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Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
What People Says About Gender Equality In India
HEEALS STOP GENDER INEQUALITY PROJECT IN INDIA
Gender Equality Project Is In Schools ,Villages And Underprivileged and Marginalized Communities In India . Creating Workshop About Importance Of Gender Equality and Sharing What people Think About Gender Equality In India . What People Says About Gender Equality In India And How we can STOP GENDER INEQUALITY ? International Volunteer / Internship /Student Program In Water Sanitation Menstrual Hygiene ,Health, Education, Environment And Gender Equality Project In India.
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Monday, 21 March 2022
A new technique for female infanticides
A new technique for female
infanticides
The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, established in 1994, was created to avoid abortions based on sex selection. Revealing the sex of the fetus is a crime in India, punishable by a fine of Rs 10,000 and a sentence of 3 years in prison.
Why people, still today, should choose sex selection? There are a lot of causes.To answer this question, we must consider some social and economic aspects. Generally, a male child is preferred to a daughter especially for the type of economic support that they are able to provide to their families when they're older. But it’s not just a matter of monetary support, however, because it must also be considered that parents think still nowadays that only son will keep the family's last name, even though women can keep it. A daughter, on the other side, is seen as a “burden”[1], especially on financial aspect (for example for the question of dowry in weddings).
Techniques such as In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) allows future parents to discover the sex of the embryo(s) that will then be implanted in the uterus of the mother. IVF is the only procedure that ensures a sex selection, and that is why it is so - sadly - popular.
Sex selection, in India, is
forbidden.However, there are cases in which clinics offer some travel packages
abroad to couples who want to conceive through IVF to have boys, in country
where sex selection is allowed, as in Mexico, Dubai or Thailand.[2] Sex selection is something that is practiced
mainly among rich and well-educated people, due to the expensive cost of this
treatment.
Sex selection made through IVF can be seen as the modern and capitalized version of female infanticides. This creates a demographic bubble, in which the male population is significantly greater than the female population. For example, in 2020, the sex ratio of Indian population was 108.18 males per 100 females.[3]This decompensation is definitely working women and, in general, of their poor self-determination as a part of Indian society.
Until women will be considered inferior compared to men, girls will be simply prevented from being born at all. Laws will not be enough if society does not change completely the way of thinking about women and girls.
-Beatrice
[2]https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-clinic-promised-couples-male-child-through-ivf-abroad-6042755/
[3] https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/india-sex-ratio.php
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Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Happy Menstrual Hygiene Day
Menstrual hygiene matters to Everyone.We should include boys/men's as well in the workshop to Spread Its awareness & importance
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Monday, 29 April 2019
How Can We Bring Menstrual Hygiene Equality?
Menstrual hygiene in
India is one of the major matter of debate. Furthermore, a large amount of
research has shown that lack of hygiene and infrastructure lead girls to drop out schools in rural areas of India. According to Darsa, 23 million
girls drop out of school annually due to lack of proper menstrual hygiene
management facilities, which include availability of sanitary napkins and
logical awareness of menstruation. Taboos related to periods is the second
reason involving young girls from villages to stay at home. Hence, we can
assume two points regarding education in India:
- There is a huge difference between genders about life opportunities, due to cultural and infra structural reasons;
- There is a significant difference between the urban lifestyle and the rural one.
At the same time, it is well known that the 10 world’s fastest growing
cities are Indian. According to the Global Cities Report 2018 by the institute
Oxford Economics: Surat; Agra; Bengaluru; Hyderabad; Nagpur; Tiruppur; Rajkot;
Tiruchirappalli; Chennai and Vijayawada. As a result, is quite clear the huge
economic (and cultural) gap that stands between modern cities and rural
villages.
Therefore, what can we do in practice in order to bring menstrual hygiene
equality? NGOs’ work seems to be the main way to truly obtain an improvement in
social-welfare, hygiene and knowledge about healthcare and taboos constraints.
Since 2010 Heeals is strongly concerned in programmes with villages and
rural communities about Wash; Menstrual Hygiene and Health. We belief that education
about health care is a priority and because of that we are always working hard
on our workshops and new programmes. For instance, the aim of our “Pads for
Girls” project is to improve local hygene conditions and economy in Western
Uttar Pradesh: we want to buy a sanitary napkins machine and bring it in the
village. We deeply believe that this project could improve the local economy,
selling napkins especially in local markets. Also, it will be certainly the
only way for village women to get sanitary napkins.
-Nancy
(Wash Intern)
Source:
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
EDUCATION AMONG BOYS AND GIRLS IN RURAL VILLAGES IN INDIA
“The
things that I learned from my grandfather and father, [are more] useful and
practical than things which others learn from the school.”
