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September 2018

Articles, Corporate Social Responsibility,

Corporate Social Responsibility: Road Map for Early Childhood Care and Development

by September 7, 2018no comment

(ARNEC Connections , 2013)
By Ridhi Sethi, Dr. Asha Singh, Dr. Bhanumathi Sharma
New Delhi, India

“Care and development of young children  has been the primary responsibility of the family, supplemented by society through strong community bonds, and cultural mores and values” (Konantambigi, 2007, p. 31). The different systems of care are working in tandem to secure the goals of child development. A focus on the ‘Child Rights Approach’ has led to significant changes in policy and practice in the functioning of the Indian State. It is this development of efforts that has today brought us to a place where we are rethinking our strategy – the strategy of ‘shared responsibility’, finding resonance in the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) approach.

 

 

Child Care,

Road map for investing in the care of children: Indian Perspective

by September 7, 2018no comment

(Integrated Journal of Social Sciences, 2017)
Dr. Ridhi Sethi, Asha Singh, Bhanumathi Sharma

Abstract
The role that investments in young children play in social and economic development is being recognized globally. In the advent of strong economic and social forces that influence children and their families, childhood has become even more vulnerable today. These strains may be both macro and micro in nature. These include work pressures on parents, economic hardship among families, lack of good non familial support systems and inadequate support from the nation/state. As the world awaits the implementation of the sustainable development goals it becomes imperative to look at the issues of both parental and non parental care. In this paper the authors explore the whole phenomena of investing in child care and its effect on children’s development and empowerment of women. The authors will also outline the trajectory of investments in the form of support from both the private and public sector and the possibility of partnerships in the form of corporate social responsibility.