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TOPIC :- GIRL CHILD EDUCATION

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- SHEIKH ABEER ALI
- PRIYANSI SAHOO
- RAHUL
- SHIKHA SHARMA
- SHAURYA
- SHRISHTI

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Better Education for children, educated women can provide better Education to their children.
Economic development and prosperity, depends upon their citizens. Hence, the development of entire Nation depends to make our woman educated as well.
Economic empowerment of women/girls, makes a women/girl independent and confident.
A healthy life of the family, an educated woman understands the importance of hygiene and health.
Quick skills learning, an Educated woman can learn things quickly and easily.
Improve poverty, educated woman lightens poverty, will also get better job opportunities.
Fight for justice, the Education of woman helps in the understanding of various rights and the right of justice is one of them .

- SHIRSHTI

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The fallingfemale labour force participation rates and increased labour of adolescent girls in tenuous jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic are not isolated events. They are interconnected through patriarchal attitudes about the value and roles of women, and to compounding disadvantages of health, nutrition, education and agency that start early on in the lifetime of girl-children.

We know no family wants to choose between children to feed or send to school. However, when forced to choose by the circumstance of poverty, gender plays a pre-determined role. After all, households are ' rational decision-making spaces', investing in boy-children to hedge their risks.

COVID-19 has increased poverty and unemployment, and it is within these circumstances that we can expect increasing discrimination against girl-children. Furthermore, due to the phenomenon of " son preference", girl children are more likely to belong to poorer families with more children. They are born into disadvantage.

As a result, two key cycles of gender disadvantage have been kicked-off by COVID-19, that if not arrested can lead to intergenerational disadvantages for women. In India, discrimination against the girl-child begins even before birth in form of female foeticide, and further manifests disadvantages in early childhood nutrition, immunisation, and breastfeeding.

we might find years later, a generation of women who are less educated, married and pregnant at younger ages, less likely to have financial independence, and as a result, have less agency in their post-marital households. This then has intergenerational effects on their children, and especially their girl children

Differences in investments on nutrition, health and education of girls and boys in early childhood contribute to differential development that compounds over the lifetime of the child, and are thought to be irreversible. Stunted and/or malnourished children cannot be expected to learn well, and gender structures can lead to more drop-outs of girls from secondary schooling in the years to come.

This brings us to the second cycle of disadvantage. During COVID-19, care-burdens on households (read women)have increased substantially. Older girl children are likely to have taken on a large share of this, keeping them from education. Further, there is a gender divide in both access to technology and knowledge of how to use it.

As a result of this and son preference, girl-children are more likely to share a device amongst siblings, if they have access to one at all. Finally, the increased incidence of child marriage during the pandemic makes it far less likely that girls will return to school even once they reopen, with an estimated 10 million girls dropping-out from secondary schools globally.

All of the above means we might find years later, a generation of women who are less educated, married and pregnant at younger ages, less likely to have financial independence, and as a result, have less agency in their post-marital households. This then has intergenerational effects on their children, and especially their girl children.

This is what is at stake in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic - intergenerational female disadvantage, undoing much of the progress made over the last few decades.

Bringing girls back to school could minimise the impacts of the pandemic on female disadvantage. Evidence from across developing countries find that children of well educated women (compared to their less educated counterparts) tend to be healthier, better educated, and differential investments on the basis of gender are minimal.

Also read: COVID-19 Impact: In Latur, Teenage Girls Face The Fear Of Early Marriage & More

Moreover, women with greater agency in the post-marital household have greater control over decisions about family planning, health and education of their children. Just the signaling of completing up to a certain grade can influence women's agency, especially if it translates to employment.

Policy solutions: Evidence based interventions to bridge gaps

Despite agreements on prioritising the education of girls, we have failed to reflect this through adequate budgetary allocations in the past. The Gender Inclusion Fund purported by the National Economic Policy 2020, is a great opportunity to enable such focus. It has a responsibility to bear far greater than what was probably realised by those who advocated for it.

universal entitlements afforded to children under the Right To Education Act, that shift the burden of out-of-pocket expenditures of households on education to the State. Universally targeting such entitlements removes opportunities for differential investments in children's education

Specifically, arresting differential resource allocations to girl-children in early childhood, and encouraging retention through of them higher education can curb gendered impacts of the pandemic in the long-run, with the added normative benefit of ensuring education.

