Ensuring Child Rights - A Guide for Socio-Behavioral Practices for Industry Employees
By Ayaan Goyal
Empowering Employees to Protect Child Rights
I developed Child Rights Matter, a comprehensive guide designed to help industry employees adopt child-friendly practices and uphold ethical standards in their operations. This initiative bridges the gap between corporate responsibility and child rights advocacy, ensuring businesses play an active role in protecting vulnerable children.
Download the guide:
Guide Creation & Validation
I worked extensively on research and content development, ensuring the guide provides clear, actionable steps for FMCG employees. The guide was validated by Retd. Justice Mukul Mudgal, reinforcing its legal credibility, along with contributing to the guide - a forward.
Training & Awareness Workshops
Conducted interactive sessions with FMCG employees and HR teams to translate the guide into everyday action. These workshops focus on identifying red flags, reporting mechanisms, and building a child-conscious workplace culture from the ground up.
Endorsements from Child Rights Authorities
To maximize impact, I sought and secured endorsements from state and national child rights authorities, further establishing the guide as a valuable resource for ethical corporate practices.
Publication & Corporate Adoption
The guide is now being introduced to companies, encouraging them to integrate child-friendly policies into their supply chains and workplace environments. By promoting corporate adoption, I aim to create long-term systemic change in the industry.
Key Milestones
Endorsement, Pledges & Adoption
OUR COLLABORATIONS
Legal Connects
Forward from Ex-Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal (download)
"As someone who has authored works on legal frameworks and served on various national and international committees, I commend this initiative for its significant contribution to corporate ethics and child rights protection in India's FMCG sector"
TriLegal Partnership (download LoR)
Worked with the team to learn how legal frameworks can protect vulnerable children. Dug deep into laws like the Juvenile Justice Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, offering fresh insights into how these laws can more effectively safeguard children's rights
Collaborating with Advocate & Legal Consultant Mr. Prabhjit Jauhar (download LoR)
(specialist in child repatriation laws). Researched on how custody laws could better safeguard children from being economically exploited.
NGO
-
Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the Children): Collaborating with them to obtain CSR Funding towards projects specific to promoting child education, child nutrition and child sanitization.
-
The Creative Thinker Forum (TCTF):
Working with them to raise funds for vocational courses beyond school which can help them get meaningful jobs based on their interest. -
Child Rights & You (CRY):
Awareness campaign, propaganda workshops, fund raising & media campaign for child rights advocacy.
Corporate Engagement
List of organisations who have pledged not to engage with Child Labour through their supply chain & work place
(click to view endorsement letter)