Save the Girl Child

After being on the radar for recording a staggering gender gap in its under-five mortality rate, the state has finally managed to redeem itself and bridge it in 2016, according to the Registrar General of India’s latest report.

Instead of a lavish party, Ranjeet and Neha Naik decided to plant over 101 trees at Malshiras village and donate over 51 saplings to local school students, spending over Rs. 50,000.

One often finds that even the most underprivileged girls and women have a lot to express and contribute about gender issues if given the right platform, as an art workshop recently showed.

Nandini, an initiative aimed towards the welfare of the girl child and for woman empowerment in Gomati district of Tripura, is helping in the successful implementation of the central government’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in the region.

Hari Narayan Meena, a 2004-batch Indian Revenue Service officer has been working to spread awareness about the need to save the girl child for seven years now.

In 2012, Dr Ganesh Rakh launched the 'Mulgi Vachva Abhiyan' in his hospital in Pune. Under this 'Save the Girl Child' initiative, he waives off delivery charges when girl children are born. Inspired by his example, doctors across the country have pledged to do their bit for the girl child.

The 'Shloka Beti Garden' in Udaipur will give parents and relatives the chance to celebrate the birth of a girl child by planting a sapling.

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.