Child Rights Watch, Chandigarh

Over 450 million children, globally, live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability, as per a recent study conducted by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Simply put, one in five children, across countries, does not have access to sufficient water to meet their everyday needs. In India, this threat looms over 20 million children.

Over 450 Million Children Globally Do Not Have Enough Water To Meet Their Everyday Needs: UNICEF In India, this threat looms over 20 million children.

The brief finds that not only are children and adolescents highly vulnerable to the impacts of the pandemic, but that these ramifications are manifold and require immediate attention. The analysis highlights the disproportionately greater vulnerability of girls in the areas of education, domestic violence, child marriage, domestic workload, and mental health.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Adolescents: Early Evidence in India | ORF At the time of writing this brief, there were 111 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the globe; the death toll was at 2.46 million

Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF today.

COVID-19: A threat to progress against child marriage – released on International Women’s Day – warns that school closures, economic stress, service disruptions, pregnancy, and parental deaths due to the pandemic are putting the most vulnerable girls at increased risk of child marriage.

10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 With 25 million child marriages averted in the last decade, UNICEF issues warning on International Women’s Day that these gains are now under serious threat

On 22.03.2021 in Government Model Senior Secondary School, Maoya, Sh. Mahavir Singh, Learned Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, UT Chandigarh inaugurated the Anti-Drugs Club. Sh Mahavir Singh ji enlightened the students with valuable knowledge. He made students aware of the ill effects of the drugs and laws related to illegal drug issues
Sh. Mahavir Singh ji also visited the EWSN students' skill training and appreciated the students as well as faculty members of GMSSS Maloya.

Training program for support persons, interpreters and translators being organised by District Child Protection Unit on 27th March 2019.