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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many children will be forced to join child labour, trafficking, slavery and prostitution.Kailash SatyarthiNobel Peace Laureate

As a parent, you don't want your child to be afraid of stepping out but at the same time you are scared of their safety.Farhan AkhtarCampaign Ambassador

The protection of children is an issue that should concern all of us.Sanjiv BajajChairman and MD, Bajaj Finserv

Place children above all, because they are our future.Shabana AzmiActor and Social Activist

The need of the day is to transform our culture so that there is respect for women and severe punishment for culprits.NR Narayana MurthyChairman Emeritus, Infosys

We have to note the lack of education, which makes young girls all the more vulnerable to different kinds of exploitation. Ajay PiramalChairman, Piramal Group

We have dealt with more than 230 minor rape victims, more than 89 per cent of the cases are pending from 2015 onwards.Sunitha KrishnanCo-founder, Prajwala

Mental recovery depends on judicial delivery, psychological recovery is needed for long term effect. Dr Nimesh DesaiDirector, Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences

India is considered a very holy country but the startling result that every second child was abused was shocking.Amod KanthFounder, Prayaas

My family and many generations have been victim of bonded labour. In 2001, through Kailash ji, I got a chance to get education.Amar LalLawyer & Survivor

If corporate collective come together, I think what India can achieve in the cause of children would really be remarkable.Madan BahalManaging Director, Adfactors PR

Until we understand the role of education, we will not be able to fight issues like child marriage or child trafficking. Payal JangidHinsla Bal Mitra Gram

We are keen to play an integral part in helping underprivileged children and who have faced sexual abuse.Sanmeet Singh KochharVice President, HMD Global

As an 11-year-old, I was sexually abused in a bus in Kolkata. I spoke about it in my speech in Parliament, it has been perhaps the most difficult speech. Derek O’BrienAll India Trinamool Congress

Justice is not the final decision. There are many phases of a case - how to take care of a victim, his/her medical treatment and psychological support.HS PhoolkaSenior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

160 million children globally today are in child labour. 160 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition, and about 160 million children are sexually abused, annually.Karan SinghManaging Director, Bain and Co. India