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CHENNAI: The sudden demise of her doting grandfather due to Covid-19 infection last December still haunts S Ananya, an eight-year-old girl. Traumatised ever since, the happy-go-lucky girl has now gone completely silent. The toll it took on her mental health is so devastating that she is now afraid of going even to her terrace. Whenever her parents are about to step out, she begins weeping inconsolably and pleads them to stay home.
Her mother Sangeetha is concerned about the girl’s behavioural change. “It has become difficult for us to deal with her. Even if I have to go out to buy vegetables, she starts crying and pleads me not to step out. She says I would also die like her grandfather if I stepped out. It is painful to see my kid so terrified,” she says. Ananya’s parents have sought help from a psychologist who visits her for counselling.
“For Adoption: If anyone wishes to adopt a girl, please feel free to contact Priyanka. One girl is three days old and another is six months old, they have lost their parents recently due to covid. Please help these kids get a new life, spread the word.” Such messages about illegal adoptions have been circulating on social media platforms, especially during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Child rights activists want the government to create awareness about adoption and monitor such illegal adoption networks to prevent trafficking of children. They also want the government to involve civil society organisations to monitor and follow up with families affected by COVID-19.
Child Rights Manifesto released
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Demands include focus on issue of dropping child sex ratio in the State
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Demands include focus on issue of dropping child sex ratio in the State
From strengthening mechanisms to monitor female infanticide to participation of children in Gram Sabhas, a child rights manifesto, with various demands, for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections 2021 was released in the city on Wednesday.
The manifesto was prepared by the Tamil Nadu Child Rights Watch (TNCRW), Campaign Against Child Labour - Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Forum for Promotion of Child Participation - Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and Right to Education Forum - Tamil Nadu. It was released by Justice S Vimala, full time member, Tamil Nadu Law Commission.
Prominent child rights activist, Thomas Jeyaraj, no more
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February 10, 2021 13:05 IST
Thomas Jeyaraj, who was the founder and director of the Centre for Child Rights and Development, died on Wednesday
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Thomas Jeyaraj, who was the founder and director of the Centre for Child Rights and Development, died on Wednesday
Senior child rights activist Thomas Jeyaraj, who was the founder and director of the Centre for Child Rights and Development (CCRD) died on Wednesday. He was 64 years old, and had suffered a massive heart attack.
Over the last four decades, Mr. Jeyaraj has worked in the forefront of several child rights interventions in the State as well as at the national level. He was a former state convenor of the Campaign against Child Labour, Tamil Nadu, and was also serving as the State co-convenor of the Tamil Nadu Child Rights Watch (TNCRW).