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National Alliance Against Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation to be set up

New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) Concerned over the rising incidents of sexual abuse and exploitation of children, the Ministry of Women & Child Development will form a National Alliance Against Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation with the aim of developing a comprehensive outreach system to engage parents, schools, communities, NGO partners and local government bodies as well as police and lawyers to ensure better implementation of child protection and child rights.
The Ministry hosted a day-long consultation today with all stakeholders including the Ministries of Home Affairs, Health and Family Welfare, Electronics and Information Technology, Department of School Education and Literacy, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and civil society organisations working on the issue at Civil Services Officer’s Institute (CSOI) here.
Though India has a comprehensive legal framework for protection of child rights in the form of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, POCSO Act, 2012 along with RTE Act 2009 and recently amended Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2106, there is limited awareness of online risks for children, both among parents and guardian and children themselves,
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