Annual Report of HAQ: Centre for Child Rights - 2012-2013

ANNUAL REPORT
April 2012 to March 2013
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In 2013 HAQ: Centre for Child Rights completes 15 years. It had started its work in October,
1998 and was formally registered under the Societies Registration Act, in June 1999. In all
these years, HAQ has consistently worked towards making sure that children’s rights remain in
the forefront of the country’s political agenda and working to establish children’s rights as an
integral part of the overall development agenda. HAQ works towards the realization of
children’s rights though policy, law and action.
Although closely interconnected, for administrative purposes, HAQ’s work is divided into two
programmes -children and governance and child protection. As part of its child protection
initiative, HAQ also runs legal aid and resource centre through which we provide legal aid,
undertakes litigation and files public interest litigation.
CHILDREN AND GOVERNANCE
Budget for Children (BfC)
HAQ’s BfC (Budgets for Children analysis) work has been one of its most consistent activities
since 2001. It has since expanded into the budget analysis in different states in partnership
with local organizations. At present BfC work is being done in Assam and Madhya Pradesh and
Delhi apart from the national budget. The work in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh has come
to an end.
As with every year HAQ undertook a quick analysis of the Union Budget after the finance bill
was presented on 28th February 2013. This was disseminated to the press and child rights
organizations. It was also sent to members of parliament through email and by post.
In partnership with MV Foundation in Andhra Pradesh and SPAN in West Bengal, five year
consolidated report of the budget analysis (from 2007-2008 to 2011-2012) has been
completed.
Having gained experience at tracking fund flow of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the last
phase of BfC work, HAQ chose to track the fund flow and implementation of the centrally
sponsored Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) band the implementation of Juvenile
Justice. It was decided that for this, two districts would be selected in each of the states.
Field visits were made in each of the identified districts and first hand information was
collected from various stakeholders, police, CWC members and Chairpersons, JJB members
and the Principal Magistrates, staff of institutions run for children, other NGOs working on the
issue in the state, ICPS State Project Officers, State Child Protection Units (SCPUs), Members of
SARA, Members of State Project Support Units (SPSUs) and Members of District Child
Protection Units (DCPUs), Child Line etc. wherever available.
The software that was developed is already being used for making data entries for the BfC
analysis. Based on the experience gained in using the software, certain changes will be made
in it to make it more user- friendly.

Delhi
Delhi state budget was presented on 28th May 2012.
HAQ did a quick analysis of the budget and produced
a handout, which was also translated into Hindi.
The quick Delhi budget analysis was shared with media
houses as planned. These included Navbharat Times,
Sahara Times, Dainik Bhaskar and Indian Express. An
article on the Delhi budget written by a HAQ staff,
Shruti Mittal, was published by Dainik Bhaskar on 21st June 2012.
MLAs who had raised questions on issues related to children in the
budget session of the Delhi Assembly were identified after scanning
through the question list. They were then invited for an Interface
on Child Rights and Budgets on 27 July 2012. Members of the
Alliance for People’s Rights also joined hands in this interface to
present the ground reality. The learning from the event has been
that despite all promises MLAs do not come together to share one
platform. 20 MLAs were invited, 6 had confirmed and only 4 turned
up, joining in and leaving at their convenience. In future such
interfaces will therefore have to be on a one-to-one basis. Media
reports too highlighted the lack of their presence and the need for
children’s issues to receive greater priority.
Delhi budget was presented this year on 20th March, 2013. HAQ analysed the budget. Based
on the poor turnout at the interface oganised last year, this year it was decided that copies of
the budget report would be sent to all the MLAs by post, which would be followed up with
individual phone calls. Unfortunately the, response once again, was very discouraging. While
most said they are not interested in children’s issues, some said that given the very short
duration of the assembly, they are unable to raise these issues.
Madhya Pradesh
For Madhya Pradesh BfC analysis, HAQ is working in
collaboration with Sanket Development Group,
Bhopal.
The state budget of Madhya Pradesh was presented
on 28th
February 2012. A quick analysis of the
budget was carried out by Sanket and a short
handout was developed in Hindi and English after
inputs from HAQ.
Meanwhile, Sanket in collaboration with Vikas
Samvad has published a brief analysis of the state
budget 2012-13.

In Madhya Pradesh, a sharing workshop was organised on 10th
Sept 2012 at ICUF Ashram,
Shahpura, Bhopal with various stakeholders working in the area of child rights and
development in Madhya Pradesh with the aim to undertake advocacy and information
dissemination related to child budget analysis undertaken by Sanket. The detailed minutes
and the list of the participants of this sharing workshop have already been shared with CRY.
Sector-wise budget sharing with print/electronic media was undertaken and some of the
budget related data produced by Sanket was used and published by a daily news paper of
Bhopal on 8th
Oct 2012.
Data on Integrated Child Protection Scheme was provided to Hifazat, Bhopal on their demand
as part of networking and dissemination with other organizations working on child related
issues.
Assam
Our longstanding partner for BfC analysis in Assam has been the
North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC). Due to some major
organisational changes within NESRC including the appointment of a
new director, the work has moved forward at a comparatively slow
pace. The new project staff recruited by NESRC was invited to Delhi
and trained on the project, but he too has left the organisation.
Data entry into the BfC analysis software has been completed for the
year 2007-08 to 2012-13. Tracking of the ICPS in Assam has also
been completed and the first draft of the report is ready for editing.
Quick budget analysis of the Assam budget was printed and shared at a multi-stakeholder
meeting organised in Guwahati on 1st
October 2012.
Community Mobilization using BfC
In partnership with MV Foundation, HAQ experimented
with using BfC results for community mobilization in
Andhra Pradesh. This was based on the understanding
that the responsibility to hold government accountable
to its commitments is that of the whole community.
However, in order to use budgets in their efforts,
communities have to be sensitized and trained. This
initiative was based on this premise.
The effort was to train local groups in the villages to
identify violations of children’s rights, monitor implementation of child focused service
delivery, identify gaps in child focused deliveries in terms of education, health and
development, raise public awareness of the full spectrum of children’s rights, and advocate for
the development and implementation of child-friendly laws, regulations, and policies at
different levels of governance. This was facilitated by the fact that MV foundation already had
child rights protection forum (CRPF) in a number of villages. These were the key stake-holders

