Justice For Every Child - A Pan India Campaign Against Child Marriage

Child Sexual Abuse: Facts And Figures

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3 children are raped every hour
 
(Source: National Crime Records Bureau - NCRB, 2019)
 
gjg93e5o5 children are sexually assaulted every hour
(Source: National Crime Records Bureau - NCRB, 2019)
 
gjg93e5o13,244 cases of child rape, gang rape and pornography have been reported in just seven months during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

(Source: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights - NCPCR, 2020)

 

gjg93e5o1,54,526 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases were pending in 2018.

(Source: Crime in India Report 2019)

 

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At 34.9%, the conviction rate for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases is abysmally low

 

 

gjg93e5oAt 88.8% pendency, if no new cases are added after 2019, it will take 8.2 years to dispose current Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases in court.

(Source: Crime in India Report 2019)

 

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95% increase in consumption of child pornography during the national lockdown

 

(Source: India Child Protection Fund - ICPF, 2020)

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1.2 million girls are in ‘child prostitution’. In 2019, 529 cases were registered. 

 

(Source: Ministry of Women and Child Development, 2007 and NCRB 2019)

gjg93e5oOnly 11% of Nirbhaya Fund (Rs 252 crore of Rs 2,264 crore) released to States and Union Territories for victims of sexual abuse and rape was utilized as on November, 2019


(Source: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1903, Dt. 29.11.2019 analysis by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation)

 
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For every 100,000 citizens, India has 0.3 psychiatrists, 0.7 psychologists and 0.07 social workers.

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Aims Of The Campaign

  • Mobilise resources and funds support child survivors and their families in pending child sexual abuse and child rape cases in 100 districts.
  • Increase reporting of child sexual abuse cases
  • Increased public awareness and engagement for justice delivery for survivors.
  • Strengthen and ensure implementation of standards of justice delivery through legal representation, support persons and mental health support for cases of child sexual abuse and rape

About The Campaign

About The Campaign

Justice for Every Child is a year-long campaign by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation and NDTV to support child victims  of sexual abuse and rape who are fighting for justice in court.  

The horror of what they have gone through is multiplied many times over by what then follows the actual crime – a long and excruciating wait for justice.
 
Do you know that the current backlog of cases of crimes against children will take over eight years to clear? And that is if no new cases are added. 
 
Child victims  and their families are usually not aware of their right to access mental health support, financial compensation and rehabilitation. They feel frustrated as they  navigate the complex criminal justice system without a designated support person. 
 
The vulnerability of female survivors is compounded by social ostracisation, which often causes them to drop out of school and face gender-based discrimination. 
 
When there is no fear of the law, no fear of justice, the criminals act with impunity. The public loses confidence in the justice delivery system and the abuse of children continues unchecked. 
 
Justice For Every Child  will ensure victims  of child sexual abuse and rape get legal representation, mental health support, rehabilitation and compensation to enable them to heal and continue their lives with dignity and freedom.  
 
An initiative of Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, the campaign will intervene in 5,000 cases of child sexual abuse and rape in 100 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) 100 districts with the highest backlogs of POCSO cases across India. 
 
Keeping our children safe, by swiftly punishing those who cause them grievous harm, should be a high priority for all of us.
 
The outrage and action needs to be as widespread as the violence. With your support this campaign will generate much needed funds to bolster the systems and  institutions that will ensure the implementation of law,   rehabilitation and healing of survivors and their families. 
 
It will make our communities safer for children so that they are free to grow and flourish.
 

About Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation

The Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation (KSCF), founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, envisions a world where every child can live freely with dignity, where all children have the fundamental right to be free, safe, healthy and educated, thereby realizing their real potential. Its mission is to end all violence against and exploitation of children by focusing on three Ps : Policy, Practice & People.

    KSCF’s Mission

     

    • Protect child rights through holistically tackling violence against children - abuse, illiteracy and poor health.Protect child rights through holistically tackling violence against children - abuse, illiteracy and poor health.
    • Become a global voice against violence against children through movement creation and research.
    • Enable global and national policies and their implementation for protecting children
    • Work towards capacity building of all stakeholders, including governments, corporates, grassroots organizations for child rights protection and promotion.
    • Become a global platform to disseminate best practices relating to child protection and child rights promotion, and bridge the trust deficit between various stakeholders