to education, healthcare and safety. And although the country’s youth is critical to our present and future, not enough action is taken to improve this situation.
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    CRY in Action 2015 - 2016
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2016) Child Rights & You, CRY
    CRY in action proudly bring to you stories of how you, our donors, supporters have actively participated to bring about lasting change.
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    Developing a new perspective on Child Labour Exploring the aftermath of Mumbai raids conducted from 2008 onwards
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2014) Child Rights & You, CRY
    Recent estimates reveal that world over, 218 million children are involved in child labour, of which about 126 million children are engaged in hazardous situations such as working in mines, working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery. Newspaper reports reveal that government statistics on the child labour population show that India has over 20 million child labourers. NGO estimates are higher and these suggest that this number is as high as 60 million and can extend upto a 100 million if all out of school children are part of the labour force.
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    Educating The Girl Child
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2019) Child Rights & You, CRY
    As per census 2011, Children represent 39 percent of total population in India and 48 percent of them are girls. Approximately, 31percent of total population is in the age category of 0-14 years. Worldwide, women today constitute almost half of the total population. Gender equality is at the very heart of human rights. A fundamental principle of the United Nations Charter adopted by world leaders in 1945 is "equal rights of men and women", and protecting and promoting women's rights are the responsibility of all states. Likewise, it has also been widely established that provision of education for women is a potential driver for improvement of nutrition, health and economic status of any household, and thus, overall the economy of the nation. Therefore, the understanding amongst the development thinkers and the policy analysts across the world has been that in order to tackle the conditions of poverty and deprivation, the investment has to be made in human development and in particular women and girls. Literature also supports that educating girls is important for economic growth and this investment would also lead to a general improvement in the social welfare of women, leading to delayed marriageable age and birth of fewer and healthier children. Thus, it would contribute to an overall reduction in the maternal, infant morbidity and mortality rates (Miller., 2007).
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    Malnutrition: Unanswered questions from Attapadic
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2015) Child Rights & You, CRY
    A study conducted by Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) found that 130 crore tons of food items lay wasted in the last 5 years-the exact food quantity that the African continent requires for its survival. Today one of seven in the world goes to bed, hungry. Statistics reveal that every year 20,000 children below the age of 5 die of starvation and poverty.
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    OUR ASPIRATIONS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017) Child Rights & You, CRY
    This document is an attempt by CRY to capture children’s aspirations from across the country - with the hope that it leaves an impact in the minds of those who can help turn them into reality – political leaders, policy makers and even citizen voters.
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    Status Report on Child Rights in India
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2016) Child Rights & You, CRY
    Children constitute over a third of India’s population of a 1.21 billion and yet they are only perceived as the ‘future generation’ of economically contributing adults and not as citizens of today. The CRY study, ‘Status Report on Child Rights in India: An Overview of the Past Decade’ shows a very dismal situation where current issues concerning children are highlighted.
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    TOGETHER IS THE BIGGEST NUMBER
    (CRY - Child Rights & You, 2015) Child Rights & You, CRY
    CRY recognises volunteerism as an expression of citizen participation that ranges from acts of giving to demanding change. We offer a platform for citizens with diverse interests, skills and knowledge to engage in action that have direct and indirect impact on child rights. The role of Volunteer Action involves reaching out to the public, recruiting them as volunteers and facilitating initiatives by offering innovative and diverse volunteer engagement options. In 2014-15, CRY worked with over 3,000 volunteers spread across 20 cities and had 270 Internship placements within CRY.