who were taught to understand budgets and to use it for lobbying for better utilisation of
resources and implementation of programmes and schemes at the local level. For example, in
one district-Nalgonda, the community team at district level was divided in was sent out to
gather implementation related information on specific education and ICDS in schemes in
different mandals.
In order to mobilize communities, community groups were trained in workshops conducted
over two years. These trainings at state, district and local levels used participatory, dialogical
methods to engage communities in problem-solving and developing a sense of community
ownership and responsibility for addressing these issues. Following the trainings the Schools,
Government-run Hostels, Primary Health Centers and AWCs were visited in all selected
districts to check implementation status, adequacy of infrastructure and basic facilities,
sanitation facilities in schools/AWCs, quality of MDM in schools, supplementary nutrition food
standards in AWCs, functioning of PHCs etc.
Social Audit in 200 randomly selected schools spread over 8 mandals of Warangal district and
3 Gram Panchayats of Kurnool district was undertaken to inquire about the total grants
coming to the school in all these GPs, whether funds were received on time, whether children
had received the incentives, text books; what the infrastructural gaps in these schools were.
The Expenditure statements of current and previous years in these schools were reviewed.
Based on the findings of the audit, the Mandal
Education Officer was asked to take proper action.
In five mandals of Nalgonda district a post card
campaign demanding more allocation for children
schemes was initiated. Considering that a lot of
important schemes for children had unspent
balance almost every year, the post card demanded
full utilization of resources.
Postcards were also sent to the Members of
Parliament from the state, as well as the Prime
Minister asking enhancement in the central grants for scheme/programmes meant for
children and their better utilisation.
Children were also involved in the campaign where they raised their voice regarding
inadequate budget allocation for them by the state even though constitute almost half of the
state’s population.
Since this was the first of its kind initiative, there were several challenges faced. Most
importantly, it was found that local bodies are interested more to invest on women-centric
schemes to attract votes accord lower priority for child development.
It was also found that in the present decentralization framework in Andhra, there was little
scope for local bodies to intervene into the child related service delivery issues as all decision
on delivery of basic services to children such as education, nutrition, health, immunization and
protection of children are made by State Government. Moreover there was very little
coordination and integrated action between line departments at the state level to improve
child focused programme implementation at local levels. Also in the absence of
Signature campaign in Nalgonda published in the
local news
paper
per ‘Enadu’

representation of all the line departments delivering child focused schemes/programmes at
grass root level, it was difficult for local bodies to monitor actual delivery of services at local
levels.
Although, two years is too short a time to bring about major changes, what this initiative was
able to do was create awareness among the communities about the importance of monitoring
the budgets and their utilisation. It also sent out a message to the government officials and
politicians that they were being watched and can be held accountable by the people.
Networking with local CSOs with an aim to build a campaign
Feedback from funders like CRY tells us that community based civil society organisations
require child budget analysis for the different schemes since that will help them track the
implementation of the schemes in their areas of work. It is decided that if these organisations
provide HAQ a list of schemes for which they need a budget analysis, HAQ will do the needful
wherever necessary information is available in Delhi Government’s budget documents. CRY
will liaise with its partners in this regard and get back to HAQ. This will help build the campaign
envisaged by HAQ and CRY through the CRY supported project.
Preventing Child Marriage through Strengthening Governance Systems
Recognizing the serious implications of child marriage in the country, HAQ: Centre for Child
Rights is currently implementing a project on prevention of child marriage through the
strengthening of existing governance systems in two states – West Bengal and Andhra
Pradesh. The project is being implemented with partner organizations in the states- Jabala in
West Bengal and MV Foundation (MVF) is Andhra Pradesh (AP).This project is jointly
supported by the Mac Arthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
The focus and strength of this initiative lies in its systems approach to preventing a social evil
rather than approaching it as a project. The focus of the initiatives in the states is to mobilize
and strengthen the existing governance mechanisms of the government.
The project was initiated in 2012. It is being implemented in the following districts and blocks:
A rapid assessment in the project area has facilitated the planning of interventions. Various
task forces, who have promised to work towards the prevention of child marriages, have been
set up at the District, Block and Panchayat levels. Adolescent girls, parents (particularly
mothers), youth religious leaders etc are being mobilised.
One can already see results. After a year’s intervention, students and teachers are coming
forward with information about child marriages in the offing. In both states government
officials at the districts and block/ mandal/panchayat levels have been taken the lead in some
West Bengal Andhra Pradesh
District Block District Block /Mandal
Murshidabad Hariharpara Warangal Thorrur
Beldanga- I Rayaparthy
Birbhum Rampurhat-II Block Mahabubnagar Amrabad
Mohammad Bazar Achampet

of the activities such as creating and distributing IEC materials such as handbills, flex banners
and wall paintings etc.
One can already see results. After a year’s intervention, students and teachers are coming
forward with information about child marriages in the offing. In both states government
officials at the districts and block/ mandal/panchayat levels have taken the lead in some of the
activities such as creating and distributing IEC (Information Education and Communication)
materials such as handbills, flex banners and wall paintings etc. They are participating in the
meetings organised under the project and are inviting project team members to participate in
their meetings. Most importantly they have started to include preventing child marriage as an
agenda in their meetings.
Religious leaders have been mobilised, especially the
priests / moulavis/ pundits who conduct the
marriages and some of them have taken the initiative
to influence others. They have put up notices outside
their homes saying that they do not conduct under-
age marriages and are demanding proof of age.
Equally important are the local politicians across
political parties and caste leaders. They have been
approached and their support elicited. After
consistent interactions with these individuals, there
has been a reduction in the number of cases where
they were trying to influence intervention on
preventing child marriages.
Adolescent girls and male youth groups have been formed in the villages and they are acting
as leaders and peer educators. They are also taking the initiative to inform about proposed
marriages of children they know so that action can be taken. In some cases they have even
mustered the courage to call the local CHILDLINE. At times the girls whose marriage is being
considered in the family have approached the anganwadi Worker, teacher, the project team
member etc. and have asked for support.

The concerned government officials and the police have been
stopping child marriages from taking place. The responsible
officers of various departments come together and motivate
the parents to postpone or cancel the underage marriage.
Marriage registers have been initiated in panchayats in West
Bengal. Panchayat members are taking the lead in speaking
against child marriages and have even been involved in
preventing them.
Several communities are taking a pledge to prevent child
marriages and not let it occur in their own homes.
Thus while empowering adolescent girls (in and outside
schools) is an important strategy to prevent their
marriages; the system is being strengthened to respond
when any girl is at risk of getting married. The project is
utlising services and structures of Integrated Child
Protection Scheme (ICPS).
This convergence of efforts at the grass root level has
started demonstrating that preventing child marriages is possible if it is addressed as an issue
of child protection rather than a social evil. While each and every effort to prevent a proposed
marriage might have not resulted in stopping it, but it has resulted in successfully sending out
the message to the locals that the government is serious about stopping child marriages.
Two significant impacts of the project so far have been:
• Reduction in child marriage: After interventions over the last one and a half years and
after some child marriages having been stopped by members of the child marriage
prevention committees set up in the villages, there has been a drop in instances of child
marriage. As one of the members of the child marriage prevention committee said, “the
first time the police and Block Development Officer came and stopped a child marriage,
the villagers thought that it was a one off incident. The second time it happened, they
realized that the government is serious. Since then no child marriages have taken place in
the village in the last six months”.
• Impact beyond project area: The impact of the activities and events is not limited to
the project area but is goes beyond it. Due to wide publicity through various IEC materials,
including the contact numbers of responsible officials, people in surrounding areas are also
taking action to prevent child marriages. In both AP and WB senior officials are now
interested in expanding area of the project and have requested the teams to provide
guidance on setting up the system by sharing their experiences.

