Aatmja Kumari(Intern Journalist): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani said on Wednesday that the government is preparing to introduce the most stringent law on the trafficking of women and children in Parliament. Addressing the third ‘Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit on the Fair Share for Children’, he said that the government is working very seriously towards the protection of children.
‘Laureates and Leaders for Children’ is a nexus to ensure children’s rights, headed by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. The Lok Sabha passed ‘The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection, and Rehabilitation) Bill’ in 2018, but it could not be passed by the Rajya Sabha. The bill expired after the first term of the Modi government ended in 2019. Referring to other steps taken by the government for the protection and protection of children, the Union Minister said that before the epidemic, Parliament had passed a stringent law to protect children from sexual harassment and made provisions for punishment to those involved.
A report focused on India said that complaints related to domestic violence against women increased from 25 March to 31 May. The report also mentions the adverse effects on the global economy due to the epidemic. It warns that if the epidemic continues beyond 2020, the world economy will shrink by 5.2 percent. Along with this, there is also the danger of more than 400 million people going into extreme poverty. Not only this, 34.7 crore children are still unable to access school feeding programs due to school closure and more than 1.2 million children below five years of age are estimated to die from malnutrition in the next six months.
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