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Childhood And Child Marriage

What does it mean to be a ‘girl’? In our society, the identity of a woman is closely associated with the men in her life, starting with her father. When a girl is born, the happiness of her birth in her immediate family varies with respect to the birth of a boy. People with daughters are pitied, and bringing up a daughter is considered to be like watering a plant which is not going to give you shade or fruit. As a result, girls grow up with a temporary membership within their own surroundings, often refused her basic child rights, quality education, healthcare, and basically a good life.

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Childhood And Child Marriage

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  1. E-mail-Info@Protshan.co.in Phone no:(+91) 954- 078- 1011 Childhood And Child Marriage What does it mean to be a ‘girl’? In our society, the identity of a woman is closely associated with the men in her life, starting with her father. When a girl is born, the happiness of her birth in her immediate family varies with respect to the birth of a boy. People with daughters are pitied, and bringing up a daughter is considered to be like watering a plant which is not going to give you shade or fruit. As a result, girls grow up with a temporary membership within their own surroundings, often refused her basic child rights, quality education, healthcare, and basically a good life. Child marriage problem After this initial state of distress in bringing up a daughter, many parents start looking for a solution in child marriage. The terms for married women whose husband is alive are ‘saubhagyavati’ or ‘suhagan’ which means the fortunate and of course we cannot forget ‘kanyadan’. 107, Hastsal Rd, Vikash Nagar JJ Colony, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110059

  2. E-mail-Info@Protshan.co.in Phone no:(+91) 954- 078- 1011 Many people believe that this is how the society is, and will always be like. However, some experts believe that the answer to the problem of child marriage lies in educating the girl child. Child rights NGOs in India, especially the child rights NGOs in Delhi have been trying to get to the bottom of this social practice through girl child education, and empower young girls so that they can show their parents that girls are not a burden. Girl child education In one study it has been found that some girls are unable to individuate from their parents because they were never able to live up to what they thought their parents wanted of them and because of which they’ve been forced to get married while others feel that was their destiny. Some of the girls are too young to give this issue a thought. The legal age of marriage in India is 18 for women and 21 for men. The policymakers and lower class families decide the fortune of their girl child. By limiting educational opportunities to various subjects which stressed creative aspect of nature, girls are prepared for their future roles. Few gender roles are assimilated, accommodated and learnt within a complex of relationships. Poverty, lack of education, cultural practices and insecurities leads to 107, Hastsal Rd, Vikash Nagar JJ Colony, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110059

  3. E-mail-Info@Protshan.co.in Phone no:(+91) 954- 078- 1011 child marriage. Unfortunately, she has been treated as more of financial liability. She faces oppression at every stage of her life. Pressure from society Once she gets married the family expects a child. Adolescent pregnancy can lead to several health diseases like anemia, HIV and other Sexually transmitted diseases and infections. Early pregnancy also increases the childbirth complications. We often hear- ‘Tum toh kisi or ki amanat ho.’ ‘Ladkiya apne ghar hi achhi lagti hai.’ ‘Hamara vansh toh ladka hi aage badhayega.’ Men/husband tries to control female sexuality, freedom and life. Girls are supposed to stay untouched till the time she gets married because ‘whether the needle falls on balloon or the balloon falls on the needle, it is always the balloon which gets hurt and 107, Hastsal Rd, Vikash Nagar JJ Colony, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110059

  4. E-mail-Info@Protshan.co.in Phone no:(+91) 954- 078- 1011 disfigured.’ Girls learn to bear pain and deprivation, they start questioning their presence and identity. Child rights NGO in India However we are living in 21st century, many child rights NGO’s in India are working in favor of women. Many child rights NGO’s in India organize seminars and conferences to pick such crucial issues and create awareness. Many of these childrights NGO’s in Delhi and neighboring areas have been successful as well. Many laws came into practices but again the one who is educated knows their rights. What we as individual citizens can do to help change the situation is to at least support child rights NGOs in Delhi and across India in our own capacity by donating for girl child education. After all, education is the sword with which we can fight; it is the pen with which we can write our destiny. 107, Hastsal Rd, Vikash Nagar JJ Colony, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110059

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