The South Asian Report on the Child-Friendliness of Governments
After the Child Rights Index for India, HAQ was approached by Save the Children Regional
Office in Kathmandu, Nepal for working on a South Asian Child Rights Index. The work is being
carried out with support from Save the Children, tdh-Germany and CRY. The report follows
the methodology used for the India Child rights Index. It has moved beyond an index to being
the South Asian Child Friendliness Report, which looks into how the SAARC countries
(Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) have
implemented Article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which expects
governments to put in place all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for
the implementation of the rights recognized in the Convention.
The South Asian report contains indicators measuring the level of progress in the education
sector, in the health sector, the protection sector as well as on ensuring children their right to
participation. The study focuses also on issues of citizenship and investment in children and an
attempt is being made to see how the state has facilitated different non-state actors to work
for children such as the private sector, religious/faith groups, academia, the media, local
NGOs, INGO's, UN agencies and other donors.
Data has been collected from the major UN Databases and it has been used to rank the
different countries in each sector. Data analysis is taking place simultaneously as the team
moves from one sector to the other, underlining the different legal and political steps.
The Report is complete and the proof editing is starting right now. It should be published by
September 2013.
Promotion and Protection of Rights of Children in the Mining Sector
There are many children across India growing up in and around the mining areas. Mining
affects their lives directly or indirectly. It is these children that this project is about. We refer
to them as the Mining Children. Following the research done for a study titled “India’s
childhood in the “Pits”- A Report on the Impacts of Mining on Children in India which was
published in 2010, follow-up action was initiated with the support of terre des homes
(Germany). This project, being undertaken in partnership with SAMATA based in
Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, began in 2012. It lays emphasis on bringing together child
rights organizations along with those organizations which work on mining to help them gain
knowledge, build skills required to work on the issue through IEC materials, Trainings,
Networking and Advocacy. The project will be carried out in 6 states over a period of 3 years.
The project was started in April 2012 and since then field visits have been carried out in some
of the mining areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and contacts established with child
rights organizations that can be part of this project.
A Community Resource Guide on Children and Mining has been prepared which is being used
to conduct trainings. Two state-level Training of Trainers have been organized so far in Andhra
and Karnataka in collaboration with Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) and Mines Minerals
& People (mm&p). One Regional Training has also been organized Nellore, Andhra Pradesh in
March 2013. Field visits in Bellary district, and a regional training is expected to take place in

August 2012. Two state level round tables with key stake holders are also to be planned for
August.
POLICY AND LAW ADVOCACY
Twelfth Five Year Plan and Policy Advocacy
Ms. Enakshi Ganguly Thukral has been part of the Planning Commission’s Steering Committee
for the Chapter on Women’s Agency and Children’s Rights in the XIIth Five Year Plan and Ms.
Bharti Ali was part of the Working Group on Child Rights and Child Protection set up by the
Ministry of Women and Child Development for the XIIth Five Year Plan. The section on child
rights in the XIIth plan document draws upon HAQ’s work and recommendations and says
Building a technical support unit within the Ministry to work on developing a Child Rights
Index and for establishing mechanisms for collecting, collating and analysing reliable data
from the field and To institutionalise child budgeting procedures during the 12th plan.
Submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour
HAQ had sent a written submission on the proposed Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 as introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2012. HAQs
suggestions include suggestions with regards to the dispute of age, punishment and penalties
levied on offenders, definition of ‘child labour’ and ‘adolescent labour’. Based on this, HAQ
was invited to depose before the Committee. Ms. Bharti Ali deposed before the Standing
Committee.
Submission to the Justice Usha Mehra Commission
In January 2013, HAQ submitted its suggestions to the commission on ways to strengthen the
criminal justice system and protect victims of sexual violence during the criminal justice
process. HAQ had three main suggestions: Establish permanent Crisis Intervention Centres
across India; Victims of sexual violence have a right to a lawyer throughout criminal
proceedings; Victims of sexual violence should have a right to a social worker throughout the
criminal proceedings.
National policy for children 2013
HAQ was part of the process initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for
drafting the New National Policy for Children. The National Policy for Children 2013 came
into force in April 2013 after it was approved by the Union Cabinet on April 18th
.
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012
HAQ had been part discussions on the proposed bill on protection of children against sexual
offences held with the government, bodies like the NCPCR and within the civil society groups.
HAQ was invited to give our comments on the rules. The Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act came into force on November 14, 2012.

CHILD PROTECTION
Documenting Good Practices in Administration of Juvenile Justice
Recognising the need for ensuring cross-learning in the field of juvenile justice, HAQ
embarked upon documentation of good practices in areas of law enforcement, judicial
practices, rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection and children in conflict
with the law, advocacy for legal and policy reform, and training and capacity building of
implementers of law. Despite significant work done by NGOs, it has been the most difficult
task to get them to share their own work and have it documented. As a result, the study has
taken longer than envisaged.
Monitoring the Child Justice System in Delhi
HAQ’s monitoring of the judiciary is undertaken through its direct interventions in the court
through litigations and legal aid that it provides to children; as well as through its scanning of
court orders. This has enabled HAQ to be part of advocacy initiatives for changes in law and
policy and be part of government’s drafting committees for laws and policies or making
depositions to Parliamentary Standing Committees on different laws.
Besides, HAQ continues to take part in the meetings of the Juvenile Justice Committee of
Delhi High Court and is also on the Supervision Committee for Observations set up as per
the directions in W.P.(C) 9680/2009 dated 12 December 2009.
On an advisory from the Juvenile Justice Committee, the Supervision Committee engaged
itself with framing of rules for the functioning of CWCs, JJBs and institutions for children.
The draft rules were put up by the Department of Women and Child Development on their
website inviting public comments, since the rules were relating to the selection of JJB and
CWC members and there was an increase in the complaints against present members. The
sub group of the committee met again, several times throughout the year to evolve a new set
of selection and complaint procedures.
Legal Support and Counselling
HAQ’s work on juvenile justice began with providing legal aid to the children in conflict with
law. However, over the years, HAQ with the support of other stakeholders was able to ensure
the presence of legal aid lawyers in the Juvenile Justice Boards. Since then, HAQ’s
intervention in the boards has been largely confined to providing counselling to the children
in conflict with law. The children needing counselling are marked to HAQ through orders of
the magistrates.
HAQ continues to provide its legal support and counselling services children who are victims
of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation. Till 2010, HAQ’s support was confined largely to
legal aid and counselling. However, it was found that many of the children needed additional
support such as emergency medical attention, support to access victim compensation from