This time around, we have the benefit of hindsight in evidence and policy, with at least a decade of reference of policies for gender inclusion in schools that we can turn to.

Some of the schemes we can consider based on past evidence include strengthening universal entitlements that have faltered during COVID-19: books, uniforms, mid-day meals (MDM), etc. These are all universal entitlements afforded to children under the Right To Education Act, that shift the burden of out-of-pocket expenditures of households on education to the State. Universally targeting such entitlements removes opportunities for differential investments in children's education.

Mid Day Meals specifically offsets disparities in resource allocation of food between boys and girls within the household. In light of increasing mal and under-nutrition during COVID-19, the delivery of MDM, especially in early childhood is crucial. Re-opening anganwadi centres urgently, and ensuring such universal entitlements are provided in all schools offering pre-primary classes, can be beneficial.

We should further consider investing in gender-sensitive measures to incentivise re-enrollment in schools. For example, while it might be difficult to target the digital divide for girls, we could look at alternatives such as mohalla schools. Hyperlocal settings might be considered safer for girls, and do not rely on access to personal devices. Further, for older girl-children, including creches can shift the care-burden from the household to the state.

retention should be targeted through ensuring learning. Teachers should be made aware of possible differences in learning losses that can arise from the differential experiences of girls and boys at home - access to devices, chores and recreational activities, care-work, and abuse - as a result of structural gender discrimination rather than gendered abilities

Crucially,recent evidencefinds that more boys have dropped-out than girls due to increased incidence of child labour. This means we must invest differently in bringing back boys and girls to school, based on mechanisms leading to their dropping-out.

A combination of cash transfers for child education and employment guarantee schemes for adults might work to curb child labour. While evidence around the use of conditional cash transfers for enrollment and retention are mixed, a systematic assessment of circumstances that make them successful could bode well.

These measures should be accompanied by strengthening legal remedies for curbing child labour and child marriage. Here too, we must assess evidence of their success from the past. Increasing the marriage age for example, has led to low agency for young womenin the natal home for longer periods of time, while strict prohibition of child labour has led to children being employed in more dangerous jobs.

Thus, such legal remedies should not come at the cost of safety and agency, but rather nudge positive behaviours through removing the circumstances forcing them.

Also read: In Conversation With Deepanjali Patra: The Gond Girl Who Became An Educator

Finally, retention should be targeted throughensuring learning. Teachers should be made aware of possible differences in learning losses that can arise from the differential experiences of girls and boys at home - access to devices, chores and recreational activities, , and abuse - as a result of structural gender discrimination rather than gendered abilities.

How the state prioritises the welfare and education of girls across the country will stand to reflect how society will continue to see them. Ignoring these interconnected and cascading disadvantages might take us many steps further back than we expect.
Nisha Vernekar is Lead, Education at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi. She has an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS, University of London and works on research on inclusive education policy in elementary and early childhood education, with a focus on disability, gender, and socio-economic vulnerabilities. You may find her on Twitter, and Instagram

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Educating The Girl Child: The Way Forward In Reversing Covid Fueled Disadvantages | Feminism In India

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The fallingfemale labour force participation rates and increased labour of adolescent girls in tenuous jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic are not isolated events. They are interconnected through patriarchal attitudes about the value and roles of women, and to compounding disadvantages of health, nutrition, education and agency that start early on in the lifetime of girl-children.

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Girls around the world are experiencing gender discrimination from the age of just seven years old, with one in ten primary schoolgirls reported being unhappy being a girl, doubling to one in five by the time they reach secondary school.
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Youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai's recent trip to Expo 2020 Dubai included her championing rights to women's education. The Pakistani activist visited the world fair with her family and stopped by at the Women's Pavilion where she urged nations to pay attention to the voices of young girls.

