Social Awarness Of Girl Childrens

VYAKTI VIKAS KENDRA INDIA (Punjab) also known as THE ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION initiates a state wide campaign for fight against “Sex Selection’. The programme is called Beti Sneh sanjivni yatras and is being done in partnership with THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA). Sex Selection is also known more popularly as Female foeticide and is a major social evil in the state. Today the state has the worst child sex` ratio in the country where there are only 798 girls per 1000 boys as per the 2001 census. The situation is so grim that it is affecting all aspects related to a women’s life; and it is common in all strata of society irrespective of educational qualifications and financial position.
A meeting was held at the Sutlej club, Ludhiana on Saturday, 27.01.2007. and the representatives from The Art of living foundation; United nations population fund(UNFPA); state department of family and health welfare; industry, media houses, and NGOs, participated in the deliberations. The house felt and unanimously decided that along with the enforcement of PNDT act and other practices, it is the mindset that needs to be ultimately changed in fight against Sex selection.
After a period of about four weeks of successful partnership between the core team members the second meeting of the project was organized in Jallandhar on 24.02.2007. It was a capacity cum strategy building programme towards the Beti Sneh Sanjivini Yatras. The fraternity members of various organizations and departments who are partners with us in this project participated in the meeting.
Ms Urmila Bendre of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr Richa Chopra and Ms Vimal from the Art of Living International Headquarters, Bangalore; Mr Piyush Trehan of the VVKI Punjab Apex Body, Dr VK Goel of the State Department of Health and Family Welfare, Mr Manmohan Sharma of the Voluntary Health Association Punjab and Mr Sameer of the PUNARJYOT participated as the members of the core team of the project Beti Sneh Sanjivini Yatras in Punjab. Dr Richa gave an overview of the project and also discussed the progress & developments achieved in the last one-month.