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NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY

About:

24th January is celebrated as National Girl Child Day.

In 2008, it was initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to spread public awareness about inequities that girls face in Indian society.

The Government of India has not officially announced any theme for National Girl Child Day 2023. However, unofficial sources stated that this year's celebration will be around the slogan, "Digital Generation, Our Generation, Our Time is Now—Our Rights, Our Future."

Objective:

It is commemorated to promote public awareness of the inequality, prejudice, and exploitation that girls suffer in society.

Its goal is to raise awareness about a girl's rights and provide her with equal possibilities as everyone else, as well as to support the nation's female children and eliminate gender biases.

Violence against women and girls:

The UN General Assembly defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”

In general terms, it displays itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:

Partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide).

Sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber-harassment).

Human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation).

Female genital mutilation.

Child marriage.

Challenges in addressing women's Safety:

Lack of Reporting.

Slow Criminal Justice System.

Inadequate Implementation of the law.

Poor Gender Sensitization of law enforcement agencies like Police, Judiciary etc.

Various Social factors like level of education/illiteracy, Poverty, Social Customs and values, religious beliefs, and mindset of the Society.

Exclusion by Technology.

The lack of infrastructure Such as Safe Spaces for women, Safe transport Systems, and Proper toilets makes it a dangerous place for women and girls.

Hostile Environment of investigation for victims of sexual violence.

Social Conceptions of Shame and victim-blaming.

Much Sexual violence happens within a marriage, and marital rape is not a Crime.

Steps taken by the Government:

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, to address the declining Child Sex Ratio.

Scheme for Adolescent Girls aims at girls in the age group 11-18, to empower and improve their social status through nutrition, life skills, home skills and vocational training.

Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme, to promote community participation through the involvement of Student Volunteers for the empowerment of rural women.

Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) to provide micro-credit to poor women for various livelihood support and income-generating activities at concessional terms.

Swadhar Greh provides relief and rehabilitation to destitute women and women in distress.

Ujjawala is a Comprehensive Scheme for the prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.

Working Women Hostels for ensuring safe accommodation for women working away from their place of residence.

One-Stop Center and Women Helpline are being implemented to facilitate access to an integrated range of services including medical aid, police assistance, legal aid/ case management, psychosocial counselling and temporary support services to women affected by violence.

Panic Button on Mobile Phones, Emergency Response Support System Set up under Nirbhaya Fund.

Inclusion of Acid Attack as a disability.

The dowry Prohibition Act, of 1961, Penalizes Giving & taking.

SABLA Scheme, Providing life Skills and Supplementary nutrition to School girls - Working Women Hostel.

Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box).

The national database on Sexual offenders includes names, addresses, photographs and fingerprint details of those Convicted in Sexual assault Cases.

The Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005. According to the law, sons, daughters and their mothers can get an equal share of family property.

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 extends the understanding of the term ‘domestic’ to include all women who ‘live or have lived together in a shared household’ with the male member who is perpetrating the violence.

Domestic violence refers to the injury or harm or threat of injury or harm caused by an adult male, usually the husband, against his wife. Injury may be caused by physically beating up the woman or by emotionally abusing her. Abuse of the woman can also include verbal, sexual and economic abuse.

Steps needed to ensure women's Safety:

Strengthening Criminal Justice machinery

Strict implementation and monitoring of the laws and Schemes and Strengthened enforcement.

Strengthening of Alternate Dispute resolution mechanisms like Lok Adalat.

Provide Self-defense Training

Gender Sensitization of the law enforcement agencies, especially Police and Judiciary.

Adopting zero tolerance Policy, Moral education through awareness and education.

Promoting Social and economic empowerment of women through Policies and Programmes.

Economic empowerment of women through Property rights, Create awareness about their Rights.

Ensuring gender-friendly Public Spaces

Equal access to Nutrition, Health, and education

Adopt a life cycle approach to the empowerment of girls and women.

Gender equality and violence Prevention Programmes can be introduced in Schools and Colleges.

Strictly regulate the Sale and distribution of acid.

Marital rape Should be made an offence irrespective of the age of the wife

Khap panchayat’s decisions, and all those involved in them, that led to honour killings or violent Crimes must be Criminally Punished.

Increase the representation of women in the Judiciary, both at higher and lower levels.

All Police Stations must have women and a Child Protection des

The number of women in Police Should be increased

Installation of CCTV, Mapping of dark Spots & Crime-prone areas

Crimes Identified Under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Obscenity

Sections 292, 293 & 294, Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 67 of the Information Technology Act

Indecent representation of women (prohibition) Act, 1987.

Dowry Death

Sections 304-B, Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 2, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

Section 174, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section 113-A, Evidence act, 1872.