"There are still more than 127 million girls who are deprived of education," she said. "My mission remains the same - for these girls to have access to safe, free quality and complete education. I believe in the voice of girls. I want you to listen to the voices of girls and young women around the world - not to just sit here and share stories, but to participate in these conversations with them."

She added, "These women also need to be in the rooms where decisions are being made about their future so they can actively participate. If you want to see change, you have to believe in it. I still have an ambition that one day there will be zero girls out of school." Highlighting how the progress of women relates to that of the world, the 24-year-old remarked that the global economy would increase by USD 30 trillion dollars if access to education for every girl was ensured.

Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, the Oxford University alum's speech touched upon the inequality and hurdles women have to go through in accessing education. "They face domestic violence and harassment," she said. "These are the issues we must address. We all know it's possible to solve these problems, and we can make that happen. We cannot deny the reality of people being discriminated against because of their gender. If you look at Afghanistan, where girls in secondary schools are denied their right to education, we should not be living in this world. On International Women's Day, I hope we continue emphasizing this message; through repeated activism and advocacy, we have seen huge progress."

A year after establishing the Malala Fund in 2013, Yousafzai, aged 17, made history by earning the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy. During her visit to the Women's Pavilion, she was accompanied by Ms Hind Alowais, senior vice president of International Participants department at Expo 2020 Dubai and the United Nations Pavilion; Mr Maher Nasser, commissioner-general for United Nations' Participation in Expo 2020; and Dr Dena Assaf, United Nations resident coordinator for the UAE and deputy commissioner general for the UN at Expo 2020.

"I learnt a lot on my tour about the role of women in different areas, from agriculture to financing, space, education and leadership," she said of her trip. "There's so much optimism and enthusiasm for the future when we educate and empower women, and, at the same time, there's a reminder that millions of women do not have access to equal rights."
Read Next: 10 of Malala Yousafzai's Most Inspiring Quotes to Live By

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"Listen to the Voices of Young Women." Malala Yousafzai Champions Girls' Right to Education at Expo 2020

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Youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai's recent trip to Expo 2020 Dubai included her championing rights to women's education. The Pakistani activist visited the world fair with her family and stopped by at the Women's Pavilion where she urged nations to pay attention to the voices of young girls.

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Education is regarded to be the grounds of our community because it is one of the quickest and most efficient methods of encouraging economic growth in any nation. It is perceived to be the important key to terminating poverty and crime towards females. Educating the girls of a nation from the best schools in India also promotes children’s and women’s endurance rates and health issues, child marriage, empowers women both at their workplace and also their home, and assist in dealing with climate change.

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Financial Constraints

Financial restrictions create hurdles for many parents in educating the girl child. Usually, she is forced to stay at home to carry out household chores and take care of her younger siblings while the son in the family is sent to school.

Household Responsibilities

Many girls are forced to drop out of school because of household responsibilities. Losing a parent or a sick family members forces young girls to take up household chores. Social norms dictate that it is a woman’s duty to do domestic work or take care of sick family members

Early and Forced Marriages

Our society’s obsession with marriage has ruined many lives. Girls are denied education and instead forced to marry at an early age, often before she has attains the physical and emotional maturity to even understand what marriage is.

- PRIYANSI

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THE CHILD WHO IS NOT EMBRACED BY THE VILLAGE
WILL BURN IT DOWN TO FEEL ITS WARMTH

- ABEER

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"Unless every girl reaches her full potential , humanity never can and never will "

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Malala Yousafzai on Afghanistan & the Future for Girls’ Education

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Ensuring that all girls and young women receive a quality education is their human right, a global development priority, and a strategic priority for the World Bank.

Achieving gender equality is central to the World Bank Group twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. As the largest financing development partner in education globally, the World Bank ensures that all of its education projects are gender-sensitive, and works to overcome barriers that are preventing girls and boys from equally benefiting from countries’ investments in education.

-SHIKHA

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Every Girl Deserves an Education

A girl is not a statistic or a piece of property. She's a child who deserves a future.

Girls the world over face gender discrimination - just for being born a daughter and not a son. A girls education is less likely to be valued, and she's more likely to be forced into early marriage, face violence or be stolen by traffickers. Her childhood cut short - her very life and future at risk.

