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Safety of Children: A Shared Responsibility - Our work in the past year was directed towards catalyzing change and taking pioneering steps towards bringing different stakeholders, such as communities, government systems and adjacent sector CSOs, together to prioritize the safety and protection of children.

Aangan trained community women volunteers across 7 hotspot districts with high rates of child trafficking, child labor, child marriage or exploitation to bring about a positive change in their communities

A rigorous study of Aangan’s preventive approach to child harm by Harvard FXB in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh that builds an evidence-based case for the need of accelerated investments in prevention.

A team of young researchers shed light on the plight of urban loneliness experienced by adolescent girls during the lockdown, with viable suggestions to combat the loneliness engulfing this already vulnerable group.

A look at the efforts of community women from Patna who sprang into action to prevent child marriages at a time when state resources were overstretched and NGOs were unable to reach communities because of restrictions on movement.

A story dedicated to the data-shy women, adolescent girls and community workers that embarked on a path-breaking journey of demystifying and applying community-level data for keeping children safe.

As part of its efforts to highlight successful and creative interventions in the field of girls’ education, Harvard University South Asia Institute looked at Aangan’s ground-breaking work of building resilience to gender-based violence through activating community-based protection systems for adolescent girls.

From Bhubaneswar to Patna, Varanasi, Bhopal and Mumbai, the urban slum is a dangerous place for a child to grow up in. This report documents the interwoven factors that contribute to child vulnerability in these cities and the key resources needed to reverse it.

A report on how Aangan’s Parents and Children Against Trafficking and Harm (PACT) Program made communities safer for children and altered the lives of the women who participated.

The Probation Officer (PO) is a key agent in enabling the reintegration of children in conflict with law into society. This study takes a deep dive into this agent of rehabilitation by looking at her roles and responsibilities, and understanding the challenges that she faces, with the objective of providing solutions to ensure that children in conflict with law get a real opportunity for change.

In 240 villages and urban settlements across 20 hotspot districts of 6 states: Bihar, UQar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha; Aangan brought together 4450 women volunteers and 290 government officials to make communites safer for children.

The J.J. Act advocates that children’s institutions must be child-friendly and have a rehabilitative environment. But implementation of such principles is still far from satisfactory. This study explores, defines and re-defines the entire concept of “child-friendly institutions” from both, the staff’s and mainly the child’s point of view, to provide solutions for improving the effectiveness of children’s institutions.