RESOURCES
Ideas, evidence and stories for safer childhoods

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RESEARCH & INSIGHTS

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.

Absent but Not Unseen Girl- Jharkhand Factsheet
June 2025
Highlights how irregular attendance—often overlooked—signals early risk of dropout, especially among adolescent girls.

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.

Alone Together Report
January 2021
Young researchers shed light on the plight of urban loneliness experienced by adolescent girls during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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.

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.

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.

PACT: Building Bridges Transforming Lives
June 2016
How Aangan’s PACT programme made communities safer for children and transformed the lives of participating women.

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.



