GIRL CHILD- Are We Equal???

The GIRL CHILD issue has emerged as an important priority in the present world due to the high degree of discrimination by the society. Son preference is curtailing the access of girl child to food, education and health care.  The hardest profession to take in life is being a girl child. Discrimination and discrepancy are two most important factors that hamper the journey of every female from the earliest stage of life. Starting from her presence into her mother’s womb to infancy, childhood and finally to adulthood, she is outnumbered by the male dominating society of the country.

Vital Statistics

• Of the more than 110 million children not in school, approximately 60 per cent are girls.
  
• By age 18, girls have received an average of 4.4 years lesseducation than boys.
  
• World-wide of the more than 130 million primary school age children not enrolled in school, nearly 60% are girls.
  
• In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls have HIV rates up to five times higher than adolescent boys.
  
• Pregnancies and childbirth-related health problems take the lives of nearly 146,000 teenage girls each year.
  
• In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman faces a 1 in 13 chance of dying in childbirth. In Western Europe, the risk is 1 in 3,200.
• At least one in three girls and women worldwide has been beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime.
  
• An estimated 450 million adult women in developing countries are stunted, a direct result of malnutrition in early life.