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    The document discusses the need to save the girl child in India. It outlines how discrimination against girls begins before birth through female foeticide and continues throughout their lives. It also describes some of the initiatives and schemes launched by the government to promote the survival, protection and education of girls.

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    Need to Save the Girl Child

    A woman is a procreator and the mother of tomorrow, shaping the destiny of civilisation. In India,
    some people consider the birth of a girl child an unfortunate and gloomy event in their life. The child
    sex ratio is continuously declining due to the killing of the girl child in the mothers’ womb. Sex
    determination before birth, and post-birth discrimination against the girl child have increasingly led to
    an alarming situation. The Census of 2011 showed a significant declining trend in the Child Sex
    Ratio (CSR) between 0-6 years. The reasons contributing to this heinous crime are desire for a baby
    boy, male dominant society, poverty, rights to property, dowry obligations at the time of marriage,
    and various other religious, cultural and spiritual myths. If the same situation continues, it will further
    aggravate the gender imbalance in society. Everyone wants to have a sister, wife and mother, but no
    one wants a girl child. To maintain the balance of child sex ratio, we need to save the girl child.

    Discrimination Faced by a Girl Child


    The girl child’s discrimination begins before birth in the form of female foeticide. Gender
    discrimination is reported to have claimed a whopping 50 million female lives. Atrocities against
    women in one or the other form, have long been an integral part of our culture. India has
    unabashedly been the home of some of the brutal acts against this gender, commencing from
    female foeticide and female infanticide to dowry deaths. Girls are viewed as an economic burden.
    Various beliefs and social factors have resulted in widespread discrimination against the girl child. At
    every stage of life, she is neglected and discriminated against, for basic nutrition, education, medical
    care and living standards. Lack of education results in a high fertility rate, aggravating the condition
    of females in the country. Strong socio-cultural and religious biases, preference for sons &
    discrimination towards daughters have accentuated the problem. Coordinated & convergent efforts
    are needed to ensure survival, protection and education of the girl child to realise their full potential.

    Initiative and Steps Taken to Save the Girl Child


    The opportunity to be born, grow in a safe and secure environment, and develop a girl’s full potential
    are major issues concerning girl children in India. To tackle these issues, the Government has
    launched various initiatives and programmes to save the girl child. The “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”
    program was launched to ban the practices of sex determination and female foeticide. This has also
    improved the Child Sex Ratio in various states of India. Similarly, the central and state Government
    launched various other schemes and campaigns, such as Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, National
    Scheme of Incentive for the Girls of Secondary Education, Balika Saridhhi Yojana, CBSE Udaan
    Scheme, Ladli Scheme and the Kanya Kosh Scheme etc.
    Apart from the Government schemes and programs, we as citizens, should take responsibility to
    save the girl child. We should create awareness among people to make them realise the importance
    of a girl child. With the help of various campaigns, we should end girl child marriage and stop the
    violence and sexual harassment they face. We must promote education for girls and provide a safer
    environment in public, and career opportunities. We should encourage them to fulfil their dreams by
    providing them opportunities similar to boys.

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