Oprah Winfrey said and i quote
" Being born as a Girl is the second most honored thing . First , is being born as a Human being . "
India may be the second fastest growing economy of the world , but India's exponential growth and rising importance in the world acts as a smokescreen to the present status of women in the country .
Millions of girls have to struggle with acute gender discrimination and distress as part of their everyday experience . The existing patriarchal system leads to the unequal status of women which leads to exploitation , oppression , deprivation etc . It is really sad a s well as surprising to see that in a country like India , where the President of the country is herself a women , such figures and statistics come across us .
It is really a matter of deep concern on the various results of census that we see . The Census 2011 data reaffirms that girls have no place in India's growth story . Recently , a global perception survey has named India as the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women with high level female infanticide and sex trafficing being cited as the major reasons .
The current sex ratio ( no. of females per 1000 males in the population ) is 940 according to the Census 2011.
The state wise analysis show a large discrepancy in trends . According to Census 2011 , child sex ratio in eight states and one union territory are less than 900 . These are Delhi , Haryana , Punjab , Jammu and Kashmir , Maharashtra , Rajasthan , Lakshwadeep and Uttrakhand .
Our constitution guarantees women equality of opportunity and wage and disallows gender bias , but our society continues to be slave to son preference with the wrong notion that male child is a source of bread earning and security in twilight year and female child is an economy liability . Also , the prevalence of the sinful "Dowry system" enhances the situation . As a result , the birth of male child is greeted with jubilation . This concept leads to gender discrimination , less care for girl child in the infancy stage which results in female infanticide . The declining child sex ratio is a reminder of India's enduring hatred for the girl child .
While addressing an international symposium on women and child empowerment , President Pratibha Patil expressed ' shock ' over the sex ratio figures in 2011 Census which she said were the lowest after independence .
The macabre fact is that in India around one crore girls go missing every year through foeticide or other forms of killing . It is a matter of compunction that about 12 million girls are born in India every year , a third of them dis in the first year and about three million don't survive past their fifteenth birthday .
Female foeticide - a heinous crime should be tamed otherwise it will trigger catastrophic consequences .
Every person should come forward to eradicate this social evil and ensure equal status for women in all spheres of life . The paramount need of the hour is sensitizing the society to look at a girl child as a ' boon'.
This is possible by ensuring women empowerment and also making women economically independent .
Better education , health services and self employment of women will go long way to ensure empowerment of women . We need to create a safer and better tomorrow for the girl child . This can be done by creating awareness among the masses which is the primary reason of why i am writing this in my blog . Myself being a girl , i think it is my primary duty and responsibility to make people aware about this sinful crime and create a safer place for the girl child .
" Being born as a Girl is the second most honored thing . First , is being born as a Human being . "
India may be the second fastest growing economy of the world , but India's exponential growth and rising importance in the world acts as a smokescreen to the present status of women in the country .
Millions of girls have to struggle with acute gender discrimination and distress as part of their everyday experience . The existing patriarchal system leads to the unequal status of women which leads to exploitation , oppression , deprivation etc . It is really sad a s well as surprising to see that in a country like India , where the President of the country is herself a women , such figures and statistics come across us .
It is really a matter of deep concern on the various results of census that we see . The Census 2011 data reaffirms that girls have no place in India's growth story . Recently , a global perception survey has named India as the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women with high level female infanticide and sex trafficing being cited as the major reasons .
The current sex ratio ( no. of females per 1000 males in the population ) is 940 according to the Census 2011.
The state wise analysis show a large discrepancy in trends . According to Census 2011 , child sex ratio in eight states and one union territory are less than 900 . These are Delhi , Haryana , Punjab , Jammu and Kashmir , Maharashtra , Rajasthan , Lakshwadeep and Uttrakhand .
Our constitution guarantees women equality of opportunity and wage and disallows gender bias , but our society continues to be slave to son preference with the wrong notion that male child is a source of bread earning and security in twilight year and female child is an economy liability . Also , the prevalence of the sinful "Dowry system" enhances the situation . As a result , the birth of male child is greeted with jubilation . This concept leads to gender discrimination , less care for girl child in the infancy stage which results in female infanticide . The declining child sex ratio is a reminder of India's enduring hatred for the girl child .
While addressing an international symposium on women and child empowerment , President Pratibha Patil expressed ' shock ' over the sex ratio figures in 2011 Census which she said were the lowest after independence .
The macabre fact is that in India around one crore girls go missing every year through foeticide or other forms of killing . It is a matter of compunction that about 12 million girls are born in India every year , a third of them dis in the first year and about three million don't survive past their fifteenth birthday .
Female foeticide - a heinous crime should be tamed otherwise it will trigger catastrophic consequences .
Every person should come forward to eradicate this social evil and ensure equal status for women in all spheres of life . The paramount need of the hour is sensitizing the society to look at a girl child as a ' boon'.
This is possible by ensuring women empowerment and also making women economically independent .
Better education , health services and self employment of women will go long way to ensure empowerment of women . We need to create a safer and better tomorrow for the girl child . This can be done by creating awareness among the masses which is the primary reason of why i am writing this in my blog . Myself being a girl , i think it is my primary duty and responsibility to make people aware about this sinful crime and create a safer place for the girl child .
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