Change approach towards ‘HER’ and pledge for ‘Empowering girls for brighter tomorrow’
New Delhi, Jan 24: We are celebrating the National Girl Child Day today and the third Anniversary of Beto Bachao Beto Pathao scheme. The theme for the day is ‘Empowering girls for brighter tomorrow’ and creating awareness on the issue of declining child sex ratio.
The day is initiated in 2008, objectives to highlight the inequality of girls promote awareness on the range of topics like the importance of education, health and hygiene and rights of girl child etc. gender discrimination is a huge problem faced by many areas. On this day various events organised across the country.
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhibjp, Union Minister Dr Virendra Kumar and Ministry of Women and Child Development officials inaugurate the National Girl Child Day celebrations in New Delhi today.
‘Innovations under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ — a comprehensive booklet encapsulating 38 innovative activities from Districts across the country released. Interventions have been categorised under 5 themes: Survival, Protection, Education, Participation & Valuing Girls.
On the occasion of this day, Five states & 25 districts felicitated for their commendable work towards:
Effective Community Engagement
Enforcement of PC & PNDT Act
Enabling Girl Child Education
“Thank you for relentlessly driving the mission of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. With the consistent efforts of the Government, we have been successful in bringing an entire social transformation,” said Maneka Gandhi to stakeholders.
Something special for those ‘60 seconds’….
The ministry has urged people to pull out your mobiles & record a video telling us why your Girl is Special, in under 60 seconds. Something special awaits the best storyteller. Tweet us the videos with the hashtag #NationalGirlChildDay
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao central sector scheme with 100 per cent financial assistance for district-level component and the funds are directly released to the DC and DM's account. The scheme is a comprehensive programme to address the declining child sex ratio and related issues of empowerment of women.