Today is dedicated to the Girl Child.
We have days dedicated to Special causes all through the year. Today is also the National Day for the Mentally Challenged and also today is the SAARC Day.
Well coming back to "Girl Child Day", girls are generally considered a burden and not welcome in Indian homes as much as a male child would be. A few days back I had seen an article on India being a terrible place to be born a girl.
The reason for all this is the still largely prevalent dowry and the traditional marriage system as well as the pathetic position that women generally occupy in the largely patriarchal Indian Society. Female foeticide is still not a thing of the past and girls being abandoned by their parents or relatives is very much happening.
Whatever the development programmes maybe initiated by the Governments, maybe at the Central, State or District levels leaves a lot to be desired in terms of implementation. There are many NGOs in the scene who do yeoman's work, but it is much lesser than what is needed at the moment.
The awakening should happen from within and till that time, we will continue to have these special days for the girls who loathe the day they were born.
Pic- The Internet
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Gujarat Chief Minister has set an example for rest of India to take care of the girl child with his "Beti Bachao Andolan" which as expected was not much talked by the media. But I find this link in UNICEF.
"The Government of Gujarat did not lose time and chalked out a two-pronged strategy to tackle the problem of female foeticide, under the personal stewardship of Chief Minister:
§ Effective enforcement of the Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique Act, popularly known as PNDT Act
§ Launch of an intensive awareness campaign called “Beti Bachao Abhiyan” (Save the Daughter Campaign) to change mindsets of community towards the girl child"
Good work must be appreciated. Dont know why the congress governments in their States or even in Center try to implement this all over India. It requires Heart afterall :)
Link: http://www.unicef.org/india/media_3284.htm
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