Is "The Future" Of Our Country Safe ?

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Devika Redkar
Jun 15, 2019   •  31 views

Indian families have been known for their patriarchal joint families who took care of their children with utmost care and concern. Especially known for staying together, no one ever considered the least possibility ofchild abuse. A senior member from the family sexually assaulting or raping a kid inside the walls of the same home was not at all given a thought .

The Constitution of India guarantees many rights to children, neither are they used for a child's benefit nor is the child considered as an individual who has his or her own say in such cases. Children being dependent of an elder person for their requirement were never considered as an individual with an energy to talk for themselves. Their needs and desires to do or not do a particular thing was considered as a childish behaviour, hence elders just neglected them which resulted to be one of the root cause of the problem.

The UNICEF report says that out of 69% children are physically abused in family situations in 13 sample states with the both boys and girls at an equal percentage . 88.6% of the children arephysically abused by parents it self . Around 50.2% of the children are made to work 7 days a week under unsafe working conditions . And more than 43% of children in the country have no acess to basic education facilities . This facts shows us the true picture of the kind of enivornment the children of this country live .

The after effect of any kind of abuse can be long term for a child . After passing through horrific sexual, physical or emotional abuses, children are not really sure how to explain the details to their parents. They get emotionally weak and are scared to explain the incident even to their trusted ones as they fear it to be shamefull.

India’s Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act of 2012 (POCSO) and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act have been recently strengthened in their aim of fighting child rights violation.

Although there are laws and policies made make the world a better place for children, nothing credible has emerged out of it. There should be a larger movement to ensure the safety of children in the country. This issue is ofnational concern .

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Very well written...this has become a major concern in today's world.!! Check out my articles too :)