The program has been initiated in last phase on an experimental basis, since it emerged as a full fledged programme in CWS, from August 2005. The programme is implemented by partners and networks in AP, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand with a special focus on girl children. The programme works for children’s rights on education and their survival and development.

The CWS is supporting a school health programme in urban municipal schools of Hyderabad.

One of the priorities is identifying child labour in rural areas and making Panchayats accountable for identifying the same and mitigating the problem through birth registration, and mainstreaming them into educational institutions, eradicating the widely prevalent practice of child marriage, campaigning against the same.

Efforts are also on to produce literature on child rights and related issues mentioned above and to disseminate them among various stakeholders.

Child Rights programme also work with various state level networks in identifying the children’s concerns like, eradicating child labour (ILO-IPEC), child sexual abuse, halting child marriages.