Those are the words of GunabandiyaUruwarige, Wanniyala-Aetto chief, a Sri Lanka tribe. We think that represent the general condition of rural areas all around India in fact of education.
Even if India
is considered to be one of the fastest-growing economy, there is a large amount
of extra-urban areas where the situation is much different. India is the second
largest country in terms of population and the seventh largest in terms of
area, so it is difficult to speak generally about the features and the issues
of this country. Furthermore, when it comes to educationthere are many factors
about traditional habits that should be seen.
Percent literates by level of
education in India 2001
Source: censusindia.gov.in
First of all, there is a huge
difference between boys and girls in relation to school attendance. For
instance, according to the Literacy Rate 2011 census female literacy levels are
65.46% where the male literacy is over 80%.This is due to religion and cultural
reasons and it is a matter of fact that in rural areas girls are not receiving
equal access to primary education. But what are the real reasons
that involve children to this
habit? We think the main ones are economic and cultural. The villages we are
talking about have subsistence economies, often the only source of income and
living, based on agriculture. Therefore, it is common for the children to help
their parents in working and for girls to staying at home and help with
housekeeping. In addition, menstrual period is a serious problem which involves
girls attending school. Since it is considered a taboo, girls usually stay home
to respect their traditional social customs. Indeed, their family would prefer
to “protect” them in any situation, not only during their periods but also in
their everyday life. For instance, the child marriage which is very common in
rural areas is a form of “protection” by their parents: is the only way they
have to protect family honour. Child marriage is also a fact of money of
course. It is normal for the girl’s family to provide a dowry, but it the boy’s side of the family can raise the
dowry if they suspects he has been in school with boys during puberty.
What has HEEALS
done for education among boys and girls in rural villages in India?
Since 2010 Heeals is
strongly concerned in programmes with villages and rural communities about
Wash; Menstrual Hygene and Health; Education. Our mission is to deal against
taboos that involve fear and insecurity in people and in children above all.
One of our major project is “pads for girls” and we strongly think that giving
help and health care could change traditional habits about periods and let
girls feel free. The Course of Self-defence we are planning is also an
important opportunity for girls to reach a physically and mentally security.
Furthermore, our workshops and projects are even made for boys,
because it is fundamental to include everybody in order to change dangerous
habits.
-Nancy
(wash intern)
REFERENCES
Thursday, 4 April 2019
WASH Workshop In Village
Wash workshop organized in Village Communities
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Monday, 11 March 2019
STOP CHILD MARRIAGE, VALUE GIRLS!
What is a child
marriage?Marriage should be a time for
celebration and joy – unless you are one of the 64 million girls around the
world forced into marriage before the age of 18. Child marriage is a violation of child rights, and has a negative impact on physical growth, health, mental and emotional development, and education opportunities. It is defined as a marriage of a girl or boy before the age of 18 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a partner as if married.One in 3 girls in the developing world is married by age 18, 1 in 9 by the time she's 15.The United Nations Population Fund estimates that every year, more than 14 million adolescent and teen girls are married, almost always forced into the arrangement by their parents. The countries with the highest rates of child marriage are in sub-Saharan Africa, but those with the largest number of child brides are in South Asia.Each day, 39.000 girls under the age of 18 become child brides. That’s about one every two seconds.
Child marriage is the result of the interplay of economic and social forces. In communities where the practice is prevalent, marrying a girl as a child is part of a cluster of social norms and attitudes that reflect the low value accorded to the human rights of girls. It is important to notice that child marriage affects both boys and girls, but it is more common among girls. Child marriage has lasting consequences on girls, from their health, education and social development perspectives. These consequences last well beyond adolescence. One of the most common causes of death for girls aged 15 to 19 in developing countries was pregnancy and childbirth. Child brides are almost always married to older menand lack the standing or skills to negotiate over sex or birth control. That means many get pregnant soon after marriage, when their bodies are too underdeveloped or too small to handle it. Girls younger than 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, according to the International Center for Research on Women.
UNICEF and UNFPA have joined forces through a Global Programme to Accelerate
Action to End Child Marriage. The programme was launched in 2015 to cover eight
states with moderate to high rates of child marriage, focusing on districts
with the highest incidence. Four of the states have shown promising decline in
the rates of child marriage over the past ten years – Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,
and Rajasthan – and four have had more moderate progress – Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Odisha, and West Bengal. For the first time, existing strategies in
areas like health, education, child protection, and water and sanitation, are
coming together to form a unique holistic programme with shared plans and
goals. Working in partnership with governments, civil society organizations and
young people themselves, methods that have already been proven to work will be
operated at scale.
