To mark the seventh anniversary of Nirbhaya gang rape, the Bihar Police has announced a district-wide programme to prevent violence against women and girls.
Boys are less likely to tell a family member about their experiences with abuse. Boys are 89% less likely than girls to reach out for psychiatric support after they have been victims of sexual violence.
To discover the root cause of the high dropout rate in Pakur, a rural district in Jharkhand, data showed that a high percentage of dropouts in the district may be at risk of engaging in exploitative child labour.