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RESOURCES

Ideas, evidence and stories for safer childhoods

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Scene from Ripples of Change film

Ripples of Change

Meet some of the 3,000 women across Bihar who are stepping up to protect girls from child marriage, trafficking, sexual abuse and everyday violence. As members of Girl Safety Police Panels, they are turning concern into action and making safety everyone’s business.

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Risk to Resilience film

From risk to resilience

Can communities really build child safety systems that address serious harm like child marriage, adolescent suicide, child trafficking or isolation from peers? Here’s how women and girls in Bihar lead the work across districts Patna and Bhojpur.

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FILMS

RESEARCH & INSIGHTS

The Vulnerable Child and the Climate Crisis report cover

The Vulnerable Child and the Climate Crisis

October 2025

Examining how the climate crisis is dismantling the very foundations of childhood: safety, care, schooling, and belonging.

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Absent but not Unseen Girl - Jharkand Factsheet

Absent but Not Unseen Girl- Jharkhand Factsheet

June 2025

Highlights how irregular attendance—often overlooked—signals early risk of dropout, especially among adolescent girls.

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Averting Child Marriage during COVID-19 report cover

Averting Child Marriage during COVID - 19

May 2022

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.

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Alone Together report cover

Alone Together Report

January 2021

Young researchers shed light on the plight of urban loneliness experienced by adolescent girls during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Before, Not After: Harvard FXB's Study on Aangan's Child Protection Model report cover

Before, Not After: Harvard FXB's Study on Aangan's Child Protection Model

February 2019

A study of Aangan’s preventive approach to child harm by Harvard FXB in Uttar Pradesh, making the case for greater investment in prevention.

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Women & Girls Powered by Data report cover

Women and Girls Powered by Data

May 2018

A story of women, adolescent girls and community workers using community-level data to help keep children safe.

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Minor Issues in Major Cities report cover

Minor Issues in Major Cities

September 2016

This report explores the interwoven factors that contribute to child vulnerability in urban slums across Indian cities, and the resources needed to address them.

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PACT: Building Bridges Transforming Lives report cover

PACT: Building Bridges Transforming Lives

June 2016

How Aangan’s PACT programme made communities safer for children and transformed the lives of participating women.

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Interrogating the Norm report cover

Interrogating the Norm

May 2015

Harvard University South Asia Institute highlights Aangan’s work in building resilience to gender-based violence through community-based protection systems for adolescent girls.

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A Real Opportunity for Change report cover

A Real Opportunity for Change

March 2010

The role of probation officers in helping children in conflict with the law reintegrate into society, and the challenges and solutions that shape this work.

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Changing Spaces report cover

Changing Spaces

March 2006

Rethinking child-friendly institutions through the experiences of children and staff, with practical solutions for creating more effective, rehabilitative environments.

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