National Girl Child Day Observed Today

The National Girl Child Day is being observed on 24th January with the objective of raising consciousness of the society towards the girl child so that she can be valued and respected. Ministry of Women and Child Development has been taking a multi pronged approach to address and reverse the trend of declining child sex ratio in the country.

The objective of all these initiatives is to work towards ensuring that girls are born, loved and nurtured and grow up to become empowered citizens of this country with equal rights and opportunities.

Why is India's Child Sex Ratio Falling?
Campaign Against Sex Selective Abortion held a recent discussion in Chennai with representatives from various fields to devise strategies to halt the declining child sex ratio in India.

As part of the activities being undertaken to celebrate the National Girl Child Day, a nation-wide slogan writing competition amongst high school children in the age group of 14-18 years is being organized by the National Mission for Empowerment of Women under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

The objective of organizing this competition is to let students suggest a fresh mnemonic through the slogans for the theme "save the girl child'.

The slogan should reflect the larger concern of gender equity and empowerment of girls in a rights based approach.

Azad: Skewed Sex Ratio Needs to Be Checked Urgently
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that there was an urgent need to overcome the male-biased sex-ratio in the country through a combination of strategies, including new laws and advocacy.

Source-ANI

Taiwan: Abortion Curb Restores Birth Sex Ratio
In Taiwan, tougher checks on illegal sex-selective abortions prevented nearly 1,000 terminations of female foetuses, say health authorities.

Girl Child Marriages Decline in South Asia
Study says that girl child marriages have significantly declined since 1991.