Beti bachao beti padao
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The document discusses the declining child sex ratio in India from 1991 to 2011, defined as the number of girls per 1000 boys aged 0-6. This decline from 945 to 918 is alarming and indicates discrimination against girls. It is caused by both pre-birth sex selection and post-birth discrimination. The government has launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative across 100 districts to ensure the survival, protection, and empowerment of the girl child through a multisectoral approach.
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Beti bachao beti padao
- 3. ❖The trend of decline in the Child Sex Ratio (CSR), defined as number of girls per 1000 of boys between 0-6 years of age, has been unabated since 1961. The decline from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 and further to 918 in 2011 is alarming. The decline in the CSR is a major indicator of women disempowerment. CSR reflects both, pre-birth discrimination manifested through gender biased sex selection, and post birth discrimination against girls. Social construct discriminating against girls on the one hand, easy availability, affordability and subsequent misuse of diagnostic tools on the other hand, have been critical in increasing Sex Selective Elimination of girls leading to low Child Sex Ratio. Since coordinated and convergent efforts are needed to ensure survival, protection and empowerment of the girl child, Government has announced Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative. This is being implemented through a national campaign and focused multisectoral action in 100 selected districts low in CSR, covering all States and UT’s. This is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development. ❖Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination. ❖Ensuring survival & protection of the girl child. ❖Ensuring education and participation of the girl child.
- 5. ❖Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males. ❖In India the sex ratio is not in favour of females. The disturbing factor in the sex- ratio is its declining trend. ❖Sex ratio in India, 2011 is 940 females per 1000 of males. ❖Some states have certainly low sex ratio. Ex. Sex ratio in Haryana is 833 females per 1000 of males.
- 6. ❖Female Infanticide: The murder of a female infant. It occurs often as a deliberate murder or abandonment of a young girl or infant. ❖Peoples’ Perception: People in India consider girls as a burden. ❖Selective Abortion: Also called gender- selective abortion, sex-selective abortion, or female feticide- selective abortion. ❖It involves the abortion of a foetus because it is a girl.
- 7. ❖Reasons for killing a girl child: ➢Poverty ➢Gender Discrimination ➢Lack Of Education ➢Traditional Practices ➢Future Speculations(Education, Marriage, Dowry, etc)
- 10. Girl’s Education ❖world’s average literacy rate i.e. 84%. ❖At present, India is the largest ill-literate populated country in the world. ❖ In India, there is a gender inequality among the literacy rates. ❖India’s present literacy rate is 74.04% which is below than theLiteracy rate among Men is 82.14%, whereas among Womenits 65.46%.
- 11. ➢Discrimination: Girls are discriminated by not being allow to study. ➢Household: Girls are only considered to do household activities so, they are denied from getting education. ➢Lack Of Facilities: There are not proper facilities such as lack of sanitation and infrastructure, transport facilities, etc. Reasons For Poor Literacy Rate
- 12. ❖Education of a girl child in India is in shambles. Especially in the rural pockets of the country, which sees a huge drop out rate among girl children. The right education to the girl children, which is the first step towards encouraging girl empowerment. ➢Create accountability. 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' and other girl child education initiatives will need firm accountability from the civic administration. ➢Support an NGO initiative’s team. ➢Create dialogue with communities. ➢Honour academic success and extracurricular achievements. ➢Support an NGO’s like Save the Children.
- 13. Other Programs Launched by the Government for girls ➢Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (Girl Child Prosperity Scheme): The scheme primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child. ➢Sabla or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme: For Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Skill Development Empowering adolescent girls (Age) of 11–18 years with focus on out-of-school girls by improvement in their nutritional and health status. ➢Priyadarshini: Priyadarshini, initiated in April 2011, is a programme that offers women in seven districts access to self-help groups.
- 14. It must be clear by now that empowering the girl child with education necessitates a change in India's deep-rooted mindsets of powerful figures, family members, teachers, and women. NGOs like Save the Children are working closely with the Government’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme, via massive awareness and large-scale female welfare services across districts. All this can ensure that a girl child has access to life, education and opportunities, instead of being just household workers and family caretakers. Educated girls stand up for themselves, and their communities enhancing their health, prosperity and ending social evils like child marriage and girl child illiteracy. Conclusion
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