Jaipur: A total of 1,555 cases of lost children were reported in Rajasthan between January-July 2020.
At 85% of cases, missing children were girls.
In the absolute number of 1,323 girls lost in the first six months of 2020, revealing status reports by the rights of children and you (crying) about the situation of children lost during the Pandemic Covid-19.
In the status report ‘Covid and lost childhood’, Cry has analyzed the data accessed from Rajasthan police and the ministry of women and the development of children (MCWD).
This survey was conducted for the world day against trafficking people who revealed that in Rajasthan at an average of five children reportedly lost per day between Jan-July 2020, where four girls.
Rajasthan is among the five northern countries where crying draws conclusions including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.
Primary and secondary data is used in status reports to analyze the status of lost children during Covid-19.
Secondary data is accessed through the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) Annual Report ‘Crime in India’ (2015-2019) to understand the trends of previous years.
Describing the relevance of status reports, Soha Moitra, Regional Director, Cry (North), said, “Children who are lost are often the target of easy human trafficking and the current pandemic situation only exacerbates it.
Pandemic implications in terms of loss of life and livelihoods, increases Schools, Children’s Marriage, Orphans Due to Covid Death Covid Parents / Guardians have added to the vulnerability of traded children.
Data obtained from Rajasthan Police and MWCD suggested trends that are highly related to children missing in the state.
” The report said that even though it was reduced by national locking and increased the presence of police on the border and roads 316 children lost in the state in April and perhaps from them 91% (288 in absolute count) are girls.
The situation only get worse after unlocking with the number of cases of missing children up to 359 in just one month.
The number of children traced and found was also lacking during the locking months in Rajasthan.
At least the number of children was tracked / found in March, April and May 2020.
With 7% of children found / traced in April, less than half of the number of children found / traced in February, the report said.
Data obtained from MWCD provides insight into wise segregation of cases of missing children in the state.
Describing the wise trend of the age of the cases lost in Rajasthan Moitra said “trends that raise concerns are that the highest number of lost children is the age group 12-18 years.
Of total cases of 73% of children aged 12-18 years .
What is more worrying is the maximum children lost in this age group are daughters (82%) “.