Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Weekly Newsletter-1 (April)

After doing various roles on big screen, Rani Mukherjee is set for a new role in real life - she endorses Procter & Gamble's Shiksha programme and urges everyone to contribute to help educate as many people as possible.Procter & Gamble (P&G) has tied up with the NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) for Shiksha programme and under this some part of the proceeds generated from the sale of a P&G product such as Tide, Ariel, Vicks, etc. will go for children's education in the country. Read More..
http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110172987&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=96676


Two-year-old John Ronaldo lies limply in the paediatric ward of St John’s Hospital. His parents say he has suffered a brain damage after a respiratory attack, while the hospital wants to discharge him, after bearing the treatment cost for the last 10 months. Read More..
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/152287/hospital-asks-brain-damaged-child.html


Child marriages may not be rampant, but adolescent marriages are. Girls below the age of 18 are pushed into marriage, and also childbirth. Consequently, about 20% of deliveries occur among girls in the 15-19 age group, leading to an increase in maternal mortality rates. Read More..
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/bangalore/29389074_1_child-marriages-mental-health-questions


According to UN Commission on Human Rights, trafficking means recruitment, transportation, sale or purchase, harbouring or receipt of any person by threat or use of violence. A report by the National Human Rights Commission of India said that nearly 40,000 children are abducted every year of which about 11,000 remain untraced. Read More..
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/community-involvement-key-to-curbing-child-trafficking/643849.html


The 2011 census reveals our abysmal child sex ratio. Is it poverty, deep-rooted cultural conditioning or our ignorance about what it means to be a woman? An IAS officer may not have the remedy, because India needs to convert minds subliminally for a real change. Read More..
http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/08203732/Why-we-hate-our-girls.html?h=B


Srishti Puri ‘n Prakriti SareenNewsletter Team-Manorath.

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