About the Book: Childhood Realities: Working and Abused Children
According to 2011 Census of India, out of 1. 21 billion people in India 472
million population is below 1 8 years. The Government of Indias Study on Child
Abuse 2007, reveals that alarming number of children are being abused and
neglected in India due to various reasons. Two out of three children are
physically abused, sixty five percent of school going children experiences come
fo rm o f co r p o ra l punishment, more than half children have reported some
or other form of sexual abuse and majority of children have informed their
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