Today, India is celebrating National Girl Child Day. It is celebrated every year since 2008. It’s objective is to spread awareness about the inequality faced by girls in Indian society. This day is lined with various other programmes of the government such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Save the Girl Child, free women education, and reservation of women in various educational institutions.

Significance of National Girl Child Day

The aim of this day is to create awareness about the rights of the girl child, the importance of girl education, and the health of girl child. Since conception, the girl child has to fight everything from the threat of female foeticide to the risk of abuse and discrimination. The purpose of National Girl Child Day is to raise awareness about these challenges and to provide girls an equal and fair chance in life.

Purpose of National Girl Child Day

The purpose of this day is to raise awareness to the girls of the country of their rights. Along with the country’s daughters, everyone must be made aware of the discrimination that girls experience in society. Every year on this day, state governments conduct awareness campaigns in their various states.

Objectives of National Girl Child Day

1. To make girls aware of their rights.
2. To highlight and remove gender-based biases.
3. To raise awareness of the injustices faced by girls.
4. To decrease female foeticide and create awareness about the decreasing sex ratio.
5. To promote their health and nutrition.
6. To give equal opportunities to girls irrespective of gender.

Theme of National Girl Child Day

Every year, the theme of India’s Girl Child Day changes. The country has no set theme. This year the theme for this day is yet to be decided. However, the theme of National Girl Child Day 2021 was the declining sex ratio.

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National Girl Child Day is being celebrated today across the country to highlight and create awareness about the rights of girl child and to provide them with new opportunities.

Ministry of Women and Child Development will be observing National Girl Child week from January 24 to January 30. Various competitions such as poster making, slogan writing, street play will be organized in various schools and universities across the country.

The National Girl Child Day which was first celebrated in 2008 has been used effectively as a tool to educate the mass about the inequalities faced by the girl child in India and promotes their welfare in various aspects.

The objectives of the National Girl Child Day are:

• To highlight the inequalities faced by girls in the country
• To promote awareness about the rights of the girl child
• To generate awareness on the importance of girl education, health and nutrition.

As per the Census 2011, the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has shown a decline from 927 females per thousand males in 2001 to 919 females per thousand males in 2011.

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