the Legal Services Authority or tied up to some other long term educational support to
ensure that the child does not become vulnerable to abuse and exploitation once again.
Hence the table since 2011 gives details of legal aid and support and not just legal aid.
Year Legal Aid Legal Advice Counseling Total
CICL CNCP CICL CNCP CICL CNCP
M F M F M F M F M F M F
2005 1 1 4 2 1 9
2006 4 1 1 3 1 10
2007 12 2 3 3 2 1 23
2008 12 20 1 1 3 1 2 40
2009 1 5 4 25 1 10 6 45 4 1 6 108
2010 4 6 12 13 8 16 46 1 2 9 117
Since March 2013, HAQ has started a partnership with Centre to Secure Justice (CSJ) to
provide legal and rehabilitation support to survivors of sexual assault in South Delhi. As part
of this partnership, HAQ will provide the counselling and other support service while CSJ’s
lawyers will represent the victim. The purpose of this initiative is to increase effective access
to holistic justice for survivors of violent sexual assault in South Delhi. This will also enable us
to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the new law –Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences 2012 and its implementation.
At HAQ, we make consistent efforts to make sure that the holistic needs of the children,
whose cases come to us, are met. When undertaking counselling, we not only meet the
children but also their families or guardians. Efforts are made to identify the long term
rehabilitation needs of the children.
Legal Advocacy and Litigation
Experience with legal aid and counselling has led to a series of litigation to draw attention to
anomalies in justice delivery and implementation of laws relating to children. There are
thirteen cases that HAQ has filed or intervened in the High Court of Delhi and the Supreme
Court of India.
Number of children reached so far through legal aid, advice and counseling
Year Legal aid and support Counselling Total
CICL CNCP CICL CNCP
M F M F M F M F
2011 12 1 21 12 53 4 2 3 108
2012 105 0 6 15 101 1 7 14 249
Jan-March 2013 44 0 0 0 23 0 0 3 70
Note: The figures in the above tables reflect only the fresh cases taken up by HAQ in the different
years. Every year there is also a backlog of cases being followed up from the previous years

Cases in the Supreme Court of India or Delhi High Court as of March 2013 include:
S. No. PIL No. Issue Court Status
1. WP (C ) 318 / 2005 Ban on all forms of child
labour below the age of 14
years in the wake of RTE
Supreme Court
of India
Pending
2. W.P.(C) 1055/2011 Selection of Members to
NCPCR
Delhi High Court Pending
3. WP (C ) 8889 / 2011 Children in adult jail Delhi High Court Case is kept open for
follow-up on the
courts order dated
19/11/2013
4. WP (C ) 918/2012 Sexual abuse of children in
an orphanage
5. WP (C) 9590 / 2012 Non-registration of Arya
Anathalaya and its sister
institutions under JJ Act –
HAQ became an intervenor
as the petition on the issue
was already pending
6. WP (C) 6612/2012 Guidelines under Rule 31 Delhi High Court Decided
7. WP (C ) 5367 / 2012 Organised Crime Delhi High Court Pending
8. SLP (Civil)
No(s).29505/2012
Anomalies in foreign
Adoption
Supreme Court
of India
Decided
9. Habeas Corpus WP (CRL)
755/2013
Child went missing in
October last year. Police
inaction led to filing of case
Delhi High Court Based on High Court
order police traced
girl in Siliguri in West
Bengal and child was
rescued with support
of Shakti Vahini
As part of orders of the High Court of Delhi in some PILs, Shahbaz Khan, Rhea Sharma, Bharti
Ali, Kumar Shailabh from HAQ have been assisting NCPCR in carrying out visits to the jails [WP
(C) 8889/2011] and to homes for children in the NCT of Delhi [ WP (Crl) 694 / 2012 ]. During a
visit to a government run home in Alipur, an inmate complained to Shahbaz about being
sexually abused by older boys. The complaint was thereafter filed with the police in the form
of an FIR and necessary action was taken.
Ms. Bharti Ali’s name and mobile number are displayed publicly outside observation homes
for boys’ and girls’ home in Nirmal Chhaya. Various calls are attended and people have been
helped in reuniting with their children inside these homes, which is seldom expedited by the
CWCs even if it is clearly in the best interest of the child and can be expedited.
HAQ has over the years come to be recognised as a legal resource centre on children’s rights.
For instance, when a child was sexually abused by the bus driver of Delhi Public School in
Vasundhara Sector 9 in September 2012, HAQ received calls from concerned parents of
children in that school seeking legal advice. Similarly, when the case of sexual abuse of a

teenaged girl by her own father came to light in NOIDA in October 2012, NGOs intervening in
the case sought HAQ’s assistance and guidance on how to take it forward legally. People from
Maharashtra have been calling HAQ for legal advice and assistance in cases of child sexual
abuse and how to use the new Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act. Even on
children’s custody matters HAQ has been approached by mothers fighting a legal battle
against their husband.
Life Skill Training for Rehabilitation of Girls in Nirmal Chhaya- A State Run
Home in Delhi
This is yet another one of HAQ’s continued
activities, which was supported by Cordaid and is
now receiving support from CRY. This was initiated
because HAQ’s visits to Nirmal Chhaya revealed
that girls did not have much to do for a large part
of time and needed to be equipped during the day
meaningfully as also should be equipped with
knowledge and skills that can be used when they
go out of the home. HAQ has thus been
undertaking various art, craft and other life-skill
classes with girls at Nirmal Chhaya.
Children’s futures are shaped largely by their past
experiences with their environment, and their
different developmental domains, including
physical/motor, cognitive, social, emotional and
communicative/language, are all woven together by
certain developmental processes.
The transition from childhood to adulthood can be a
turbulent and confusing one- as children construct an identity for themselves. This transition
consists of broad patterns of cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, and physical development,
developing social competency, building supportive relationships, engaging in the community
etc are an important key to becoming compassionate, self sufficient and contributing adults
and members of society.
At Nirmal Chhaya we interact with children who have not had the opportunity to come in
contact with the best situations needed to foster these skills. A lack of financial resources,
unstable family environments etc have caused inconsistencies and challenges. At the
children’s home for girls in the Nirmal Chhaya complex, we at HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
understand that our interventions need to be specifically planned keeping in mind these
goals.
Our initiative employs methods that complement each other while fostering optimal
development, such as bi-monthly art and craft activities along with one on one interaction as
well as group interaction. We emphasise positive attitudes, skills and behaviour and

