Javaid Rashid, PhD, is afaculty member in Social Work, University of Kashmir. He has done his M Phil and PhD research from School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and his area ofinterest is childhood, childprotection and development. Dr Javaid has previouslyworked with some oftheprominent international and national organizations working in the area of child-protection and rights like SavetheChildren, ActionAid International, AsianCentreforHuman-Rights, Butterflies-and European Union. He was awarded Young Social Researcher Award, LSE London.