Child marriage is a blot on our society. Besides stripping children of their best days of life, it also thwarts them from completing their education and pursuing a career. V Sandhyaâs fate would have been the same if city-based child rights NGO, Balala Hakkula Sangham (BHS), hadn’t intervened. She was 16 and still in school when her parents […]
Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, once infamous for being the district with the lowest sex ratio, is now being hailed as a model. The sex ratio at birth (SRB) has touched an impressive 955 girls per 1,000 boys. In 2011,  Jhunjhunu had the lowest sex ratio of 837 girls per 1,000 boys among 33 districts of Rajasthan. Seven years on, the district has […]
Dr Aditi Sharma is the the only woman wildlife veterinarian in Uttarakhand. She is currently posted at Rajaji Tiger Reserve and has been selected as the brand ambassador for the state governmentâs âBeti Bacho Beti Padhaoâ (save and educate girl child) campaign. Animal enthusiast Dr Sharma is an expert at mollifying ferocious animals such as leopards and […]
Despite Indian government’s repeated efforts to educate and empower the girl child, a lot of girls are still unable to attend school due to societal biases. Yet again the family of an adolescent girl in Chennai reportedly locked her up in a room and abused her for expressing her desire of going to school. The […]
A lot of states are coming up with innovative ideas to promote the campaign Save the girl child. For instance, Raigarh district administration in Chhattisgarh is sending attractive and colourful greeting cards to all those women who give birth to girls. The greeting cards carry the message – ‘Save and educate the girl child’. That is […]
In a bid to sensitize the masses about the need to save the girl child, the Telangana government has decided to rope in actress Rakul Preet Singh as the brand ambassador for the stateâs Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme. Extremely honoured to b d brand ambassador of Telangana 4 d #Betibachaobetioadhao campaign.Let the change begin đȘđ»đ […]
Maharashtra state health minister Deepak Sawant said in a written reply before the assembly that there has been a decline in sex–ratio in the state. The number of girls was 930 per 1,000 boys in 2015 to 899 girls per 1,000 boys in 2016. According to the state health department report this year, the sex ratio […]
Punjab has been termed as the “worst performing state” in terms of child sex-ratio. Not just that, it has also failed miserably in the effective implementation of the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” scheme, meant to elevate the status of the girl child by providing families with appropriate incentives.