A girl's education changes everything. An educated girl is more likely to grow up healthy, safe and empowered to determine the course of her life and future. She'll decide when she's ready for marriage and children. She'll likely send her children to school - and even live a longer life.

We understand the importance of education for girl children. We do whatever it takes to ensure every last child has a chance to grow up healthy, educated and safe - her best chance for a bright future.

With your help, we can educate girls who may not otherwise have the chance to learn - changing the course of their lives, their children's lives and the future of their communities.

Promoting Girls Education

Save the Children's Every Last Child campaign aims to reach the most vulnerable children, those left behind by the world's progress in child health, education and protection - including girls. Too many girls, because of who they are or where they're born, face unique challenges. Together, we will improve girls education. We will reach every last girl, empowering her to grow up healthy, educated and safe. Free to lead her own life, speak her mind and determine her future.

Did You Know?

One girl under age 15 is married every seven seconds.

Girls are 3X more likely to be out of school*

Girls are 2X more likely to die from malnutrition*

Girls are 2X more likely to be subjected to sexual violence*

Girls are 2X more likely to get coerced into trafficking*

*Sources: U.N. Foundation; Girls Not Brides

Roja's Story: The Importance of Education For Girls

In Cambodia, nearly 23% of children are out of school. Even more shocking, 52 out of 1,000 girls become adolescent mothers. These are girls denied the opportunities they deserve - and forced to grow up far too fast.

But innocent, eager Roja, age 5, is on the path to a brighter future. She attends a Save the Children early childhood development center near her village. There, we encourage her early learning and development, including drawing and art to enhance creativity. We also train teachers and involve parents, caregivers and whole communities in encouraging girls education and learning opportunities.

Your donation can help educate girls like Roja - giving her best chance for the bright future she deserves.

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A girl is not a statistic or a piece of property. She's a child who deserves a future. Girls the world over face gender discrimination - just for being born a daughter and not a son. A girls education is less likely to be valued, and she's more likely to be forced into early marriage, face violence or be stolen by traffickers.

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Girls in India face discrimination both inside their homes and outside in their communities. Inequality in India means unequal opportunities for girls. India is the only country in the world where the mortality of girls under- 5 years exceeds that of boys.*  Girls are encouraged and also engaged more in household work and drop out of school at an early age. Most of the time their movements are restricted to get an education and engage in social exchanges.
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" IF YOU EDUCATE A MAN YOU EDUCATE AN INDIVIDUAL . IF YOU EDUCATE  A WOMEN YOU EDUCATE THE NATION.  "

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Girls’ education strengthens economies and reduces inequality. It contributes to more stable, resilient societies that give all individuals – including boys and men – the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

But education for girls is about more than access to school. It’s also about girls feeling safe in classrooms and supported in the subjects and careers they choose to pursue – including those in which they are often under-represented.
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GOVERNMENT SCHEMES FOR THE WELFARE OF THE GIRL CHILD EDUCATION

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GOVERNMENT SCHEMES FOR THE WELFARE OF THE GIRL CHILD EDUCATION

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Government Schemes for Ensuring the Welfare of the Girl Child in India

Considering the numerous obstacles that come in the way of a girl child, throughout her life, the government has many schemes in place to make sure that she is given the right opportunity and additional aid to help her progress and succeed in life. Some of the top schemes are given below:

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Balika Samridhi Yojana

Mukhyamantri Rajshri Yojana

Mukhyamantri Laadli Yojana

CBSE Udaan Scheme

National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education

Mukhyamantri Kanya Suraksha Yojana

Mazi Kanya Bhagyashree Scheme

Nanda Devi Kanya Yojana

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1. Removing barriers to girls’ schooling
2. Promoting safe and inclusive schools for girls
3. Improving the quality of education for girls (and boys)
4. Developing skills for life and labor market success for young women

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Female education is a catch-all term of a complex set of issues and debates surrounding education  for girls and women. It is frequently called girls' education or women's education. It includes areas of gender equality and access to education. The education of women and girls is important connection to the alleviation of poverty. Broader related topics include single-sex education and religious education for women, in which education is divided gender lines.

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