Importance of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in the World with a focus on the vulnerable section of India
Research from Harvard University shows that “In the first few years of life, more than 1 million new neural connections are formed every second”¹ (InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development, 2007). The graph below also aptly sheds light on the rapid escalation in the development of various functions in the brain of a human, […]
Sampark Recommendations for Future Policy Action and Rights Advocacy for Devadasis
Devadasis face many challenges when it comes to accessing their rights. These challenges present themselves in every sphere of their lives – employment opportunities, access to education, savings and security, healthcare, and even extend to familial tensions and lack of support systems for their children. Where governmental schemes exist, their execution within the community is […]
Children of Devadasis: Challenges and the Need for Future Reforms
While the existing devadasis continue to suffer repercussions of their dedication, the children of Devadasis too face and grapple with the undeserved struggles that have become bitter remnants of the past – a past which risks ruining their present and future. Present Challenges According to a study conducted by Sampark, 62 of 70 Devadasi respondents […]
Can We Deliver Justice to the Devadasis? Laws and Current Policy Landscape in India
The devadasi practice was first abolished during the British Raj under Lord Reading in 1925. Since then, many laws and policies have been proposed and passed to protect the rights of Devadasis. However, despite legal sanctions to combat the existence of the system, the Devadasi practice still prevails in different parts of modern India. Let […]
The Present Day Devadasi system: Sexual exploitation of women in the name of tradition
According to a one-man commission report constituted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2013, there are about 4,50,000 devadasis spread across the country. The National Commission for Women (NCW), however, reported only 48,358 Devadasis in India (Kothari, et al. 2019). It is perceivably hard to enumerate the exact number of Devadasis in the country. […]
Interns in the new-normal
Reflections – Akshata Mahesh Bhat, Jindal Global Law School In light of recent events highlighting the situation faced by migrant workers, I was keen on learning more about their lives, the issues they face and how I could possibly do something about the same. Having heard of Sampark and their activities as an NGO in […]
Some Hand-Holding for Migrant Workers’ Kids
SOME HAND-HOLDING FOR MIGRANT WORKERS’ KIDS
Sampark Ngo in Halegondabala distributing education Kits to poor child
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In the reason of poverty not to keep Children away from school
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