[23rd Oct ’15] The Catalog (Vol.3): Hanging Juveniles & Pedophile Culture
A Very Happy Dussehra
to everyone. We wish you prosperity, piety and peace.
This week in child safety was all about dystopian political stances, more children losing their lives in conflicts, institutional abuse within aid organizations, the rise of ‘pedophile’ culture and much more.
We would like to thank the Feminist Current & Tanushree Sahay for their contributions to this edition.
#Quote of the Week
“When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants – that that’s our purpose.”
– Karl Ove Knausgard
#News This Week
More Punishment is Not Less Crime: On Kejriwal’s Comments to Reduce Age of the Juvenile
Somewhere between trying to take a stand, play to the gallery and satisfy his own inherent despot, the Delhi Chief Minister announced that his plan for a Child Friendly Delhi included sentencing 15 year olds to the gallows. Truly horrifying! Rukmini S. in The Hindu writes a lucid, researched take-down of the CM’s comments. (On the same topic, Kavita Krishnan’s article in The Scroll is worth a read as well)
As this year continues to show us: Each time society divides itself and fights around region-religion-caste-class or cow, it is our children who pay the price.
Are Aid Agencies Hiding Sexual Assault?
As organizations working on sexuality and sexual abuse, do we sometimes forget to look within ourselves? Aid agencies across the world are being hit with accusations of sexual abuse of women and children. ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ or As Alan Moore so evocatively put it – Who watches the watchmen
#Must Read
You’ve Heard of Rape Culture, but have you Heard of Pedophile Culture?
Pedophilia may seem taboo and despised by the masses, but an honest appraisal of our culture at large reveals otherwise. On how our culture is eroticizing the signs and symbols of childhood – An illuminating and provocative read. (source:- Feminist Current)
Emotional Child Abuse May Be just as Bad as Physical Harm
A study at McGill University, Montreal suggests that when it comes to psychological and behavioral health, both physical and emotional abuse can be equally damaging to children.
#New @ Aarambh
Prominent Cases & Their Judgements (Before POSCO)
Making India’s Justice System Safer and More Secure for Women and Children has been a long drawn process of geometric progression. The process is not yet complete. And there are miles to go. But it is undeniable that we are a long way from where it all started. Aarambh’s newest page offers a quick recap of landmark cases that helped our judiciary understand the needs of children in the country.
#Videos
What divides the screen is the inequity on which the world functions. Looking the other way is no longer an option. A haunting song and video against the exploitation of children. (source -Tanushree Sahay)
Apocalyptic Scenarios of Moral Decline
Dedicated to dress code fanatics and other moral Nazis of contemporary India.
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