Girls deserve to live as well.
However, in India, female foeticide and female infanticide occur at alarming rates.
Girl children thus are deprived of their very fundamental rights.
They suffer under a patriarchal setup in India.
To protect the welfare of girl children, ‘Save Girl Child’ is a move adopted by the Government of India.
The Government of India also launched several schemes under this for the same.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save the girl child) is the most recent initiative started by the government to actively encourage people to save girl children.
Determination of the sex of the child in a mother’s womb through ultrasound methods has also been banned.
Forcing them into labour or other depraved acts is a serious crime punishable under the law.
Initiatives have also been undertaken by the government for girl child education.