The idea of seeing the “Out of School Children” as “children in need of care and protection” has since 2015 sat in our minds. We believe that strengthening the Child Welfare Committee in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act could be a game changer in all the work and efforts in upliftment of poor and vulnerable children. This Write-up was submitted to the Retd High Court Justice Chandru, One Man Committee studying Juvenile Homes. While we are informed that the study primarily deals with Children in Conflict with Law (CCL), we hope that the next phase of work will be in this direction. Read Full Report..

Keywords: Children in need of Care and Protection, Juveniles, OOSC

In February 2019, two decades after Vishaka and Ors. vs State of Rajasthan was ruled, Payanmaram Trust initiated a simple online review of a few colleges under AICTE (post harrassment complaints from its beneficiaries studying in colleges) to see the state of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) for Sexual Harassment granted by the SC under the PIL. Despite this being presently backed by the POSH Act 2013, there is still a clear lack of will to proactively disclose or set up the necessary redressal institutions to address Sexual Harassment meted out to women in the workplace and in educational institutions failing women time and again. Read Full Report..

Keywords: ICC, LCC, Sexual Harassment, Workplace, Educational Institutions, Bangalore, AICTE

In 2019, the draft National Education policy was released for public review. The review comments are part of this Review document. Read Full Document..

Keywords: Children, National Education Policy