Today, Yuvsatta-NGO and Peace Club of Govt. Girls Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector 18C, Chandigarh organized a ‘PINK TURBAN CAMPAIGN’, at School campus with participation of over 2000 students and teachers of the School. They all came in morning assembly donning pink turbans as symbol of empowered girls and women. International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated annually on 11 October to highlight and draw attention towards the challenges that girls’ face.
It is also necessary to focus on their human rights and empowerment. In ancient times, women were highly respected. But with time, their situation changed drastically. Thinking of people towards girls changed. Conservative practices like child marriage, sati system, dowry system, female foeticide, etc. became prevalent.
Due to this, girls were being denied from rights like education, nutrition, legal rights and medicine. But now in this modern era, several efforts are being made to provide girls their rights and to make people aware of it. The Indian government is also working in this direction and is implementing various schemes.