NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY SPECIAL ITEM

By:- Vijayalakshmi 

National Girl Child Day

The National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India every year on January 24.
 It was initiated in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the government of India, to spread public awareness about inequities that girls face in Indian society.
Gender discrimination is a major issue the girls and women face throughout their life today as well.
 

National Girl Child Day 2023: Objectives

·         To increase the consciousness of the people and offer new opportunities to the girl child in society.
·         To remove all the inequalities faced by the girl child.
·         To ensure that the girl child should get all their human rights, respect, and value in the country.
·         To work on gender discrimination, and to educate people.
·         To work against diminishing child sex ratio in India and change the mind of the people regarding girls as children.
·         To increase awareness about the importance and role of the girl child.
·         To provide opportunities to girls and rights for their betterment.
·         To educate people about the health and nutrition of a girl.
·         To provide equal rights and allow them to move to any part of the country.
 
Recently the World Economic Forum ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in its Global Gender Gap Index from 2022.

 

 

 

EDUCATE                                     ENCOURAGE                                           EMPOWER

 

 

Daughters are ANGLES sent from above to fill our HEART with unending LOVE”