Need to React to Protect the Living Rights of a Girl Child
Child Sex Ratio Campaign- Action aid
Action Aid is an International development organization working for the poor and vulnerable communities. Our major focus work is with women, girls, and children, Daliths, Fisher Folk and Tribals to bring them out from distressed situation by building the capacities about the rights conscious, available information within the system and outside also. In National level we are working in 24 states through 12 regional offices and in Andhra Pradesh we working in 18 District through different local organisations.
While working with children and girls we are focusing their existing issue after 2001 and 2011 census data. We are successfully working in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh along with Government and received approval to design a separate girl child policy in those state. This is a collective effort from Government and ActionAid. In AP since 8 years we are working on this issue in Nalgonda and Warangal to stop female feticide and infanticide. But after 2011 census results we felt the seriousness of the issue and our presence in other Districts can be extended. Since one year we have started working on this issue in 10 Districts and has taken up a campaign on decline in child sex ratio. The focus of the campaign is to sensitize different stakeholders and to bring in the changes in the practices, behaviors and attitudes leading to adverse sex ratio. Our understanding and plans are narrated below.
Objectives and components of the campaign:
• To sensitize the community groups to assert the rightful position of women in the society
• To build the capacities and galvanize community members towards implementation of the PCPNDT Act
• To identify issues for advocacy with the state government
• Collaborative work with other sensitive and likeminded groups
Background of the situation
Situation in India
India was missing about 37 million women, who should have been in the population but could not be accounted
Action Aid is an International development organization working for the poor and vulnerable communities. Our major focus work is with women, girls, and children, Daliths, Fisher Folk and Tribals to bring them out from distressed situation by building the capacities about the rights conscious, available information within the system and outside also. In National level we are working in 24 states through 12 regional offices and in Andhra Pradesh we working in 18 District through different local organisations.
While working with children and girls we are focusing their existing issue after 2001 and 2011 census data. We are successfully working in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh along with Government and received approval to design a separate girl child policy in those state. This is a collective effort from Government and ActionAid. In AP since 8 years we are working on this issue in Nalgonda and Warangal to stop female feticide and infanticide. But after 2011 census results we felt the seriousness of the issue and our presence in other Districts can be extended. Since one year we have started working on this issue in 10 Districts and has taken up a campaign on decline in child sex ratio. The focus of the campaign is to sensitize different stakeholders and to bring in the changes in the practices, behaviors and attitudes leading to adverse sex ratio. Our understanding and plans are narrated below.
Objectives and components of the campaign:
• To sensitize the community groups to assert the rightful position of women in the society
• To build the capacities and galvanize community members towards implementation of the PCPNDT Act
• To identify issues for advocacy with the state government
• Collaborative work with other sensitive and likeminded groups
Background of the situation
Situation in India
India was missing about 37 million women, who should have been in the population but could not be accounted