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CHANDIGARH 25 -JAN-2022
The NSS Units of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh organised a webinar on ‘Survival and Protection of the Girl Child’ under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme as part of the weeklong celebration of National Girl Child Day 2022. The speaker on this occasion was Ms. Sakshi Muwal, Co-founder, Samvaad and a Certified Trainer (Eradication of Child Sexual Abuse Literacy, Menstrual Hygiene).
More than 50 volunteers of different streams attended the webinar. Ms. Sakshi began the webinar by drawing attention to the problems faced by females in Indian society such as female infanticide, child marriage, trafficking and gender discrimination. She asserted that there is a dire need to adopt a multi-sectoral approach to prevent and combat trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation. Ms. Sakshi educated the participants about the rights of a girl child and shed light on the initiatives taken by Government of India to protect girls’ and women’s rights such as raising marriage age of girls from 18 to 21, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme, POCSO Act 2021, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, etc. She also elaborated upon the steps that one can take at individual level to ensure and provide safe environment to girls. At the end of the webinar, ‘Girl Child Protection Oath’ was administered to all the volunteers with the promise to eliminate gender discrimination and work towards the safety and development of girl child. The NSS volunteers and staff members of the college also shared the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao logo on their WhatsApp status and social media handles so as to create awareness about the day among the masses.
Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava expressed appreciation for the efforts of NSS units of the college to mark the celebration of National Girl Child Day in a befitting manner. She added that it is immensely significant that the youth is sensitised about the problems faced by females so that they work towards eradication of these problems and ensuring a safer future for the girl child and women.
