How Covid Has Put Children At Risk Of Abuse, Labour, Marriage

Shreya Khaitan

Jun 14, 2021

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A six-month old who was touched inappropriately by her father while they were stuck at home during the Covid-19 lockdown

A 14-year-old who might not be able to go back to school as his father, the family's only earning member, has died from the disease

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Five siblings surviving on just one meal a day after their parents lost jobs. A 14-year-old pushed into labour

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This is the toll

Covid-19 is exacting on children, say staff from child welfare non-governmental organisations

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This is the second story

in our two-part series on the pandemic's impact on India's children

Read it here 🔗