Rights of the Girl Child in India
Rights of the Girl Child in India Children were practically considered the private property of parents, and their status never seen fit for public discussion, till the middle of the twentieth…
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Rights of the Girl Child in India
Children were practically considered the private property of parents, and their status never seen fit for public discussion, till the middle of the twentieth century. Among children, however, the girl child suffers even more, as she faces double discrimination because of her tender age and her gender. As children are defenseless and easy to target, they suffer the most in any crisis, be it war, natural disaster or any other type of crime or calamity.
This led to the girl child receiving separate identification as a group for the first time in the Beijing Declaration of the 4th UN World Conference on Women in 1995. In the mid-1990s, instances of reported abuse of girls in the form of foeticide, infanticide, prostitution and sexual exploitation, especially in zones of war and ethnic cleansing such as the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, became rampant. In India, the status and treatment of
The First Girl Child
India in the Eyes of Europeans
India in the Eyes of Europeans