Launches Mascot of Nagaland Adolescent Girls’ Club
Dimapur, October 18 (MExN): The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)-“Save the Girl Child; Educate her” has been functioning in 161 districts in India, including Longleng district of Nagaland. The goal is to celebrate the girl child and enable her education with an objective to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination, to ensure her survival, protection, education and participation into the society.
This year, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India directed all the gender critical districts to observe the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week- the Daughters of New India with a series of activities such as door to door campaign, awareness programme and other related activities.
The State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) which is the Project Management Unit for BBBP, and the Social Welfare Department in collaboration with the district administration of Longleng, celebrated the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week- the Daughters of New India, stated a press release issued by the SRCW.
As the only “gender critical district” in the State, the Longleng district administration observed the week long programme with various activities held from October 9 to 14.
In Kohima, Director, Directorate of Social Welfare, Merangtsungba Aier through the All India Radio (AIR) relayed his hopes that through this event we will be able to provide a platform to raise issues, concerns and challenges faced by girls.
The Bayavü High School, Kohima in commemorating the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, held an oath-taking service, pledging to make the Girl Child Day dream based on this year’s theme “The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision 2030,” a reality.
In observation of the BBBP Week, Bano Vinito, Chairperson, NSSWB and Daisy Mezhür, Mission Director, SRCW launched the Mascot of the Nagaland Adolescent Girls’ Club (NAGC) who is “the little Champions for girl child education” under BBBP Nagaland.
In Phek, all 10 villages under Village Convergence and Felicitation Service (VCFS), Sekrüzu Block, Phek district celebrated the occasion followed by tree plantations dedicated to the Girl Child, where the children themselves volunteered to plant the trees.
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