Women in Agriculture

Lesson 11 : Measures to Avoid Discrimination Against Girl Child

Introduction

Survival of the Girl Child and Her Right to be Born

National efforts to ensure the survival of the girl child and her right to be born, and to be an informed, secure and productive participating member of the community and society will necessarily have to be multidimensional in nature with legislative, preventive, advocacy and programmatic inputs. State-level interventions will have to be based on accurate assessment of area-specific issues and factors.