Girl child

The Health Department has launched Ashray scheme in government hospitals in the state. It plans to bring as many as 65 hospitals under the scheme.

Pat Farmer will pass through cities like Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Agra, New Delhi, and Chandigarh.

Families with infant girls in Haryana are receiving a special invitation for Republic Day celebrations this year. The Haryana Education Department has sent invitations to over two lakh such families to attend the Republic Day events being conducted in their localities. And all the invitations are addressed in the name of the girl child.

A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) made his way back to India to work on the issue of girls’ education in rural Uttar Pradesh. His interesting initiative has girls getting Rs 10 for every day of school attendance and even a toilet at home if the attendance exceeds 70%. But the biggest reward is watching the young women get empowered to work and become independent.

Dayawati Hospital in Meerut has a very unique and laudable ritual. Every mother who gives birth to a girl child in the hospital on Fridays, does not have to pay the cost of delivery. So far, at least 12 girls have been delivered free of cost.

Himanshi, a miracle baby, was delivered just after 24 weeks of pregnancy and weighed only 465 gm at the time of birth. Today, after six months of constant treatment, she weighs 2.9 kg, is healthy, and has gone home with her Rajasthan based parents.

A wedding in Haryana took a very unique and pleasant turn when the bride put a special condition before the groom, and everyone was left surprised. She wanted him to promise that he would sponsor the education of 11 underprivileged girls.

While many states in India have an alarming sex ratio and a large number of girls are still being abandoned and killed, it indeed comes as good news that couples looking to adopt in India prefer girls over boys. Is it the winds of change?

In India there are two occasions that ensure mass participation: festivals and elections. The occasions, particularly festivals, are of late also being used to spread awareness about social causes. The recent Kullu Dussehra dance, with its “Save the Girl Child” message, is one such example.

A garba dance venue in Ahmedabad will do more than just celebrate Navratri this year – the organizer has decided to use the festivities for a cause and help spread awareness about the evil practice of female foeticide in the state.