The Ministry of Women and Child Development organised a day-long consultation on 16^th January, 2017 with all stakeholders including Ministries of Home Affairs, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of School Education and Literacy,  National Commission for  Protection of Child Rights and  civil society organisations working on the issue to brainstorm on the process of forming a National Alliance against  Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation. The aim of the consultation was to develop a comprehensive outreach system to engage parents, schools, communities, NGO partners and local governments (PRIs and ULBs) as well as police and lawyers to ensure better implementation of the legal framework, policies, national strategies and standards in relation to child protection and child rights. During the consultation inter- need for the alliance was endorsed with emphasis on setting up National response team with a multi member Secretariat at Ministry of Women & Child Development.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt Krishna Raj in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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