Empowering the girl child | | | | Thursday‚ 19 July 2012 00:00 | View Comments arai Kuvirimirwa Features Writer With sacrificing family resources to educate a girl child and a potential future leader still a big societal challenge‚ any effort to see the education of a girl is a huge boon. So when millions of dollars are poured into the effort‚ the impact cannot be overemphasised. The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed)‚ introduced some few years back‚ has seen remarkable change of fortunes
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care the ratio is about 1.05‚ the real deficit is about 11percent of their women. These numbers tell‚ ”quietly a terrible story of inequality and neglect leading to excess mortality of women" (Sen‚ 1990). In India‚ the widening gap in the ratio of girls to boys is clearly brought to light in the Census of 2001‚ confirming a trend that has been in place since 1901. This is most pronounced in the youngest age group‚ 0-6‚ thus indicating the scale of injustice as well as the long-term social and economic
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he International Day of the Girl Child initiative began as a project of Plan International‚ a non-governmental organization that operates worldwide. The idea for an international day of observance and celebration grew out of Plan International’s Because I Am a Girl campaign‚ which raises awareness of the importance of nurturing girls globally and in developing countries in particular. Plan International representatives in Canada approached the Canadian federal government to seek support for the initiative
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Save girl child to save your future India is growing dynamically in every field. Today‚ the boom in economy‚ innovative technologies and improved infrastructure has become nation’s pride. In India dynamic and vibrant universities‚ I.I.I.T’s‚ Schools & Colleges were setup to changing the global trends. The country has witnessed advancements in all fields but bias against a girl child is still prevailing in the country. In order to improve the condition of a girl child in India.Many NGO’s‚ States
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The Girl Child The very fact that the girl child has become a topic of discussion and debate‚ points to the fact that‚ this is something different to the other of the human species. The girls have always and everywhere been considered to be lesser of the two beings of the human species. Why this has come to be‚ is beyond our comprehension‚ but‚ the fact remains that‚ the girl has not only been considered as the lesser‚ but has always been really neglected also. It can not be imagined how this situation
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THE GIRL CHILD------- A BOON NOT A CURSE..... INDIA A LAND OF TRADITIONS‚ CONCEPTIONS‚ MISCONCEPTIONS AND A LOT MORE. HERE THERE IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT A GIRL CHILD IS A LIABILITY TO THE FAMILY‚ AND HENCE EVERY YEAR WE SEE MANY GIRL CHILD DEATHS IN INDIA. IS THIS JUSTIFIED. IS IT TRUE THAT A GIRL CHILD IS A LIABILITY TO THE FAMILY? DO GOVERNMENT POLICIES AGAINST THIS ISSUE WORK OUT PROPERLY? IF NOT THEN WHY NOT? SO MANY QUESTIONS BUT WHEN I ASKED THEM I HEARD NO ANSWERS. IN THIS ADVANCED
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Why? When a girl child is born‚ Her family and parents mourn. Why? When a girl comes to earth‚ She is killed even before birth. Why? A girl is always ignored‚ Why not she is always adored? Why? The government doesn’t deal it with an iron hand And see to it that in latter and spirit it is banned Why? People are passive towards girls‚ I feel they are precious as pearls. Girl is an emerging soul of faith and light In her life she must have day and never night A girl’s life becomes difficult
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___________ United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) in collaboration with UNICEF Expert Group Meeting Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Florence‚ Italy‚ 25-28 September 2006 Girl child empowerment: A challenge for all Prepared by * Nicole Bidegain Ponte * The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United Nations In the next lines
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Right of a child to free‚ compulsory and universal primary education— Section 2 (15) of the Child Rights Act signed by 16 states in Nigeria) “Any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” — Section 29 (4b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Social media was awash last weekend with news that the Senate had signed a ‘child marriage act’ into law‚ legalizing marriage for girls under the age of 18. Although lawmakers have corrected this notion‚ saying that the section stated above only
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of the opinion that the education of the girl child of the family is a burden. I strongly oppose the motion. May I ask how can educating the girl child‚ who is an equal partner in sharing the responsibilities and duties‚ be a burden? She will be sharing the burden and reducing its impact by supplementing the resources rather than reducing them. Let me draw your attention to the fact that such notions are a thing of the past. If the boys and girls are to be treated as equals‚ then both
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