encourage even the smallest level of participation, as it is an important tool in building self
confidence and ensuring a sense of capability.
Every time we make a visit, we attempt to draw on the children’s memories, interests and
experiences to help shape the discussions and explore the themes that emerge. We have
achieved positive results by giving children the necessary tools they need, to explore their
potential.
Over the past 3 months, we have had activities that have ranged from making pen stands,
key chains, canvas making, letter writing, to activities that have helped celebrate important
events and occasions such as applying mehndi for Dusshera etc. Our activities combine play
with group discussions, such as painting and storytelling, or letter writing to each other.
We have also recently started life skills training with the girls in the age group of 14-18 years
as this is a very crucial period for them and they need to be equipped with certain skills once
they leave the home.
Research on child development has always argued the age old debate on whether a child’s
learning and development is more influenced by their genetic inheritance (nature) or the
influence of their environment (nurture). By trying to enrich their environment in the most
positive ways possible, we hope that we have at least managed to impact one of those
fundamental factors.
While we do face challenges, we have been successful in building up a good rapport with the
superintendent of the home as well as the rest of the staff members. For the ‘International
Colloquium on Juvenile Justice’, we gave out tokens to all our participants, made by the girls
at Nirmal Chhaya. In return, we organized a ‘Fun Day’ at the home, which saw staff
involvement in certain games, and a special treat for everyone in the home.
TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
HAQ is regularly called by government agencies, judicial academies, police and NGOs to
undertake training on child rights issues and laws concerning children. In the reporting
period, 61 trainings have been conducted on child rights, child trafficking, child protection,
juvenile justice, etc. for law enforcement officials, members of the judiciary, civil society
groups and communities associated with various NGOs.
Technical Support to Project on Role of Fathers in Child Protection for CHSJ
HAQ is a technical partner with Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ's) project titled
"Fathers Care". This project with CHSJ in April 2012 and it will continue till December 2014.
The project is aimed at building a campaign on exploring role of men as fathers in protecting
child rights. The role assigned to HAQ in this project is to build the capacity of
CHSJ partners, on issues of child rights and child protection, and to help them identify the
prospective role of men/fathers in the protection of child rights. A national level 3 day
training of trainers was organized in Delhi in October 2012 in which HAQ team was invited to
take sessions. Following that, HAQ has provided training and capacity building in state level

meetings and trainings organized in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Training and Capacity Building of Members of Hifazat, A CRY Supported Child
Protection Network in Madhya Pradesh
Based on CRY’s need for training its partners in Madhya Pradesh on child rights and child
protection, a three days’ training programme was held in Bhopal from 12-14 April 2012, in
collaboration with Hifazat (CRY supported child protection network). There were 22
participants from across Madhya Pradesh. Three resource persons from HAQ - Bharti Ali,
Enakshi Ganguly and Praveena Nair (who has since left) conducted the trainings.
Various issues starting from right based concepts, Constitution of India and child rights,
UNCRC, different laws including Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 Immoral
Trafficking Prevention Act, 1956 Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 etc. were discussed.
There were also exercises and group discussions such as identifying issues from a newspaper,
group case work etc. A session was also taken on advocacy.
The training was well received by participants although the levels of knowledge and
understanding varied immensely, making it difficult for the resource persons to set one pace
for the programme. Information shared in the training was very important for some while
many found it very preliminary. However, participants went back with greater understanding
and clarity on the subject and will hopefully use it to carry their work forward.
Training and Capacity Building of Critical Stakeholders in the Area of Juvenile
Justice and Child Protection
A specific programme for CRY partners from different states in the northern region was
organised in consultation with CRY from 24-26 September 2012. List of participants was
provided by CRY. A programme design was also shared with CRY before finalisation. Resource
persons included members from HAQ team as well as experts in the field of law and
practitioners such as Dr. Bharti Sharma (former Chairperson, CWC Nirmal Chhaya, Delhi), Mr.
Raj Mangal Prasad (former Chairperson, CWC Lajpat Nagar, Delhi), Ms. Seema Misra
(Lawyer), Ms. Krinna Shah (former member, CWC Mayur Vihar, Delhi), Ms. Ratna Saxena
(consultant to the Ministry of Women and Child Development on ICPS) and Ms. Madhvi
Kotwal Samson (Director, Abhas).
Many partners did not require the training given their own experience and expertise.
However, some found it useful and were able to get new perspectives on child protection
and laws. Partners from Jammu and Kashmir did not gain much as the laws in the state are
very different. Yet there was sharing of experiences where possible.
A strong need was felt for specific programmes touching different child protection issues in
order to gain better understanding of the laws and their use. The programme tried to touch
upon all child protection laws and issues as far as possible, which made it difficult for the
participants to internalise all the information.

Training of Trainers on Juvenile Justice
On HAQ’s request to DSLSA, a ToT was organised for NGOs working with the police in the
field of juvenile justice. Since DSLSA was holding police trainings, it was felt that NGOs
imparting such training or working with the police should also follow a similar pattern and
strengthen their knowledge with inputs from DSLSA experts. The programme was organised
on 15 September 2012 at DSLSA Conference. Participants included members from 9 NGOs –
Chetna, Salam Balak Trust, Prayas, AV Baliga Trust, Don Bosco, Delhi Brotherhood Society,
Pratidhi, Shakti Vahini and HAQ.
Police Training
HAQ undertakes police training at the Police Station level in the Outer District in Delhi on
Mondays and Fridays. This is part of the initiative of the Delhi Police to conduct in-service and
ongoing capacity building and sensitization of all its police personnel on laws concerning
children.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANISED BY HAQ
National Consultation on Non-National Children in India: Rights, Responses
and Challenges
A national consultation on situation of non-national
children in India was jointly organised by the Delhi-based
Development and Justice Initiative and HAQ: Centre for
Child Rights on 20 October, 2012 at India Islamic Cultural
Centre, New Delhi.
The Consultation, supported by UNHCR, brought together
migrant and refugee communities, activists, researchers,
campaigners and legal practitioners. It provided a
platform to discuss the migration and trafficking related
problems faced by these communities – particularly their children – and explore ways
forward from a child rights perspective. The inaugural session was chaired by Dr. Shantha
Sinha, Chairperson of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights. The
presentations and discussions were extremely fruitful and useful in understanding the plight
of non-national children and advocating for the protection of their rights.
Public Discourse on Children in Conflict with the Law under the Juvenile
Justice Act, 2000
The rape and murder of a woman on December 16 and the
alleged involvement of a juvenile in it, led to a nation- wide
outrage and debate. Many misrepresentations about juvenile
justice in general and about the specific provisions of the JJ
Act (such as the baseless comment: the minor accused in this

