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#DAYS #National Girl children Day - Jan 24 #International Girl child Day- Oct 11 National girl child day is celebrated every year on 24th of January as a national observance day for the girl child. National girl child day has been started as a national girls development mission by the Government of India. National Girl Child Day celebration was started by the Women and Child Development Ministry since 2008 to celebrate as the national observance. The purpose of this day is to focus attention on the depleting female to male ratio and take a stand on issues of female foeticide, domestic violence and malnutrition in children. It is celebrated to increase the awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by the girl child in the society, which includes many areas like inequality in education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, protection, honour, child marriage and so many. Various steps have been taken at national and state level by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to improve the girl child status through a range of schemes. Government of India has started National Girl Child Day as a national girl’s development mission. The mission raises the awareness among people all over the country about the importance of girls’ promotion. It helps in enhancing girls’ meaningful contribution in decision making processes by active support of the parents and the community members.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:09:50 +0000

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