Sex Education

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines reproductive health as a state of the physical, mental and social well being of everything related to the reproductive system and its functions in a person. It does not imply the mere absence of illness or a disease of the system but the right and ability to have a […]

India is growing rapidly with huge transformation in its society, but it continues to maintain its deep-rooted cultural attitudes about certain issues. Even in the twenty-first century, sex education is still a taboo subject in India. Every day, roughly 100 children, both boys and girls, are sexually abused in this country. And it looks that […]

“That was a bad touch. Therefore uncle is guilty. I can differentiate between good touch and bad touch. It was taught at school”- testifies a 9-year-old, who was abused by a 54-year-old man. The molestation happened on November 26, 2020, at the boy’s house in Thumba, Trivandrum and man was a domestic help at their […]

A special fast track court in Kerala sentenced a man to stringent imprisonment of five years  in January for sexually abusing a minor boy in 2020 under the POCSO Act. The judgement came as a result of the nine year old boy’s strong remark that he knew he was exploited because he was taught in […]