ProtectOurChildren | Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar's official website - Member of Parliament

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is committed to protecting children. He believes crimes against

children are the worst forms of cruelty, especially because they violate the basic trust
and care that a child expects from an adult. Concerned over the growing danger of
abuse to young children and lack of child safety in India, he has advocated measures to
create safe environments for children and for those who have been victimised.

Rajeev advocates a three-pronged approach to tackling the malaise of Child Sexual

Abuse, through increasing Accountability, bolstering mechanisms for Prevention, and
ensuring swifter Prosecution.

Consistently drawing attention to the deficient laws on Child Safety, Rajeev made
continued interventions in the Parliament, written thought provoking articles in the
National media, engaged with State Governments and taken up the cause in the State
High Courts. He has highlighted the glaring gaps that exist in the institutional response
to Child Sexual Abuse vehemently, and holds that children will remain exposed and
vulnerable to sexual assault until the Government commits to a roadmap to ensure the
safety of our children.

As a Member of Parliament from Bengaluru, which has seen several incidents of sexual
assaults perpetrated against children, Rajeev has pushed relentlessly for Governments
– State and Central, police and judiciary to adopt a zero tolerance approach towards
crimes against children.

Under his ProtectOurChildren initiative, Rajeev seeks to ensure institutional responses

to Child Sexual Abuse and the wider issue of Child Rights and Child Safety.
In December 2015 Rajeev initiated the National Coalition to ProtectOurChildren - a civil
society group - to help the government frame a policy that will ensure safety and well-
being of children.

Rajeev regularly engages with diverse stakeholders-parents, students, teachers,

counsellors, school managements etc. apart from academics, legal experts in
deliberations to ensure a more proactive approach to child safety.

https://rajeev.in/issues/protect-our-children/