Dear Sir / Madam,
Greetings!!
In India, while we pray to many female deities and look
up to them as embodiments of strength, courage, wealth and education,
we still practice deep-rooted traditional preference to the male child
or the son. In the recent times, it has taken
an ugly turn with innumerable crimes against women, increasing cases of
rape and selective abortions.
According to the 2011 census, for every 1000 boys, there are only
918 girls. The child sex ratio in India has been on the decline since 1991 and the worst since independence. According to the
1991 census, there were 945 girls for every 1000 boys and in
2001, 927 girls for every 1000 boys.
The sex ratio is defined as the ratio of the number of males to number
of females in a population set. It is internationally expressed per 100
females but in India, it is expressed as per
1000 males. According to the World Health Organization,
biologically normal child sex ratio ranges from 102 to 106 male per 100
females. Converting it to Indian terms would be 943-980 females per
every 1000 males.
The steadily declining child sex ratio in India has reached emergency proportions and urgent action must be taken to alleviate this crisis, warned a latest United Nations (UN) study (Report released on 22/07/2014).
While the child sex ratio in the country is dipping, not much seems to
have been done to check sex determination tests and selective abortions.
Data for the whole country shows
only 143 people have been punished for conducting sex determination tests since the enactment of the
Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act in 1996.
This number was disclosed by the then Union health minister Ghulam Nabi
Azad in a written reply submitted to Rajya Sabha in December 2013.
The Prime minister recently lunched the “Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao”
(BBBP) campaign to reverse the dwindling numbers. Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao (Save girl child, educate girl child) is a Government of
India scheme that aims to generate awareness
and improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for
the girl child & women. The scheme was initiated with an initial
corpus of Rs 100 crore. It is being implemented in the 100 Gender
critical districts.
It will definitely be a herculean task considering the many faces of
this problem. The campaign aims to ensuring that girls are born,
nurtured and educated without discrimination to become empowered
citizens of this country with equal rights. And this is possible
if the campaign and the stakeholders address this at its root. The
problem of attitudes, out dated beliefs and perception of the girl child
needs to be addressed.
In the State of Telangana the Girl Child numbers are coming down year by year. 2011 Census shows that there are
only 938 Girls per 1000 Boys. It was 957 girls per 1000 boys in the 2001 Census. So, there is a 17 point drop in ten years which is a cause of serious concern, and it may further go down very fast in the coming years if no
corrective action is taken. There is an urgent need to act now to Save the Girl Children in our State.
Hence to address the roots of the problem and to involve different
stakeholders, NILA (Network of International Legal Activists), Tharuni
& Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust are organizing a Bikethon (Bike Rally) involving College Students,
employees of various IT Companies & Hyderabad city based professional Bikers Clubs starting at
Charminar at 7.30 AM on 11th October, the International Girl Child Day to highlight the Importance of Girl Child and to improve the Child Sex Ratio in the State.
The Bikethon will be flagged off by Union Minister for Labour, Sri Bandaru Dattatreya, and Telangana Home Minister Sri Nayani Narsimha Reddy and whole lot of Govt Officials, Celebrities will also participate. This Bikethon is
being supported by the Bikers Clubs like Bajaj Avengers of Hyderabad,
Wanderes & Bikernis and whole lot of Students & IT Professionals.
The details of program are given below:
Date: October 11th, 2015
Start time: 7:30 AM
From: Charminar Chowk
To: Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad
It is expected that around 200 bikers would be participating in the “Bikethon” which
would proceed from Charminar Chowk through Nizam Shahi Rd, Mozamjahi
Market, Nampally Station Road, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Chowk (Nampally),
Saifabad Road
and reach Hyderabad Public School (Begumpet).
Hence, we cordially invite you all to participate actively and support
the girl child. Pl note that delicious Breakfast will be provided to all
participants at the end of the Rally. Please support our cause by
registering yourself by sending simple SMS
with 'BIKETHON <YOUR_NAME>' to our
Tharunopayam Number - 9000243000 and oblige.
Thanks & Regards,
Dr Mamatha Raghuveer,
Founder, Tharuni & NILA
9849418592
amamatha06@gmail.com
www.Tharuni.org
www.nilawcr.org
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