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Rights of the Girl Child in India: Struggle for existence and Well-Being

by Nitu Kumari
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9789353882846
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
  • Publisher: Sage Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 224
  • Original Price: INR 1195.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 436 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Sociology / General

Children were practically considered the private property of parents, and their status never seen fit for public discussion, till the middle of the twentieth century. As children are defenseless and easy to target, they suffer the most in any crisis, be it war, natural disaster or any other type of crime or calamity. Among children, however, the girl child suffers even more, as she faces double discrimination because of her tender age and her gender. In the mid-1990s, instances of reported abuse of girls in the form of foeticide, infanticide, prostitution and sexual exploitation, especially in zones of war and ethnic cleansing such as the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, became rampant. This led to the girl child receiving separate identification as a group for the first time in the Beijing Declaration of the 4th UN World Conference on Women in 1995. In India, the status and treatment of girls in society ranges between inadequate and deplorable, with the girl child being victimized in several ways.

This book focuses on both the development (through enhancement of the nutritional, educational and health status) and welfare (through freedom from physical and psychosocial stress due to deprivation, exploitation and the resultant feelings of inferiority and low self-esteem) aspects of the girl child’s existence. It covers in detail all facets of the well-being of the girl child that are of concern to governments as well as international organizations. It explains in detail the challenges faced by government and non-governmental organizations in implementing any welfare and development initiatives for girls, including the discriminatory social norms impacting programme and policy implementation. It closely explores the differences between the theory and practice aspects of prevalent governmental programmes and policies. In the concluding parts, the book makes several policy recommendations and also seeks to lay out a future roadmap for the well-being of girls in India.

Kumari, Nitu: - Nitu Kumari is an Assistant Professor at Maharashtra National Law University. She teaches legal history and international law. She completed her MPhil in International Organization from the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She is currently doing her doctoral research from Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS, JNU, New Delhi. She was also a junior research fellow (JRF) of UGC.

She has published many articles and books on gender justice, child rights, human rights issues, international politics, international organizations, legal history and contemporary legal discourse. She is also working as an editor of the MNLU, Nagpur Contemporary Law Review journal. She has also presented many research papers at national and international conferences. She organizes and participates in many conferences. She had worked with the NGO Sampark for unnoticed child literacy. Prof. Kumari participated as a keynote speaker in National Seminar on 'Sindh: A Cultural Legacy' sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Recently, she was awarded with Best Paper Award for the paper titled 'Forced Marriage: Violation of Gender Rights' in the Jamia Teachers' Association Multidisciplinary International Conference 2020, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

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