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Former chairperson of the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Shobha Koshy, in her introductory speech, said media were important in protection of child rights. Antony said society was not paying enough attention to rehabilitation of child victims, and it was time to think if social interventions were bearing fruit. Humaneness in reporting would ensure that child rights are upheld, said Sebastian Paul, critic. Knowing children’s minds and hearts in depth and the awareness that there were things one did not know about would help in taking up reporting that protected children’s dignity, Mr.
Venugopal said. more-inMedia reporting of cases in which children are victims should be in a manner that protects their dignity, said Information and Public Relations Secretary P.
Venugopal..