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Save girl child is an awareness campaign to save the girl child in India by ensuring their safety as well
as to stop the crime against girl child especially female foeticide and gender inequality.
Girls are equally as important as boys in the society to maintain the social equilibrium. Few years ago,
there was huge reduction in the number of women in comparison to the man. It was so because of the
increasing crimes against women such as female foeticide, dowry deaths, rape, poverty, illiteracy,
gender discrimination and many more. To equalize the number of women in the society, it is very
necessary to aware people greatly about the save girl child. Government of India has taken some
positive steps regarding save girl child such as protection of women from domestic violence act 2005,
ban of female infanticide, immoral traffic (prevention) act, proper education, gender equality, etc.
Save girl child topic has been the focus of attention of everyone all over the India in order to improve
the overall social and economic status of women. Following are some initiatives launched by the
central or state government regarding save girl child:
In order to protect the girl child, a Ladli Scheme was launched and implemented by the Delhi &
Haryana Government in 2008. The aim of this scheme was controlling female foeticide as well as
improving status of girl child through education and equal gender rights.
Sabla Scheme launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2011 aiming to empower
adolescent girls through education.
Dhanalakshmi Scheme was launched in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development
aiming to provide cash transfer to the family of girl child after birth, registration, and immunization.
Kishori Shakti Yojna was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development aiming to
improve nutritional and health condition of adolescent girls.
Sukanya Samridhi Yojana was launched to ensure equitable share to a girl child by the family.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (means save girl child and educate girl child) scheme was launched in 2015
for the welfare of women.
Save girl child is a most important social awareness topic now-a-days regarding the saving of girl child
all through the country. There are various effective measures following which girl child can be saved
to a great extent. There is huge level of poverty in the society which is the big reason illiteracy and
gender inequality in the Indian society. So, education is the vital element to reduce poverty and gender
discrimination as well as improve the status of girl child and woman in the Indian society. According
to the statistics, it is found that female literacy is decreasing continuously in Odisha where girl child do
not have equal access to the education and other activities.
Education is deeply linked to the employment. Low education means low employment which leads to
the poverty and gender inequality in the society. Education is the most effective step forward to
improve women status as it makes them financially independent. Save girl child step is taken by the
government to ensure the equal rights and opportunities for women in the society. Bollywood actor
(Parineeti Chopra) has been an official brand ambassador of the recent scheme of PM for save girl
child (Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao).
Introduction
The status of girls in the Indian society has been greatly debated for many years. Girls are generally
believed to be involved in the cooking and playing with dolls while boys to be involved in the education
and other physical activities from the ancient time. Such old beliefs of men have simulated them for
violence against women which resulted in the continuous decrease in the number of girl child in the
society. So, there is a big need to save girl child in order to equalize the ratio of both as well ensure
the development of country.