Ever since the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child in 1992, India has come a long way in drafting and re-drafting schemes, policies and laws to protect children from abuse, neglect and exploitation. While a lot of thought is put into drafting these legislations and policies, their implementation varies substantially across states, limiting the fulfilment of their objectives.
The two prevalent schemes for children are the Integrated Child Development Scheme and the Integrated Child Protection Scheme. Substantial literature is available on the former, limited research and data are available on the latter. Most studies falling under this domain focus on analysing and criticising the legislations, but not on their impact.
Children have always been considered as a sensitive and vulnerable group to work with and due to limited access to these sensitive spaces, scholars and researchers have been hesitant to record and document the voices and perspectives of children towards a scheme that focuses and works for their holistic development.
Through this study, the researcher has tried to view the Child Protection System from the lived experiences of 10 children who are/have been part of the Child Protection System in Delhi, India.
