{"id":6230,"date":"2026-05-20T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/?p=6230"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:10:20","slug":"awareness-session-protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-pocso-act-2012-and-reporting-mechanisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/?p=6230","title":{"rendered":"Awareness Session \u2013 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and Reporting Mechanisms."},"content":{"rendered":"

Under the Awareness Campaign \u201cSurakshit Bachpan, Surakshit Bhavishya\u201d and the JAGRITI Scheme, 2025- POCSO Act Sensitization, Shahdara District Legal Services Authority organized an awareness session on the topic \u201cProtection of Children from Sexual Offices (POCSO) Act, 2012 and Reporting Mechanisms\u201d on 20.05.2026 for the students and faculty members of SKV, Anand Vihar.<\/p>\n

During the Session, Ms. Puvali Singh, LAC and Resource Person, explained the provisions \u00a0and objectives of the POCSO Act in a simple and interactive manner. She explained on the distinction between sexual harassment and sexual assault and sensitized the participants about the legal safeguards available to children under the Act. She further highlighted that reporting of such offences is mandatory for educational institutions under the law.<\/p>\n

The resource person also explained the child-friendly environment maintained in POCSO Courts during the hearing of such cases and discussed the important role played by the police, teachers, and educational institutions in handling and reporting matters related to POCSO cases.<\/p>\n

The session was highly interactive and well appreciated by the participants. The students and faculty members actively participated in the discussion and raised several queries, which were addressed satisfactorily by the Resource Person. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Under the Awareness Campaign \u201cSurakshit Bachpan, Surakshit Bhavishya\u201d and the JAGRITI Scheme, 2025- POCSO Act Sensitization, Shahdara District Legal Services Authority organized an awareness session on the topic \u201cProtection of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6235,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230\/revisions\/6235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dslsa.org\/shd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}