-The Times of India India aims to meet the much-awaited goal of reaching the total fertility rate(TFR) — the average number of children born to a woman —to 2.1% by the end of 12th five year plan (2012-17). The Planning Commission is likely to set the TFR target of 2.1 in its 12th Plan document, which is likely to be cleared by National Development Council (NDC) in October. "India is on...
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Child marriages are rampant in Odisha: Survey
-IANS BHUBANESWAR: About six per cent of rural women in Odisha get married earlier than thelegal age of 18, according to the latest government survey released here Friday. The annual health survey conducted in 1,798 rural and 566 urban units comprising a total of 4,56,413 households and covering nearly 20 lakh people in the state revealed that the marriage of girls below legal age is rampant in rural areas. "It varies from 0.5...
More »Don’t disable her right to go to school-Anupam Ahuja
-The Hindu Let us begin by listening to Mira’s story. When I learnt that I have been granted admission in the college of my choice, fear of being part of the “rest of the world” gripped me. Though confident about my academic abilities, I was terrified at the thought of how the “others” would react to me: a cerebral palsy wheelchair user with a speech difficult to comprehend and a drooling mouth....
More »Indian men can be raped, not sexually harassed-Manoj Mitta
-The Times of India When it first circulated a draft Bill in 2010 to amend the rape law, the home ministry stuck to the traditional notion that men alone could commit sexual assault. But when the Cabinet cleared the Bill last month for introduction in Parliament, the offence turned "gender neutral", as revealed by a government press release. Welcome to the brave new world of gender neutrality, in which laws increasingly no...
More »Media must protect kids’ identity: HC-Harish V Nair
-The Hindustan Times Courts will now view the revelation of children’s identities by the media while covering criminal cases very strictly. The Delhi high court on Wednesday tightened norms for media reporting in cases involving children. The order came keeping in mind the brazen manner in which the identity of the two-year-old battered child, who died while fighting for her life at AIIMS, and other minors involved in the case was...
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