A Series of Firsts Last year on 17th April 2014, www.aarambhindia.org was announced as the first online resource portal against child sexual abuse & exploitation in India. This first public announcement took place at the first ever Annual Stakeholder’s Conference on Child Sexual Abuse held in Mumbai.
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When Neel came to volunteer with Aarambh over the summer, we had planned for him to be working with our communications team. Within the first few days, we realized that his copious skills with pencil and paint could be passed on to the children at Prerana’s Centres. Soon, along with his communications work, Neel started...
Read more“The yardsticks to determine how safe Mumbai is as a city is not what the underworld is up to, but rather how safe its women are.” – Rakesh Maria, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai. The cities and urban spaces you are most comfortable and intimate with are the ones that you know at a walker’s space. The...
Read moreIn episode 2 of our web comic “This Thing Called ‘Private’“, its Mummy’s turn to field the tough questions. Can she talk what Daddy could not? Scroll below to find out. (If you haven’t read it yet, click here for epsiode 1) The weather, natural disasters, cricket matches, electricity cuts – these are some of things that we may...
Read moreOn 24th July 2015 Mumbai Mirror published an article on how the Mumbai police have now started arresting customers of sex workers in an attempt to crack down on the sex trade. For Prof. (Dr.) Pravin Patkar, Founder, Prerana, the recent action are a positive sign that the Police have become enlightened about the law and have started...
Read moreIntroducing the first episode of Aarambh’s first weekly web comic strip ‘That Thing Called Private‘. We dedicate this comic to those intrepid parents who took on the challenge and had the ‘talk’ with their child & to those who are gathering the courage to begin the ‘talk’. Talking to your children about body parts, sex...
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