Handwara, Oct. 11 -- The Tehsil Legal Services Committee (TLSC) Handwara, in collaboration with the Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Forum HQ-DELHI JK UT, today organized an awareness programme at AIIMS School, Handwara, to commemorate International Girl Child Day.

The event aimed to highlight the importance of educating and empowering the girl child, ensuring gender equality, and spreading awareness about the legal rights and protections available to girls and women under the law.

The programme featured insightful talks by resource persons from TLSC Handwara. Advocate Tawseef Raja (LADC) delivered a session on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, emphasizing mechanisms for reporting and preventing sexual o...