Eicher Group Foundation and Metso India have joined Plan India’s Project Suraksha to support girls and children in vulnerable families during the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
Eicher Group Foundation and Metso India have joined Plan India’s Project Suraksha to support girls and children in vulnerable families during the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. Project Suraksha aims to reach two lakh people with a focus on communicating public health information, distributing hygiene kits, dry ration kits and personal protective equipment while ensuring that the needs and rights of girls and young women are addressed.
Mohammed Asif, executive director, Plan India, a non-profit working in the area of child rights, felt the CSR money would be needed to reverse the deterioration in the gains made in the area of child and girl child’s rights, bound to happen due to the economic distress.
Mohammed Asif, executive director, Plan India, a non-profit working in the area of child rights, felt the CSR money would be needed to reverse the deterioration in the gains made in the area of child and girl child’s rights, bound to happen due to the economic distress. He felt a lot of children would be pushed into child labour, malnutrition would rise and the under-age marriage of girl child might make a comeback.
Mohammed Asif, Executive Director, Plan India, a non-profit working in the area of child rights, did not agree that a centralised fund can deliver in a situation that is changing rapidly and quick decisions are needed on supporting projects.
Mohammed Asif, Executive Director, Plan India, a non-profit working in the area of child rights, did not agree that a centralised fund can deliver in a situation that is changing rapidly and quick decisions are needed on supporting projects. He said he is not sure if synchronised funding will be able to address the variables involved in the current situation, which is set to see a rise in the rate of infection, affect livelihoods and even reverse the gains made on various Sustainable Development Goals. Continuing with the existing partnership between companies and non-profits will work better, he added.
A quiet revolution brews in a narrow lane in one of Delhi’s most unsafe localities. In Mangolpuri, a locality that registers the most number of police cases, a group of young men and women have taken charge of making their neighbourhood safer.
A quiet revolution brews in a narrow lane in one of Delhi’s most unsafe localities. In Mangolpuri, a locality that registers the most number of police cases, a group of young men and women have taken charge of making their neighbourhood safer. Do streetlights work? Are there enough CCTVs? How do you rid the community park of drug addicts and gamblers who gather here after sundown? Supported by a set of non-governmental organisations, over 500 young people who live here have conducted safety audits and taken up their concerns with the police, transport and public works department. Their goal? To build safe, accountable and inclusive cities for adolescent girls.
Over 130 children from across 10 states came together to participate, to express their dream, aspirations and ideas on gender equality as Plan India hosts its second edition of National Children Literary Festival in Hyderabad from 29th-31st January, 2020.
Over 130 children from across 10 statescame together to participate, to express their dream, aspirations and ideas on gender equality as Plan India hosts its second edition of National Children Literary Festival in Hyderabad from 29th-31st January, 2020. The festival aims at providing children with a platform for child-led advocacy with educationists, policy makers, teachers, writers, story-tellers, and publishers to promote quality education, joyful classroom learning and gender equality in children’s literature.
Given the steady decline in children’s reading habits and the fact that most children’s books and literature are seen as propagating gender and other social stereotypes, the three-day literary festival would also provide a platform for children, teachers,
Given the steady decline in children’s reading habits and the fact that most children’s books and literature are seen as propagating gender and other social stereotypes, the three-day literary festival would also provide a platform for children, teachers, educationists and authors to influence and advocate with key stakeholders to publish low cost, gender-sensitive and socially inclusive children’s books and stories.
Over 130 children from across 10 states came together to participate, to express their dream, aspirations and ideas on gender equality as Plan India hosts its second edition of National Children Literary Festival in Hyderabad from 29th-31st January, 2020.
Over 130 children from across 10 statescame together to participate, to express their dream, aspirations and ideas on gender equality as Plan India hosts its second edition of National Children Literary Festival in Hyderabad from 29th-31st January, 2020. The festival aims at providing children with a platform for child-led advocacy with educationists, policy makers, teachers, writers, story-tellers, and publishers to promote quality education, joyful classroom learning and gender equality in children’s literature.
Children Literary festival (CLF) is Plan India’s initiative to encourage children to rediscover the joy of reading and reimaging gender in children’s literature, including textbooks, stories and imagery.
Children Literary festival (CLF) is Plan India’s initiative to encourage children to rediscover the joy of reading and reimaging gender in children’s literature, including textbooks, stories and imagery. As the first of its kind in the city, the literary festival for children will provide an excellent avenue for creativity, imagination and joyful exchange of ideas between children from different states. Additionally, there will be about 100 delegates representing key stakeholder groups including development workers, storytellers, children’s book publishers, teachers, educationalists and policy makers.
This year’s CLF at Hyderabad will enable and engage children to learn about gender equality and the significance of playing the central role in ensuring that girls and boys are equally able to learn, lead, decide and thrive.
This year’s CLF at Hyderabad will enable and engage children to learn about gender equality and the significance of playing the central role in ensuring that girls and boys are equally able to learn, lead, decide and thrive. The Festival will promote quality education with a focussed approach to understanding the importance of gender equality, how to bring gender transformation and the appropriate representation of girls and young women.
