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Indian traditions and rituals outline the existence of the Indian girl child. Amidst uproars of gender equality and law enforcement, female infants are still found dumped in trash, by the dozens, while unborn fetuses continue to be sniffed in the womb. Wrought with discrimination and prejudiced by rituals, our society has dealt the girl child a rough hand, starting even before birth, till the dark of life.
We are here to show you the world from the eyes of a girl child, bright but unprivileged, twinkle in the eye, but remorse in the spirit; the Indian girl child, a picture of dismay. As a response to this issue, We Promote save the girl child campaign and its main objective is to realize a gender balance in society by eliminating female foeticide / infanticide and ensuring the right to identity, name and citizenship for the girl child.
How do we do this?
We raise social consciousness on the issue of female foeticide, its negative impact on women’s health and the gender imbalance that is developing as a result of son preference.
We help the movement to spread awareness about saving the girl child. We educate people to take some really firm steps to save the girl child.
We provide the facilities to the noble cause by facilitating medical and educational counseling to rural family, and ensure that every child should be born whether He or SHE.
We promote child survival services for newborns and we create an enabling environment (which facilitates addressing of barriers) to enhance women’s to access to health service. the problem of child labour and exploitation
We are working to promote the rights and welfare of children. In Sokoto State many children like anywhere else in Nigeria are used by their parents as source of generating income. Many children by the age of fivecan be seen walking in the streets begging or hawking boiled eggs, peanuts, water, cigarettes or working on the road side food areas with their mothers.
Many parents would rather not send

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