Pawan Kumar
National Girl Child day 2023
National Girl Child Day 2023 is celebrated every year on 24 January in India. The purpose of celebrating this day is to make people aware of the discrimination against the girl child in the country. It was started in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Its goal is to make more people aware of the rights of girls and how important it is for them to get an education, stay healthy, and eat well. Gender bias is a big problem that girls and women have to deal with their whole lives.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development began National Girl Child Day for the first time in 2008. Over the years, the government has taken several steps to improve the lives of girls. These initiatives include Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana.
National Girl Child Day is celebrated in the memory of the first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
National Girl Child Day 2023 is celebrated on 24 January in the memory of India’s first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. On this day, Indira Gandhi sat on the Prime Minister’s chair for the first time. National Girl Child Day is celebrated considering this day as a symbol of women power.
Theme of National Girl Child Day 2023 – The theme for this year has not been announced yet. Last year’s theme was ‘Digital generation, our generation, our time is now – our rights, our future’.
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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was started in 2015 with the aim of empowering women. Government’s ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign is a very good step for girls. Through this, many important issues related to girls and women are raised. Many inhuman practices like female feticide have come down now.
These campaigns have helped in changing the mindset of people, especially in rural areas, there has been a lot of awareness about girls’ education. These campaigns have had a great impact on the mindset of the people of the society. Now people are giving equal respect and rights to girls as boys.
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On the occasion of National Girl Child Day 2023, different types of campaigns are conducted on issues like safety, education, sex ratio, health of girls. People are made aware through street plays. Let us tell you that women have to face gender discrimination not only in villages but also in educated society.
