According to the latest data by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), over 32,000 cases of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) were reported in 2017 while almost 40,000 cases were reported in 2018 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).

In this episode of our podcast Pinjra Tod Kar, we talk about how Child Sexual Abuse is prevalent in society and how we need to fight. Suno India team sat down with 20-year-old Pooja, who works at Shaheen and is a survivor of Child Sexual Abuse. You will also hear from child rights activists Padmashri awardee Shantha Sinha, Founder secretary of MV Foundation and Ramesh Kidambi, and Chhavi Dawar from Break the Silence, a not-for-profit that works in raising awareness on child sexual abuse. Ramesh and Chavvi also conduct workshops on how to inform children and create awareness on child sexual abuse.

This podcast is conceived and produced by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad with the support of Suno-India and Bol-Hyderabad.