Girl Child

Ecofeminism: How Kashmir intends to fight domestic violence, crime against women through eco-friendly measures

For women’s rights, conservation of biodiversity, and awareness for environmental protection, the J&K administration has launched a programme under which a sapling will be planted by a family, which gives birth to a girl child

Sex ratio: Women-centric policies, programmes of Modi government show results

The positive signals emanating from the latest NFHS-5 figures and the achievements that women have made in the recent times will go a long way in encouraging participation of women in national life

Not one girl born in last six months in 16 villages of Uttarkashi; highly skewed sex ratio at birth in other 66 villages of district

Not a single girl was born in 16 villages in Uttarkashi in the last six months, with authorities suspecting that health facilities were conducting illegal sex determination tests and abortions, following which the Uttarakhand chief minister ordered a probe

Child marriage rampant in West Bengal's Malda, but parties believe addressing social evil would be political suicide

Despite the high prevalence of child marriage in West Bengal's Malda district, very few police cases get reported, and the rate of conviction is even more abysmal.

TAG Survey for 2018 highlights challenges facing teenage girls across India, their hopes and aspirations

The Teenage Girls (TAG) Survey highlights that investment in India's girls, their health and well-being, their education and skilling, their productivity, economic potential and leadership, is a national priority that can no longer be sidelined.

Death penalty for child rapists does not mean swifter or better justice: Reporting of rape deterred, not act

About 90 percent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 percent of such cases ended in conviction, and there is a 20-year backlog in bringing cases to trial, the latest available national crime data show.

Nearly 40% adolescent girls in India lack access to education, majority forced to stay at home: NCPCR report

The NCPCR report suggests that while most adolescent boys are unable to attend school because they are in all likeliness working, a majority of the girl children are not getting school education because they are either forced to stay at home or engaged in begging

Bengaluru mayor promises free education till under-graduation for first girl child born in civic hospital in city

In a one of its kind effort to celebrate a girl child, the first female baby born in the New Year at a civic hospital in Bengaluru will be given free education till under-graduation

Gender vulnerability index points at high regional imbalances; Goa ranks top in security, Bihar worst overall

A report on gender vulnerability index, conducted for the first time by Plan India seems to explain as to why India may have slipped 21 places on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap index

Sex with minor wife between 15-18 years is rape, rules SC: Order could arrest growing trend of child marriage

The Supreme Court on Wednesday criminalised sex with a minor wife aged between 15 and 18 years, saying the exception in the rape law was arbitrary and was violative of the Constitution.