beti bachao beti padhao passage
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The struggle of a girl child begins even before the day she is conceived. In India, female foeticide is a worrying practice, as cheap abortion technology allows households to exercise their preference for sons over daughters. She is ‘lucky’ if she is allowed to be born. Even after birth, the girl child faces discrimination and oppression. She is not provided with proper nutrition compared to her male siblings, her education is not given much importance and in many cases, parents prefer that their sons continue schooling, and want their daughters to stay at home and do household work.
The Government is also concerned with declining child sex ratio and in 2015 it launched “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” Scheme, to create awareness on the need to protect the girl child and focus on their education.
# Ways by which we can help
•Spread awareness and change mindsets to ensure that communities and families.
•Welcome and celebrate daughters.
•Education for all girl children.
•Create a safe environment for all women and support women’s resistance to violence.
•Mobilize society, private enterprise and the government to recognize and celebrate women in the world of work.