Centers for Street Children
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  SPARC has been advocating against tobacco use to protect the children from its harms and making the cities smoke free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  LATEST NEWS  
     
Child actors in Sindh barred from working during school hours
 
     
Alarm as 58pc households food insecure: half of women and children in the country are micro-nutrient deficient
 
     
Juvenile justice rules promise rehab centres for child offenders (Peshawar)
 
   
 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa home and tribal affairs department has notified the Juvenile Justice System Rules, 2023, which promise the establishment of at least one rehabilitation centre for child offenders in the province's every divisional headquarters. Read More
     

SPARC urges step up and "Let´s make breastfeeding and work, work!

SPARC has urged the step up and "Let´s make breastfeeding and work, work! In a press release shared on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week being observed from the 1st of August to the 7th of August 2023, SPARC highlighted the critical role of workplace support in empowering mothers to continue breastfeeding while juggling their professional responsibilities.Read More

     
23 minors among 54 lives lost in Bajaur blast
 
   
 
23 minors were killed in the barbaric attack that took place in Khar area of Bajaur on Sunday. A total of 54 lives were lost in the attack and many got injured. Read More
     
More male children subjected to sexual abuse in Punjab
 
   
 
The report shows a high ratio of male children being sexually abused in Punjab in last six months. 55% of the perpetrators were neighbors, 32% were strangers and 13% were relatives of the children. The report included 220 cases alone from Gujranwala. Other cities in Punjab also reported similar cases of child sexual abuse.

 

     
A Breast-Feeding Law passed - to promote nutrition
 
   
 

The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed a law on breast-feeding to promote child nutrition namely, "The Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breast-Feeding and Young Children Nutrition Bill 2023". It is to give adequate nutrition to infants and children up to the age of 36 months.

     
Law Ministry and NCRC to finalize rules for sex offender
 
   
 

The Ministry of Law & Justice and a special committee along with National commission on the Rights of Child is prepared to finalize rules on registration of sex offenders with law enforcement agencies in order to develop a wide-ranging database. The rules shall be finalized by a special committee under the Anti-Rape (Investigation and trial) Act, 2021. This is to ensure safety and security of citizens especially children.

 
 
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Justice Prevails: Rescuing Children from Forced Labor
This is a classic case of debt bondage in which Abid Chattah, the owner of the brick kiln Kudwala Bangla, and his supervisor, Muhammad Rafique, forced Mohammad Baksh's children into bonded labor in Tehsil Yazman in order to collect his debt.

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