Acid Attack

Section 326-A and 326-B, Indian Penal Code, 1860 (amendment 2013)

Section 357-B and 357-C, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Outraging the modesty of a women

Sections 354, 354A, 354B, 354C, 354D, Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Section 509 Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Rape and Sexual Assault

Section 375, 376, 376-A-D Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Cruelty

Section 498 - A Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Domestic Violence.

Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

Sections 12-29, Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

Summary:

Violence affects women at all stages of their life, gender-based violence can happen to anyone, anywhere, some women and girls are particularly vulnerable; young girls and older women, women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex, migrants and refugees, indigenous women and ethnic minorities, or women and girls living with HIV and disabilities, and those living through humanitarian crises.

Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, and peace as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD

1. Actively participate in the theme

National Day of the Girl Child has had a specified theme each year ever since its first observance. Find out what the theme for the year is and participate actively in it by launching campaigns on social media using the hashtag #BrighterFutureForGirls.

2. Make the girls around you feel special!

Why make girls around us feel special only on their birthdays or a special date? Appreciate your adolescent daughter, sister, or any other young lady in your life by giving them a token of your appreciation and by empowering them in any way you can think of.

3. Participate in a girls' empowerment campaign

Strong, disciplined men need to nurture these girls who will soon transition into womanhood. So go ahead, and join your girls in their campaigns to spread awareness on gender-based inequality and violence.

4. Teach them

Types of Violence against women and girls

5. Empower them with

Steps taken by the Government

6. Give them awareness about

Crimes Identified Under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Invite some noted women lawyers or lawyers from alumni of your school to give a detailed information.

7. Invite some women achievers or celebrities in any field as a guest

8. Appreciate girls of your school for their achievements

9. Organise hand writing, drawing, hand writing, signature contest

10. List out the women achievers from your school

11. Conduct Pen brief - personal stories writings

12. Conduct inspiring essay competitions and poster making

13. Organise cultural program - Dance, music....

14. Promote your school women achievers to the world achievers.

15. Organise sexuality, mental health, yoga, mass drill, health and hygiene, master health checkup.... in association with local hospitals.

13. Introduce best LIC Schemes for Girl Child (In India, LIC offers a multitude of schemes)

14. Help them to get Aadhar card, community certificate, income certificate, nativity certificate and saving account in post office or in nationalised bank.

15. Ask them to make a draft of My Dream and stick on notice board.

16. Display women achievers of India

17. Arrange a counseling session with good counselor.

18. Teach them good and bad touches

19. Set up a Micro Bank Scheme for girls to save money for their higher studies and marriage.

20. Introduce them small scale industries, self employment opportunities.

21. Give them career opportunities in higher education.

FACTS ABOUT THE LIFE OF GIRLS THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW

Little girls become brides at a young age

Around 33,000 girls are married off every day around the world.

HIV is prevalent among girls

An estimated 340,000 girls and young women are infected with the virus every year and currently more than 3 million girls and young women are living with HIV all over the world.

Girls think husbands are entitled to beat wives

Around 44% of the girls between 15 to 19 years of age think it’s okay for a husband to beat his wife.

They do more unpaid child labor than boys

Girls between five to 14 spend more than 28 hours doing labor, which is twice the time spent by boys.

Girls are shamelessly trafficked for sexual exploitation

96% of human trafficked individuals for sexual exploitation are girls and women.

WHY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD IS IMPORTANT

1. It empowers girls!

Amid the noise of Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and even Women’s Day, calling out for the rights of little girls who are silently oppressed around the world is an outstanding step. It is on this day we get to appreciate the lassies who lighten up our world. It should be known that an educated and skilled woman is far more effective in preventing infant mortality, is proven to take care of the house more sophisticatedly, and hence contribute more to society than an uneducated, unskilled, socially abused woman.

2. It works to eliminate deep-rooted gender-based issues

Deeply entrenched issues and problematic mindsets that have been passed on for generations have made gender-based discrimination and oppression threateningly common in every household, particularly in developing countries. International Day of the Girl Child seeks to eliminate the tragic predicaments of little girls around the world.

3. Empowered girls grow up to be empowered women

Adolescence is a critical point in every person’s life. It determines the trajectory of girls’ lives, which is why caring for girls in their youth benefits all. If they are empowered at a vulnerable age, they can mature into liberated, wise women of the future. As a society, we all win. All the initiatives taken to nurture girls have been a direct consequence of spreading awareness in the society. Celebrating this day internationally gives a platform to those underprivileged girls to raise their voice and demand equality of rights, education, and health. It gives them a forum to talk about the violence they are subjected to, and voice their pleas to end this cruelty. Our efforts in raising their voice will help them grow and be free of this inequality.

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