In yet another horrifying incident, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh. The girl had reportedly come to attend a wedding when the incident took place. The accused behind the rape was there to set up tents for the ceremony. Her body was recovered in an under-construction home near the wedding […]
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 state’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme. Extremely honoured to b d brand ambassador of Telangana 4 d #Betibachaobetioadhao campaign.Let the change begin 💪🏻😊 […]
It seems that the authorities are finally waking up to the importance of saving the girl child for the country progress. In a bid to spread awareness, Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday (Sept 17) kicked off the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” cycle rally from the Police Line Maidan in Dehradun. Prominent celebrities from the […]
In a bid to spread awareness about child sexual abuse, Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has launched “Bharat Yatra” in Hyderabad on Tuesday. It is a war aimed at pushing for a strong law against human trafficking, rape, child sexual abuse, About the March The march will be flagged off from Vivekananda Memorial, Kanyakumari on September 11, commemorating the […]
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 […]
In a heart-wrenching case, a man strangulated his 3-year-old daughter in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district. Her only mistake was that she was born as a girl.
The Punjab Government seems to be finally working towards elevating the status of the girl child. According to a report, the government has formulated a comprehensive policy to improve the sex-ratio of the state. It aims to achieve this by ensuring proper implementation of the ban on pre-diagnostic tests. Health minister Brahm Mohindra expressed concern over the bleak sex-ratio […]
Who knew that a normal day for this nomadic family would end up becoming a nightmare? In an attack by ‘Gau Rakshaks’, 5 members of this family including a 9-year-old girl have been severely injured. The incident took place in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to a report by NDTV, the incident […]
A culturally embedded preference for male child in the south Asian countries, especially in India, Nepal and China, has led to widespread sex selective abortions, female infanticide and neglect of girls. The anti-girl bias in India has led to a lopsided sex-ratio for years. Only 918 females are born for every 1,000 males in the country. Doctor Ganesh […]
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