Towards Freedom from Child Sexual Abuse

Towards Freedom from Child Sexual Abuse

Towards Freedom from Child Sexual Abuse

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The State of Gender Equality – #GenderGaps with Pooja Taparia on Towards Freedom from Child Sexual Abuse.

Greetings from the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi!
On behalf of the Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC) at IMPRI, GenDev Centre for Research and Innovation and Delhi Post Newswe invite you to a IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk –

The State of Gender Equality #GenderGaps 

Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: January 19, 2021; Tuesday
Time: 18:00 IST (GMT+5:30)
Platform: Zoom and Facebook live

Speaker:
Ms Pooja Taparia, Founder and Chief Executive, Arpan

Pooja Taparia is Founder and Chief Executive of Arpan, a globally recognized, award winning NGO working towards the elimination of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in India. Based in Mumbai, with a team of over 100 dedicated professionals, Arpan is India’s largest NGO providing CSA Prevention and Intervention services for both children and adults. As a critical stakeholder for state and non-state actors, Arpan is a leading voice in the space of CSA Prevention and Intervention in India, and uses advocacy and research to push for policy and systemic change at the local, state and national levels.

Pooja is a member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) and has received numerous awards for her work on Child Abuse, including the Inspire Award, the Astitwa Award, the Architects of the Future Award and the Karmaveer Puraskar Award.

As a leader, Pooja embodies the spirit of the modern-day social entrepreneur and has grown Arpan from a 3 person startup into a global thought leader in the CSA space, with innovative impact models that work with a range of stakeholders, from children and parents to state bodies and teachers. Arpan’s key project focuses on Personal Safety Education in schools, teaching children and adolescents (ages 4 to 15) about personal safety so they can identify and seek help in unsafe situations. Arpan also trains and empowers teachers and parents with the knowledge, attitude and skills needed to prevent and deal with CSA.

Since 2007 Arpan has impacted over 1.6 million children and adults, and has received 6 National and 2 International Awards, including the WISE Award and the C. Henry Kempe Award.

Discussants:
Dr Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director at Society for Promotion of Youth & Masses, New Delhi

Ms Achama Mathew, Chief Education Officer, Bombay Cambridge Gurukul (BCG) Schools; Board Member, Arpan

Registration and Facebook Live Link for Towards Freedom from Child Sexual Abuse

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/HwwvgRINA8s

Facebook Live Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=external&v=1167115710373577

Media Coverage:

Challenges And Ways Forward Towards Freedom From Child Sexual Abuse, Youth Ki Awaaz

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Date And Time

19/01/2021 @ 06:00 PM to
19/01/2021 @ 07:30 PM
 

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20/01/2021
 

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