Emax Group Of Institutions Raised Voice For Saving The Girl Child

In a bid to raise public awareness on the deep bias against female children in region, Emax Group of Institutions organized a week long awareness campaign which concluded on Monday.

To involve more public in this campaign a huge flex was mobilized on a van in nearby villages. The van was carrying posters and slogans on Save Girl Child created by students of various schools and villages. Various plays and acts were conducted to spread awareness. The van traveled across nearby villages and various schools of the region. The van was flagged off by writing the first message on the huge flex by Om Prakash Aggarwal, Chairman of the college.

More than 5000 students, faculty members and villagers contributed by writing slogans on the huge flex. Raising a new slogan “my daughter-nation’s pride”, achievements of the girls gaining higher positions in society were discussed. Various plays and acts against female foeticide were also organized.

Chairman of the College Om Prakash Aggarwal said that families of limited economic mean see daughters as a financial liability because of a religious tenet that requires the bride's parents to provide a substantial dowry to the groom's parents. Many couples choose abortion when they learn their unborn child is female. Gender bias also drives child marriage, child labor and child trafficking. India has a skewed sex ratio, with fewer than 925 women for every 1,000 men, because of the gender bias.

While speaking on this, Vice Chairman PR Bansal said that the idea behind roping in young students is to include this upcoming generation of people in save the girl child campaign. He called upon women to rise against the social evil and protect the girl child by not killing her in the womb. He said, "The world is incomplete without women but instances of killing girls in the womb are rising manifold and women need to come forward to stop the killing of girls to ensure balance in society.''

Rajiv Bansal, Finance Secretary of Emax said that only education could make women independent and we hope that these kind of campaigns will raise awareness of sex-selection abortion and female infant abandonment.