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Arpan, an NGO working to stop child sexual abuse, has developed a personal safety education kit for teachers in schools, institutions and communities. The free kit, for classes I-VI, was [...]

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recently launched a platform for children to report cases of sexual abuse. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act [...]

Child abuse is largely preventable. But the burden of prevention has rested for too long on our children’s tiny shoulders. Generations of Indian children have watched their parents remain silent [...]

India shelters 430 million children, approximately one in five children (individuals under age 18) in the world and the government assesses that 40 % of India’s children are susceptible to [...]

“Entrepreneurs have a mind-set that sees the possibilities rather than the problems created by change.” This quote beautifully describes the journey and conviction of Pooja Taparia, the founder of Arpan. Her [...]

According to government figures, 53% children in India are abused and in half the cases, the abusers are known to the child MUMBAI:  Sex education is a near alien concept in [...]

Child sexual abuse is any act that involves using a child for the sexual gratification of a more powerful person. Some forms of child sexual abuse consist of engaging with [...]

Mumbai: Abdul Rehman (33), alias Rauf Shaikh, the private van driver who was arrested on Monday for sexually assaulting a six-year-old, has been remanded in police custody till February 23. [...]

For a brighter tomorrow Dedicated to the cause of child sexual abuse, Arpan, an NGO, has helped three lakh people through its innovative programmes Arpan provides therapeutic support to children [...]