From TOI:
The UPA has chosen to ride on the memories of India’s first woman prime minister in declaring January 24 as the girl child day. Indira Gandhi had first taken over as PM on January 24, 1966.
Women and child development joint secretary Kiran Chadha said the decision was taken by the Union Cabinet recently. “We [...]
Jan 24 ‘girl child day’
January 8th, 2009 · View Comments
Tags: activism · girl child · sex selective abortion
7-month-old girl saved by heart surgery
August 25th, 2008 · View Comments
This is a heartening story from the front page, to do away with all the stories of sex-selection and missing girls in Rajasthan:
Benefactors wrote a new chapter in the history of the state infamous for female infanticides, when they saved the life of a seven-month-old baby girl. Yogita was brought back from the brink of [...]
Tags: activism · girl child · health & well-being · reproduction and repro rights · sex selective abortion
