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SC sets aside Calcutta HC's order that asked adolescent girls to control s
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the judgement of Calcutta High Court which had advised "adolescent girls to control their sexual urges" and restored the conviction under rape charges against a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor and later marrying her.
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Nearly 6,500 adolescent girls die in childbirth every year in South Asia:
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Nearly 6,500 adolescent girls die in childbirth in South Asia every year, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a joint statement on Friday.
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Rajasthan women and child development dept signs MoU with philanthropic or
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Women and Child Development Department of the government of Rajasthan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Children Investment Fund Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation, on Monday to improve nutrition in adolescent girls and women.
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MoU signed to achieve improvement in nutritional status among adolescent g
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of AYUSH on Monday, aimed at achieving improvement in the nutritional status of adolescent girls in five Utkarsh districts.
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MoWCD, MoAYUSH to sign MoU on nutritional status of adolescent girls in 5
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"Through collaboration and coordinated efforts, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) and the Ministry of AYUSH have been working towards leveraging traditional knowledge, promoting wellness through joint yoga protocols, and promoting diet diversity through the consumption of loc
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Union Government to encourage HPV vaccination for cervical cancer through
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The National Technical Advisory Group for Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended introduction of The quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (qHPV) vaccine in the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) with a one-time catch-up for 9-14 year-old adolescent girls followed with routine introduction
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"Observations were problematic": SC on Calcutta HC's judgement on asking a
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised a Calcutta High Court judgement of December last year which stated that adolescent girls must control their sexual urges instead of giving in to two minutes of pleasure.
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"Judges not expected to express personal views": SC on Calcutta HC's order
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday said that some parts of Calcutta High Court judgment that stated that adolescent girls must control their sexual urges instead of giving in to two minutes of pleasure "were highly objectionable and completely unwarranted".
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Go Nisha Go Wins 'Best Serious Game' at the Gala2023 Serious Games Competi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5: Go Nisha Go, a mobile game designed with and for adolescent girls in India, was named "Best Serious Game" at the Gala2023 Serious Games competition in Dublin, Ireland. Led by Howard Delafield International (HDI), it was created by the USAID-funded Game of Choic
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Odisha: CM Naveen Patnaik launches "Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana"
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched the 'Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana' in the state for fulfilling the nutritional needs among the mothers, adolescent girls and children, in addition to this CM also launched the 'Pada Pushti Yojana', said an official statement from Odi
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DCW chief Swati Maliwal issues notice to Centre, seeks introduction of HPV
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Wednsday said that she issued notice to the Centre seeking the introduction of the HPV(Human Papillomavirus) vaccine in the Universal Immunization Programme for adolescent girls.
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IDEATE 2023: Advocates for Foundational and Lifecycle Interventions to Emp
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Speaking at the 12th edition of IDEATE 2023, a Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation initiative in partnership with FICCI and UNICEF as knowledge partner, Vipin Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Educ
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