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»Sexual Assault is About Consent, Skin or No Skin: Bombay HC Faces Backlash After Ruling on Groping
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Sexual Assault is About Consent, Skin or No Skin: Bombay HC Faces Backlash After Ruling on Groping
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In the January 19 judgment, the Bombay High Court said groping a minor s breast without skin-to-skin contact cannot be termed sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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The International Planned Parenthood Federation (South Asia) reacted to the recent Bombay High Court s Skin-to-skin contact ruling with grave concern on Monday. The IPPF said that the judgment is deeply flawed in its understanding of child sexual abuse and fails to take into account the power hierarchy when an adult person abuses his/her authority over a child/minor .
Press release UN agencies warn economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific FAO-UNICEF-WFP-WHO Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable 20 January 2021
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Bangkok, Thailand, 20 January 2021 – The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published today by four specialized agencies of the United Nations.
The report found that 1.9 billion people were unable to afford a healthy diet, even before the COVID-19 outbreak and the damage it has since caused to economies and individual livelihoods.
Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2020: Maternal and child diets at the heart of improving nutrition
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Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable
20/01/2021, Bangkok, Thailand – The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published today by four specialized agencies of the United Nations.
The report, ‘
Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020: Maternal and Child Diets at the Heart of Improving Nutrition’ found that 1.9 billion people were unable to afford a healthy diet in this region, even before the COVID-19 outbreak and the damage it has since caused to economies and individual livelihoods. The report was published jointly by the Food and Agriculture O