Wednesday, November 19, 2008

we need to hang our head in shame


We need to hang our head in shame that a mother has lost faith in our system to deliver justice to her daughter....

Goa rape case: Victim's mother withdraws charges
NDTV Correspondent
Sunday, November 09, 2008, (Goa)

The mother of the German minor, who was allegedly raped by Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte's son Rohit, has withdrawn the charges against him.The German woman has written a letter to police, saying 'the whole system has failed her'.On November 5, Rohit was remanded to three days police custody by a Goa court in connection with the rape case. Rohit had surrendered before the Goa police.He was booked by Goa police on October 14 for allegedly raping the German girl and had gone missing after that.He appeared before the police on November 1 to give his statement, a few hours before the 14-year-old German girl deposed before a magistrate after initial reluctance.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Adoption and CARA website

http://www.adoptionindia.nic.in/carahome.html

Please follow this link share your views/comments/suggestions:

1. Do you have any reactions about the use of the picture of a ‘naked child’ on a site that promotes adoption? especially a Government of India's offcial site?

2. As per the CARA Guidelines, the first priority is encouraging intra-country adoption. Does the picture of foreign adoptive parents on the Home Page not suggest that our Government wants to promote foreign adoptions rather than Indian?

XITH FIVE YEAR PLAN

The XI th Five Year Plan is up on the Planning Commission Site. For the first time in the history Planning in India, the section on children is called Child Rights and not Child Welfare. Indeed the chapter is creatively titled Towards Women's Agency and Child Rights

As has been the trend so far, a single chapter has been dedicated to Women and Children. This does little justice to either groups. The next step is to help women and children find their own place in the planning document. Small beginnings and large steps.....we need to keep moving

http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/11th/11_v1/11th_vol2.pdf