crime will be roaming free in 3 months when he turns 18) were being presented as fact,
leading to more confusion and anger in the public.
On January 17, 2013 child rights groups, part of the Pro Child Coalition, of which HAQ is also a
member, organized a public discussion on Juvenile Justice at the India Habitat Centre, New
Delhi. The purpose was to have an open debate on the issues and dispel the myths about
juvenile justice law and to understand its principles. It brought writers, thinkers, scholars,
academicians, students, media, people who shape opinion to join together to listen to one
another and raise the level of discourse on this issue.
International Colloquium on Juvenile Justice
HAQ organized an International
Colloquium on Juvenile Justice, in
partnership with Penal Reform
International (PRI), the National
Law University - Delhi, UNICEF
India, Save the Children - India,
Cordaid, UK-Aid and Child Fund –
India, from the 16th
-18th
March
2013.
Organised in the backdrop of the controversy on
juvenile justice following the December 16 incident,
this colloquium was very contextual and timely. It
was the first ever international meeting on this issue
in India.
60 participants from 11 countries representing
statutory bodies, academics, lawyers and
practitioners took part in the colloquium which was held at the
National Law University Delhi.
The colloquium had a grand opening with at the India
International Centre. The opening address was by Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Madan B Lokur, Supreme Court and the Keynote address
was by the Chief Guest, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir, Chief
Justice of India.
The colloquium brought together some of the world’s well known
experts on juvenile juctice. Those who could not be there in person
spoke on skype.

Release of Report on Child Sexual Abuse: Breaking the Silence
HAQ partnered with Human Rights Watch to release the report on child sexual abuse on
February 7 2013 at the India Habitat Centre. The report has used detailed case studies rather
than a quantitative analysis to examine government mechanisms to prevent and respond to
child sexual abuse. Human Rights Watch conducted more than 100 interviews with victims of
child sexual abuse and their relatives, government child protection officials and independent
experts, police officers, doctors, social workers, and lawyers who have handled cases of child
sexual abuse. As part of this study, the researcher interviewed the HAQ team as well as
children supported by us.
Press conference on Child trafficking and Inter-country Adoption
On the 19th
of February, 2013, HAQ:
Centre for Child Rights, along with
Against Child Trafficking (ACT), Brussels
and Sakhee, Pune, organized a Press
conference on Child trafficking and Inter-
country adoption. Parents and family of
children who had been sent in for
adoption through trafficking came to
Delhi and addressed the press. This press
conference was organized to coincide
with the international meeting on
adoption hosted by the Indian Central
Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on
19th & 20th February 2013 in New Delhi.
SUBMISSIONS TO UN TREATY BODIES
Universal Periodic Review
HAQ is a founder member of the Working Group on Human Rights to the UN (WGHR). As part
of WGHR HAQ has been involved in making submissions to UN Rapporteurs who have visited
India. HAQ contributed to the WHGR report on ‘Human Rights in India: Status Report 2012’
and the and WGHRs submission to the Universal Periodic Review, which involves a review of
the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years.
HAQ also sent its own report on child rights to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Shadow Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
India is coming up for review at the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The
Government of India has sent in its report. HAQ is preparing a shadow report to be
submitted to the Committee on behalf of the 20 years Balance Sheet Collective that had got
together to review the twenty years of implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights
of the Child in India in 2011.

FILM ON HAQ
An important achievement in 2012 was the making of a 15 minute film HAQ- A film on Child
Rights. This film documents the work of HAQ in the context of discussion on child rights and
the need for monitoring the government’s performance in realization of the rights of
children. The film was made by Susmit Bose and is available on HAQ’s website.
REPRESENTATION ON GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES
Enakshi Ganguly Thukral:
• Continues to be a Member of the Labour Ministry’s Central Advisory Board on Child
Labour.
• Was a member of the Steering Committee of the Planning Commission for the 12th
Five Year Plan on Women’s Agency and Child Rights.
• Member of the drafting committee for the National Policy on Children
• Continues to be on the Selection Committee for CWC and JJB’s in Delhi
• Member of the Editorial Board of “Children, Youth and Environments”- A Journal of
Research, Policy and Applications, University of Colorado.
Bharti Ali :
• Member of the Delhi Legal Services Authority
• Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee,
• Supervision Committee on Observation Homes
• Institutional Review Board of NIPCCD as well as the Selection Committee set up by
NIPCCD for selection of the ICPS staff
• Task Force for framing of guidelines for prevention of child abuse in Rajasthan. Both
• Continues to be members of the Selection Committee for CWCs and JJBs.
CAMPAIGNS AND NETWORKS
Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR)
HAQ is a founder member of WGHR which was established in January 2009 by a group of civil
society organizations and independent experts working in the field of human rights in India.
The basis of WGHR's work is national and international human rights law. WGHR works
towards the realisation of all civil, cultural, economic, political and social human rights in the
country and towards holding the Indian government accountable to its national and
international human rights obligations. At the national level, WGHR seeks to engage with
relevant human rights, government, parliamentary, judicial and academic institutions. At the
international level, WGHR seeks to effectively work with United Nations (UN) human rights
instruments and mechanisms.

Pro Child Coalition
HAQ is a member of Pro Child which is a loose network of organizations working on child
protection, which comes together to deliberate on policy issues and work towards
necessary changes.
ACCOUNTS AND ADMINISTRATION
In the year 2011-2012 and 2012-13 HAQ has invested time in streamlining its financial
management systems. HAQ is grateful to Cordaid for providing necessary support in this
regard.
A Financial Management Study of HAQ was undertaken by Sambandhan Associates,
Consultants appointed by Cordaid, on 23 & 24 January ’12. Following this, HAQ’s accountant
Preeti Singh and the then Programme Officer Madhumita Purkayastha attended a Financial
Management Training held in Chennai from 21 to 23 February 2012 and a follow-up plan was
developed in consultation with the Co-Directors. The First Financial Management
Implementation Plan (FMIP) Follow-up took place on 27 November 2012. HAQ has so far met
with 50% of the targets set-out in the follow-up plan and hopes to meet the rest by the end
of March 2012.
In the process HAQ has also shifted to fund-based accounting system as recommended by the
Financial Consultants from Sambandhan Associates.
Meanwhile a financial review was also undertaken by CRY on 11 & 12 October 2012. HAQ is
working on the suggestions that have come forth in as much as they fall within the new
financial management system of HAQ, which is recognised and accepted across the country.
HAQ has invited Khilesh Chaturvedi, an independent consultant who had worked with the
HAQ team earlier, to conduct a team building exercise with the HAQ team in August.

CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
International
Dates Country Purpose
Participant(s) from
HAQ
12th
June – 15th
June 2012 Bangkok
First meeting of the Asian
Pacific Council for Juvenile
Justice- IJJO
Bharti Ali
21st
June – 23rd
June 2012 Florence
Expert meeting on The
Structural Determinants of
Child Wellbeing-UNICEF
Enakshi Ganguly
Thukral
19th
Sept – 21st
Sept 2012 Kyrgystan
Meeting on Violence against
Children in Juvenile Justice
Systems – UNICEF / PRI
Bharti Ali
30th
Oct – 31st
Oct 2012 Geneva
Expert consultation on
children's right to health
which OHCHR is organizing
Enakshi Ganguly
Thukral
13 Nov – 15 Nov 2012 Delhi
A Better World for Protecting
Children: International
Conference on Child
Protection – UNICEF, UNHCR,
Save the Children and World
Vision
Enakshi Ganguly
Thukral and Bharti
Ali
26th
Nov – 1st
Dec 2012 Vietnam
UPR Training for Vietnam
Human Rights Workers
Enakshi Ganguly
Thukral
17th
Dec - 19th
Dec 2012 Bangladesh
Workshop on Developing
action plan to promote Child
Budget - CSID
Enakshi Ganguly
Thukral
26th Feb-1st March, 2013 Nepal
‘Evaluation Conclave’
organized by the
Community of Evaluators
and the main theme for the
conclave was “Evaluation
for Development”
Krinna Shah
National
Members of HAQ have participated in several meetings, workshops, seminars and
consultations relating to children and governance, beyond MDG, children and disability,
refugee children and right to protection, right to food etc. Krinna Shah also attended a
workshop Engendering Policy through Evaluation: 6-8th
Feb, 2013, Yashada, Pune.
Bharti Ali and Krinna Shah were invited by the Delhi Police, on the 20th
February 2013, to
visit a police station in North Delhi, where children from two government schools were
present. The team had an interaction with the children on ‘gender sensitization’, and
following that, a visit was made to a school, where along with a team of police officials, they
interacted with the children on the same topic.

DONORS
In the reporting period HAQ received financial support from:
1. Ford Foundation
2. CORDAID
3. Terre des Hommes (Germany)
4. Child Rights and You (CRY)
5. Mac Arthur Foundation
6. Misereor
7. UNICEF India
8. Plan International
9. SAMATA
10. Save the Children
11. ChildFund International
NEW PARTNERSHIPS
1. Counsel to Secure Justice
2. Centre for Health and Social Justice
3. Child Fund
INTERNS
1. Ms. Dhriti Sethi
2. Ms. Monisha Murali
3. Mr. Dhruv Sharma
4. Ms. Gargi Mishra
5. Ms. Shalini Nair
6. Mr. Arjun Tyagi
7. Ms. Anurupa Mandal
8. Ms. Sukanya Sarkar
9. Ms. Sumaiya Ahmed
10. Ms. Farhana Yashmin Hazarika
11. Mr. Bijoy Limbu
VOLUNTEERS
Ms. Maria Rosaria Centrone
Anuradha Massand
Uzma Parveen (continuing)
HAQ TEAM
Ms. Enakshi Ganguly Thukral - Co-Director
Ms. Bharti Ali - Co-Director
Ms. Krinna Shah - Programme Director, Advocacy & Communications
Mr. Shahbaz Khan Sherwani - Programme Coordinator, Child Protection
Ms. Preeti Singh - Administration and Accounts
Mr. Kumar Shailabh - Programme Officer, Children and Governance
Ms. Anisha Ghosh - Programme Officer, Children and Governance

Ms. Rhea Sharma – Programme Officer, Child Protection
Ms. Farhana Yasmin- Programme Officer, Children and Governance
Ms. Suchi Gautam - Programme Officer, Child Protection
Ms. Gargi Mishra- Programme Officer, Child Protection
Ms. Rupmani Chhetri - Programme Associate, Data Entry
Mr. Aditya Kumar - Administrative Assistant
Mr. Tarcitius Baa - Office Assistant
RETAINER
Anant Asthana (Advocate)
STAFF WHO HAVE RESIGNED
Ms. Shruti Mittal – Programme Officer, Communication and Advocacy
Ms. Madhumita Purkayastha - Programme Coordinator, Children and Governance
Ms. Nishi Scaria- Legal Officer- Child Protection
Ms. Maitri Udayabhanu - Legal Officer- Child Protection
Ms. Praveena Nair S - Legal Counsel cum Research Officer
Ms. Bhagwati Khandpal – Administration
Mr. Girish Kandpal - Accountant
HAQ EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Urvashi Butalia - President
Jaya Shrivastava- Treasurer
Anita Ghai – Member
Neera Burra – Member (Resigned)
Neelam Singh - Member

Annexure 1
Trainings ( April 2012- March 2013)
Police Trainings
Sl. No. Date Venue Topic Participants Conducted By
1.
24/04/2012-
25/04/2012
JHALSA Ranchi
Child Rights/ JJ
system Training
Advocates and Police
Officers
Praveena Nair
2.
26/04/2012-
28/04/2012
JHALSA Ranchi
Child Rights/ JJ
system Training
Advocates and Police
Officers
Bharti Ali
3. 28/04/2012
Conference hall, P.S
Chanakyapuri
Role of police, -
general perceptions
and attitudes,
preparation of SBR
and role as a
JWOs- New Delhi district,
IGI Airport, Crime and
Railways
Praveena Nair
4. 05/05/2012
National Police
Academy ,
Hyderabad
Police Officials Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
5. 26/05/2012 Civil Lines P.S. JJ system JWO’s district Bharti Ali
6. 28/07/2012
Conference Hall,
DCP office, Ashok
Vihar
Role of police, -
general perceptions
and attitudes,
preparation of SBR
and role as a
watchdog
JWOs- North West and
Outer District
Bharti Ali
7. 24/08/2012
Kanjhawala Police
Station
JJ Act
Police Officials
(28)
Shahbaz Khan Sherwani
8. 01/09/2012 CR Park ( DSLSA) JJ Act JWO’S South East Bharti Ali
9. 03/09/2012
Vijay Vihar Police
Station
JJ Act
Police Officials
(43)
& Nishi Scaria
10. 06/09/2012
Police Line (Outer
district)
Child Rights
DCP, SHOs & JWOs from
outer district
(35-40)
11. 12/09/2012 NIPCCD
Constitutional
provisions & legal
safeguards for
women in distress
Police officers
(30)
Bharti Ali & Nishi Scaria
12.
17/09/2012-
18/09/2012
ISI
JJ Act & other laws
related to children,
Role of police
JWO, Inspectors, SHO (30)
HAQ team with other
resource persons
13. 29/09/2012 Organized by DLSA JJ Act
JWO’s ( West & South
West)
Bharti Ali
Other Trainings
Sl. No. Date Venue Topic Participants Conducted by
1. 10/04/2012 Naz Foundation Needs and Wants Home Based Care Givers
Shahbaz Khan &
Praveena Nair
2.
12/04/2012-14/04-
2012
CRY Partners in
Madhya
Pradesh
Child Rights Training CRY partners in MP
Bharti Ali, Enakshi
Ganguli Thukral &
Praveena Nair
3.
14/04/2012-
15/04/2012
National
Judicial
Academy,
Bhopal
Child Rights Training Magistrates Bharti Ali

