India celebrates National Girl Child Day
About 80% of rural men and 75% of urban men want daughters. Again, 83 per cent of men with no schooling wanted a daughter against 74% of those who have completed 12 years or more of schooling.
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National Girl Child Day is being observed in India on Wednesday. It is celebrated with an aim to raise awareness about sex ratio levels and promote the empowerment of girls. It is very necessary to save girls from social discrimination and exploitation that they generally face in their life.
Recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data showed Indian men and women's interest in having a daughter. According to the survey, about 79 per cent of women aged 15 to 49 and 78 per cent of men in the 15-54 age group in India want to have at least one daughter. The proportion of those wanting a daughter has risen from the 2005-06 NFHS survey in which 74 per cent of women and 65 per cent of men had said they wanted one.
However, there remains a preference for sons. More rural women (81 per cent) than urban (75 per cent) want one daughter; this proportion is higher (85 per cent) in women who have no education compared to women who have passed Class XII (72 per cent).
Men and women from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Muslims, rural people and those from the lower rungs of the economic ladder are keener to have a daughter.
About
80%
of
rural
men
and
75%
of
urban
men
want
daughters.
Again,
83
per
cent
of
men
with
no
schooling
wanted
a
daughter
against
74%
of
those
who
have
completed
12
years
or
more
of
schooling.
Union
Minister
Suresh
Prabhu
tweeted,
"National
Girl
Child
Day
celebrates
the
splendid
achievements
of
the
girl
child
and
also
challenges
gender-based
stereotypes.
Let
every
girl
child
be
cherished
and
given
equal
opportunities
to
shine
forth
in
her
life."
Cricketer Virender Sehwag, said, "It's time to eradicate discrimination and spread equality. Celebrate the girl child. Beti Bachao, Jeevan Sajaao."
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