Awareness: Key to save the girl child
Merely celebrating Daughter's Day will not help to improve fair sex ratio. For this purpose, public awareness and involvement of the public is needed. NGOs, hospitals and nursing homes and certain Task Force may aid in spreading this awareness.
IN TODAY'S nuclear family scenario, it is immaterial whether the child is a son or a daughter. Basically, this mantra is instrumental in the metros and in educated families where both the parents are working. The situation is different in the villages where underprivileged, uneducated and poor families need hands to work and earn. Besides this, certain other factors like inheritance of ancestral properties or estate are also considered widely.
The question of the hour is that the male-female ratio is decreasing despite efforts and regulations framed by the government to protect the girl child. Only celebrating Daughter's Day may not help to cope with the problem but overall awareness and involvement of the general public can be effective. NGOs, hospitals and nursing homes and certain task force may extend their hands for spreading awareness on the issue, reasons to protect the girl child and to improve fair sex ratio.
Spiritual leaders may also own the responsibilities to create an atmosphere in the society to honour the girl child. Once I attended a programme sponsored by Art Of Living Foundation of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and was happy to note that they have taken the responsibility in this field and they are undertaking the job for spreading awareness and importance of girl child.
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