Jaipur. It is claimed that when women are educated the nation turns into stronger and extra highly effective. International Girl Child Day is widely known yearly on 11 October internationally. The celebration of this present day was began by the United Nations in 2011. The objective behind celebrating International Day of the Girl Child is to supply respect and rights to ladies within the society by offering them alternatives for growth. On the big day of International Girl Child Day, we inform you what an informed and protected surroundings our daughters are getting in Rajasthan. Statistics present that the incidents of cruelty towards women are rising yr by yr. Despite the efforts of the federal government and social organizations, there is no such thing as a enchancment within the matter of faculty drop out and youngster marriage.
History and objective of International Girl Child Day: The initiative to have a good time Girl Child Day on the worldwide degree was taken within the type of a challenge by a non-governmental group named “Plan International”. This group had began a marketing campaign named “Because I am a girl”. After this, talks had been held with the Government of Canada to take this marketing campaign to the worldwide degree and after that the Government of Canada positioned its proposal within the fifty fifth General Assembly. Then this decision was handed by the United Nations on 19 December 2011 and since then the world began celebrating International Girl Child Day on 11 October. The objective behind celebrating International Girl Child Day is to unfold consciousness concerning the challenges confronted within the lives of women and the safety of their rights and to make them conscious of the rights of women. International Girl Child Day is widely known to take away all types of inequalities confronted by women within the nation. Raising consciousness concerning the rights of the woman youngster means understanding the significance of their well being, schooling and diet.
Daughters will transfer forward solely after they get a protected surroundings (Video ETV Bharat Jaipur)
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Every day 12 extra harmless individuals change into victims of cruelty: In a rustic and state the place women are worshiped like goddesses, greater than 12 harmless women are being brutalized daily. Rajasthan, which was as soon as identified for the respect and sacrifice of ladies, right now minor women and girls are usually not protected in that state. According to the info of Rajasthan Police crime data, greater than 12 incidents of cruelty towards minor women are happening daily within the state. If we take a look at the info from January 2024 to April, greater than 982 instances had been registered beneath POCSO part. Earlier, 4145 instances of cruelty to ladies had been registered in 2022 and 4217 instances in 2023. Whereas if we speak about violence towards minor women, 7983 instances had been registered in police stations in 2022, 8414 in 2023 and 3879 instances in 2024 until May. Social activist Vijay Goyal says that right now we’re celebrating International Girl Child Day, however in a state the place harmless women are usually not getting a protected surroundings, it’s meaningless to speak about their growth and encouragement. Police figures present that incidents of cruelty towards harmless women are rising yearly within the state. Governments come and go, governments hold altering, however the problem of women’ security is simply an election slogan for them. It is meaningless to speak concerning the growth of women amidst the discrimination they’re dealing with together with their security and social equality.
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Every fourth youngster in Rajasthan undergoes youngster marriage: In the NFHS-5 survey, when girls aged between 20 to 24 years had been requested about their marriage, 25 p.c of the ladies stated that they had been married earlier than the age of 18. Although in accordance with earlier information, there may be an enchancment of 8 p.c this time, however it’s not sufficient. For the final a number of years, the federal government and social organizations have been working to cease youngster marriage. Even after all of the efforts and utilizing the regulation, if each fourth woman in Rajasthan will get married as a toddler, then this can be a very shameful determine. If now we have been capable of enhance by 10 p.c on this survey that may are available in 5 years. This raises questions on our system.
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Still must do extra work: Similarly, if we take a look at the college drop out of women, it’s a matter of nice concern that regardless of the efforts of the federal government and social organizations, 25 p.c of the women are usually not capable of research past class tenth. The statistics for school schooling are even worse. Dr. Anupama Soni, former state model ambassador of Beti Bachao Padhao, says that right now is International Girl Child Day, finest needs to all the women of the state, however there’s a want to consider whether or not there may be actually any significance in celebrating this present day within the present surroundings. . The type of surroundings that’s being created within the state concerning daughters, no matter is being accomplished shouldn’t be sufficient. More work nonetheless must be accomplished concerning women. The authorities must strengthen the essential construction of schooling. There is a necessity for daughters to get schooling, well being and a protected surroundings. Today, daughters are nowhere behind sons, however the social mentality shouldn’t be altering even after so a few years of independence, the male-dominated pondering nonetheless persists. Anupama stated that there’s a want to alter the pondering within the society together with social organizations and authorities. Even right now, there may be discrimination between daughters and sons within the household, except we begin the change from residence, celebrating Girl’s Day is not going to be significant.
