Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a serious and widespread problem in India, as it is in many parts of the world today. Millions of children across the globe are subject to sexual abuse.

Various studies conducted on child abuse in India, including the one conducted by the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India in 2007, have revealed that more than 53.22% children in the country reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse. It also states that boys account for around 53% and girls for 47% of all children reporting abuse in India.

Also technology has made it easier for abusers to connect with potential child victims. In a global compilation of reports by National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), India tops the list on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), with 11.7% of the total reports or 19.87 lakh reports. Children and adolescents are vulnerable in the digital and virtual world, where they can be subjected to online sexual abuse. The cyber space has no boundaries, and the offensive content can originate from any country.

Yi's Project Masoom was conceived to spread awareness about Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), and advocate prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. The objective is to empower children, create attentive adults, train teachers for capacity building, advocate CSA prevention policies in schools to create safer school environments, and engage with government for advocating policy reforms.

Since 2015, the helping hands of 3200+ strong Yi members across 52 city chapters in 25 States and 3 Union Territories in India, have enabled Project Masoom, to impact more than 27 million lives though more than 2400 activities. 

Young Indians (Yi) is a movement for Indian Youth to converge, lead, co-create and influence India's future. Yi, an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), was formed in the year 2002, to create a platform for young Indians to work towards realizing a dream of a developed nation. It has a growing, inclusive membership across all geographies and demographics with over 3200 direct members in 52 chapters, and 29500 students YUVA members from colleges. The Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the age group of 21-45 years and comprises young entrepreneurs, professionals and achievers from different walks of life. Through thousands of impactful projects and activities divided primarily into three areas; "Youth Leadership", "Nation Building" and "Thought Leadership", Yi hopes to emerge as the premier Indian youth organization having a voice on relevant platforms that work on solving India's problems. Yi grooms its members for offices of significance and also enables Indian youth to converge, collaborate and co-create using an expanding digitally enabled network.

Under Youth Leadership, Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for its members through programs in entrepreneurship and innovation. Yi is one of the proud founders of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance (G20 YEA) & Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs – Asia Pacific (CAYE- Asia Pacific) & engages the youth through international missions to many countries around the world to understand and learn from the best practices and cultures. Yi's student wing 'Yuva' engages over 29500 young dynamic students from various educational streams through 130 Yuva Institutions.

Under Nation Building, Yi engages its members under its projects as MASOOM, Gift an Organ and Road Safety. Yi also works under the broad categories of education, environment, healthcare, employability, arts (sports & culture), rural initiatives, accessibility & disaster management contributing positively to its surrounding ecosystem and the nation.

Under Thought Leadership, Yi engages its members through a Contributory Movement of Constructive Action, Collaborative Reasoning and Collective Voice. Yi conducts learning sessions with industry experts to impart experiential learning through interactions and discussions. Yi Leadership Academy (LA) upholds the founding principles, values and instils the same in Yi membership through Yi Leaders Fellowship Program. Yi organizes its Annual Flagship Summit Take Pride to come together as one and celebrate Yi's achievements, brainstorm over the future roadmap, share and showcase the effort of its membership from across its 52 chapters.

With Eighteen years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger movement of young people with a conviction in "We Can, We Will".

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