Ministry Of Women And Child Development

Delhi govt invites applications for 187 vacancies in WCD department; jobs on offer include posts of block coordinator, block project assistant

Eligible candidates will be invited by the Delhi government’s Department of Women and Child Development for the interview through e-mail only. “

Survivors of sex-trafficking in Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata show how women sold off as slaves are helping others caught in same web

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, 19,223 women and children were trafficked in 2016 alone

Olympics-bound shooter Manu Bhaker's father questions selection criteria after daughter ignored for Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Award

Bhaker has won a plethora of medals in top international competitions since starting out as a 16-year-old in the ISSF World Cup in Mexico in 2018, in which she became the youngest Indian to win a gold at the World Cup

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju targets football movement in India with first-ever women's league to be launched next month

Rijiju said that the women's football league is in the works and it will be one of the most extensive football programmes aimed to inculcate a sporting culture

WCD ministry wants law ministry on board after PIL filed in Delhi HC seeks uniform age of marriage for men, women

The Ministry of Women and Child Development told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the Law Ministry be also taken on board to deal with the issue of fixing a uniform age of marriage

Ayushmann Khurrana to campaign against child sexual abuse with UNICEF, Ministry of Women and Child Development

Ayushmann Khurrana's campaign against child sexual abuse will be played on social media, TV and cinema halls.

POCSO (Amendment) Bill 2019: Cabinet may consider proposal seeking death penalty for aggravated sexual assault of children

The Union Cabinet may consider a proposal seeking death penalty in cases of aggravated penetrative sexual assault of children in POCSO (Amendment) Bill 2019, irrespective of gender, in its meeting on Wednesday, sources said

From Smriti Irani to Nirmala Sitharaman: Women ministers among top guns in Narendra Modi 2.0 Cabinet

Irani isn’t an actor-turned-politician who just come out of nowhere and turned Amethi’s 39-year-old political affiliations on its head.

Steady rise in Child Sex Ratio in Haryana's Jhajjar gives BJP ammo to counter criticism of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign

Awareness regarding protecting and educating girl children due to Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign and legal actions against those practising female infanticide helped improve Child Sex Ratio in Haryana

In Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur, ill-equipped anganwadi centres struggle to stymie malnourishment among children

Many problems plague the the workforce of anganwadi centres in Lalitpur, including the lack of training, irregular payments, lack of job standardisation, poor compensation