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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. [1]
The child sex ratio in India had been going down at an alarming rate. In the population census of 2011, the child sex ratio in India was 919 females of girls aged 0 to 6 years old. [1] During the 2014 International Day of the Girl Child, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the public to help end sexism against girls in India. [4] The launch ...
International Day of the Girl Child; Also called: International Day of the Girl, Day of Girls, Girl's Day: Type: International: Significance: Raising awareness of issues facing girls internationally, such as education, nutrition, forced child marriage, legal rights, and medical rights: Date: 11 October: Next time: 11 October 2025 () Frequency ...
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA; Save Childhood Movement) is an India-based children's rights movement. It was started in 1980 by Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi. It campaigns against bonded labour, child labour and human trafficking, and promotes the right to education for all children. It has so far freed close to 100,000 children from ...
A report released by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2020 said that nearly 45.8 million girls were missing in India due to pre and post-birth selection practices in the country. [55] A study by Washington based think tank Pew Research said that at least 9 million girls are ‘missing’ in India between 2009-2019 as a result of female ...
The RTE Act is the first legislation in the world that puts the responsibility of ensuring enrolment, attendance and completion on the Government. It is the parents' responsibility to send the children to schools in the US and other countries. [15] It makes provisions for a newly admitted child to be admitted to an age-appropriate class.
For the child (account holder) Only a girl child can avail the benefits of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana saving scheme. The maximum age of this child should be 10 years. However a grace period of 1 year is granted. For the parents- Only biological parents or legal guardians of a girl child can open the account on the child's behalf.
Birth sex ratio map for India, boys per 100 girls in 0 to 1 age group according to 2011 census [72] In North America and Europe, the birth sex ratio of the population ranges between 103 and 107 boys per 100 girls; in India, China, and South Korea, the ratio has been far higher. Women have a biological advantage over men for longevity and ...