Children

Child rape leaves adult scars

A SEXUALLY abused child is more vulnerable to vitimisation as an adult such torture in childhood, said Shodha Srinath, assistant professor at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological

Publication Date:

14/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Children, Mental Health

India

Is ecology a constraint on female literacy?

"ONE BY one each of the girls answered my questions. What was their name and age? What do they do during the day? What do their parents do? Had they ever been to school and for how long? The children

Publication Date:

14/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921115

pp:

0

Tags:

Women, Children, Education, India, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan

India

Children teach elders with play on street

Against the opulent backdrop of the WHO building in the Capital, children of the Anna Nagar slum act out on the street their problems and the solutions.

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Author(s): Ajit Menon

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921015

pp:

0

Tags:

Slums, Children, Education, India, Delhi

India

Early education is the key to reducing birth rate

Every rupee invested on four years of primary education for girls would yield returns worth Rs 10 of investment on advertising contraceptive technology.

Publication Date:

29/09/1992

Author(s): Ash Mitra

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19920930

pp:

0

Tags:

Population Trends, Children, Education, India

India

What ails Indian mathematics?

Whether it's addition, subtraction or sports, Indians just can't seem to do well at Olympiads

Publication Date:

14/09/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Children, Education, India

Environment

Harsh reality goads Nepal NGOs into action

Environmental degradation in Nepal has spurred several non governmental organisations into working on conservation measures, including teaching children how to manage resources

Publication Date:

14/09/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Children, NGO, Nepal

Environment

Teaching children they will inherit the earth

In Nepal, camps for making children more environmentally conscious are proving increasingly popular. And in many families it's the children who are awakening their parents to these issues.

Publication Date:

30/08/1992

Author(s): Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19920831

pp:

0

Tags:

Children, Environment Education, Nepal

India

A school with an ecological curriculum

For 45 years, a school in Kausani has been inculcating ecological consciousness in hill women

Publication Date:

14/08/1992

Author(s): Deepti Priya

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19920815

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecology, Rural Habitat, Children, Education, India

India

The unaccounted wealth that leaves our shores

The Indian government invests Rs 34 lakh to educate each IIT graduate. It therefore has the moral authority to get him or her to work for the country, at least for a period of five years

Publication Date:

14/08/1992

Author(s): Bhamy V Shenoy

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19920815

pp:

0

Tags:

Children, Finance, Education, Government Of India (GOI)

Environment

Hell or Heaven

A short film in which a father teaches his daughter that hell is not created by God but by humans and if we act responsibly, we can turn hell into heaven.