What We Do
In India, 162,449 cases of crime against children were registered during 2022, an increase of 8.03% over 2021 when 149,404 cases were registered, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Report.
Despite strong child protection laws, India still has a high prevalence of child marriage, child trafficking, & child sexual abuse including online incidences. Survivors need access to rehabilitation, including perpetrators being brought to justice. Crimes against children must be prevented from happening in the first place. UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development also prioritises the dignity of children and their fundamental right to live without violence.
We operate by building collaboration between governments and communities, creating partnerships with key stakeholders, and investing in child protection institutions, education, healthcare, justice delivery, and rehabilitation of survivors and their families.
We ensure that the cycle of justice must result in closure for victims and their families, reformation of perpetrators, and deterrence for society.
We are breaking new ground for child protection every day by:
Putting India’s child protection laws into practice to increase the number of cases of trafficking and child sexual abuse which are registered and heard in court, and increase the rate of convictions
Identifying child traffickers, stopping trafficking as it happens, and rescuing children who have been trafficked into exploitation with the support of law enforcement agencies
Providing children with rehabilitative counselling, enabling their access to statutory compensation for registering the crimes committed against them, and claiming back wages for child labourers
Engaging survivors to participate as leaders in our programs through innovative interventions to protect children from exploitation
Strengthening India’s child protection laws and systems through public interest litigation and local and national advocacy.
Tracking online child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse through new technologies to secure evidence and bring perpetrators to justice
Preventing child marriage, child sexual abuse, and trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation from the ground up, through community engagement and training of police and child protection authorities.