4. 07/05/2012 NIPCCD ITPA
Advanced Diploma
Course Students
Praveena Nair
5. 07/05/2012 NIPCCD
Constitutional and
Legal Safeguards for
women and girls
Mid level govt. Officers
and NGO workers
Bharti Ali
6. 08/05/2012 Naz Foundation
Laws related to
children
Home based care givers
Shahbaz Khan &
Praveena Nair
7. 30/05/2012
Jaipur, NAZ
training
Child Rights, Child
Abuse
Staff from two children’s
home
Shahbaz Khan &
Praveena Nair
8. 08/06/2012
Tara Home,
NAZ training
Child Rights and child
abuse
Staff from Tara Children
Home
Shahbaz Khan &
Praveena Nair
9. 03/08/2012 Jind, Haryana
Understanding Child
Rights & Juvenile
Justice Legislation in
India.
ICPS staff, DCPO,CDPOs,
counsellors, Social
workers, Outreach
workers, NGO and
children institution
representatives (District -
Jind & Kaithal)
Shahbaz Khan
10. 07/08/12
Gurgaon,
Haryana
Understanding Child
Rights, Attitudes and
perception. Forms of
abuse, Sign and
Symptoms of abuse,
Ways to deal with
abuse
counsellors, Social
workers, Outreach
workers, NGO and
Gurgaon & Mewat)
Shahbaz Khan & Nishi
Scaria
11. 08/08/12
Gurgaon,
Haryana
Juvenile Justice
Legislation in India
counsellors, Social
workers, Outreach
workers, NGO and
Jhajjar)
Shahbaz Khan
12. 24/08/2012
Haryana Police
Academy
TOT on human
trafficking
Public Prosecutor Bharti Ali
13. 26/08/2012
Karkadooma
Court
Judicial Colloquium
on Human Trafficking
Judicial Officers Bharti Ali
14. 10/09/2012 NCERT Child Rights
Teachers & ICDS
Supervisors from 7 states
Madhumita Purkayastha
& Anisha Ghosh
15. 15/09/2012 DSLSA TOT
NGOs attached with
SJPUs
DSLSA & HAQ
16.
24/09/2012-
26/09/2012
MARG
Child protection &
relevant laws
Cry Partners ( 30)
HAQ team with other
resource persons
17.
27/10/2012-
29/10/2012
USO House
Child rights & Role of
father
NGO Workers (40)
Enakshi Ganguly
Thukral, Krinna Shah &

SJPU Meetings – Outer District
1. 07/05/2012 Aman Vihar P.S. JJ Act Police Officials Shahbaz Khan Sherwani
2. 25/05/2012 South Rohini JJ Act Police Officials Shahbaz Khan Sherwani
3. 28/05/2012 North Rohini JJ Act Police Officials
Praveena Nair and Rhea
Sharma
4. 11/06/2012
Alipur Police
Station
JJ Act Police Officials Shahbaz Khan Sherwani
5. 25/07/2012 Nanakpura Meeting
All District SJPUs, ACPs,
Inspectors, Social
Workers, Welfare officers
& NGOs Meeting
Rhea Sharma
6. 06/08/12 Narela JJ Act Police Officials
Shahbaz Khan & Maitri
Udyabhanu
7. 15/10/2012
Kanjhawala Police
Station, Outer
district
JJ Act
Police Officials
(28)
8. 26/10/2012
Bharat Nagar
North West
District
JJ Act
Police Officials
(12)
Anisha Ghosh and
9. 29/10/2012
Begumpur
( Outer District)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(44)
Rhea Sharma & Nishi
Scaria
10. 29/10/2012
Keshav Puram
( North-West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(8)
Anisha Ghosh & Maitri
Udayabhanu
11. 02/11/2012
Subhash Place
( North-West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(13)
12. 09/11/2012
Maurya Enclave
( North West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(12)
& Krinna Shah
13. 09/11/2012
North Rohini
( Outer District)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(22)
& Anisha Ghosh
14 16/11/2012
Mahendra Park
( North West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(26)
Anisha Ghosh & Nishi
Scaria
15. 16/11/2012
SP Badli
( Outer District)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(16)
16. 19/11/2012
Jahangirpuri
( North West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(5)
Anisha Ghosh
17. 20/11/2012
Maurya Enclave
(North West SJPU)
JJ Act, POCSO, etc.
JWOs, SJPU Staff
(7)
18. 23/11/2012
Swaroop Nagar
( North West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(6)

19. 26/11/2012
Bhalswa Dairy
( North West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(13)
Anisha Ghosh & Maitri
Udayabhanu
20. 03/12/2012
SB Dairy
( Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(23)
Rhea Sharma , Nishi
Scaria & Gargi Mishra
21. 07/12/2012
Mukharjee Nagar
(Including Model
Town and Adarsh
Nagar)
( North West
district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(4)
Anisha Ghosh & Shalini
Nair
22. 12/12/2012
Aman Vihar
( Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(40)
23. 17/12/2012
Vijay Vihar
(Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials Anisha Ghosh, Nishi
Scaria & Shalini Nair
24. 14/01/2013
Alipur
( Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(26)
Rhea Sharma & Nishi
Scaria
25. 18/01/2013
North West SJPU
(Maurya Enclave)
JJ Act, POCSO, Age
Inquiry, etc.
JWOs/Inspectors, SJPU
Staff
(33)
26. 11/02/2013
Vijay Vihar
(Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(17)
Rhea Sharma & Kumar
Shailabh
27. 15/02/2013
Begumpur
( Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(33) Shahbaz Khan Sherwani
28. 22/02/2013
South Rohini
( Outer district)
JJ Act
Police Officials
(30) Shahbaz Khan Sherwani
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