HOW TO PREVENT IT? There are many causes
of child marriage in India and multiple barriers to its elimination. Hunger,
lower social status, chores, early marriage, school safety and sanitation are
all barriers preventing a girl from receiving a proper education. Education can be a life-saving
resource that establishes a vulnerable child’s sense of normalcy and builds
self-esteem and hope for the future. Many experts consider education an
essential humanitarian response to complex emergencies, closely following food, water and
shelter. Also having access to basic clean water and a decent toilet saves children's lives, gives women
an advantage in earning money and ensures a good food supply. Improved sanitation can keep a girl in
school by making facilities available to her when she reaches puberty. Education empowers women: one additional
school year can increase a woman’s earnings by 10% to 20%.
HEEALS(Health, Education, Environment And
Livelihood Society), is an organization directly involved in girls education
and health in India. It is working on Water Sanitation, Menstrual Hygiene and
Children Education projects in seven states. Through spreading education on
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and organizing WASH and MH workshop, HEEALS is
working to increase the attendance rates of girls in schools who drop out from
school due to child marriage. HEEALS works in marginalized communities, slum
schools, schools in unauthorised colonies, orphanages and refugee camps to
increase the attendance rates of pupils in schools who leave their studies,
reduce the number of diseases and deaths and improve the health of people
across Indian society.
- Caterina
WASH Intern
REFERENCES:
· UNICEF India Final report 2018
· United Nations Children’s Fund, Ending Child Marriage:
Progress and prospects, UNICEF, New York, 2014.
·
5
Things you may not know about Child Marriage NPR, Washington DC
· International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro
International, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16: State Fact
Sheet for Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pradesh, Rajasthan and
West Bengal, IIPS, Mumbai, 2016.
· Child, Early, and Forced Marriage: CARE's Global Experience https://www.care.org/our-work/education/girls-education/barriers-education
Friday, 21 December 2018
AN EQUITABLE AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR A BETTER WORLD.
A ‘Quality Education’ is
the fourth goal of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda
2030. In order to respect the UN’s SDG,
every Member is committed in developing and implementing development policies
suited to achieving the established targets.One of this is “ by 2030, ensure
that all girls and boys complete free, equitable
and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4
effective learning outcomes.”
Education: the basis of
society.
Education is what constitutes and gives form to the culture
of society. Education is the development of all of human personality aspects,
affective and behavioral, including natural attitudes. The knowledge about the
surrounding world depends on the relation between the environmental stimuli and
education. By improving education -aiming to have an equitable and quality education-
the population can acquirethe ability to develop consciousness when it is stimulated
by the surrounding world. Through the education, a conscious society can
understand the way to behave, and obtain benefits from their experiences.Consequently
to the comprehension of the good way of managing the external information,
occurs the realization of the basic civil rights which lead to a better
standard of life. In short, the society’s development is a result of an
improvement of the society knowledge, that allows to better managing available resources.
Therefore, education plays an important role for the society orientation. If it
was accessible and equal to everyone without gender, race, religious or any
economic status distinctions, it would generate a civilized society, able to
live healthy and in peace, encouraging integration.Integration means “without any type of discrimination” and the
education has to support the idea of equality with equal rights to maintain an
integrated society. Consequently, an equal education is able to eliminate the
barriers that separate categories: when people cross the door of the classroom,
they leave behind not only the backpack, but alsoeverything that makes
differences between classmates. In that moment, people are equal and sit near
other classmates with the same purpose to learn.
A Quality Education.
Education from young age is very important, because children
learn to develop and use their mental, moral and physical powers, which they
acquire through various types of education. However, education requires
perseverance not only in school environment, but also at home where a child
receive knowledge from parents, family members and even also from
acquaintances. For many families, receiving a good and quality education is the
key of success, so it is very important reach a great level of knowledge that
means to literally invest on prestigious schools career. However, unfortunately,
there are places in the world where people can’t afford it, and the opportunity
to increase their standard of living is very low. In India, even if significant
progress has been made in education sector, there are still a lot of children
who don’t have access to higher education.According to UN data the net
enrolment ratio in primary education was at 100%, however, there are many
children who cannotpursue their studies due to the necessity to work or to marriage.
Since the 21,2% of the population living on less than $1,90, they cannot afford
to send their children to good schools.A quality education lead to be
surrounded by a lot of opportunities in a prosperity conditions, making it
possible for each of us to contribute to a progressive, healthy society .
If a country doesn’t have participating, educated and
informed citizens, it doesn’t grow. A quality education has an important role
for the country’s development.
Equitable education.
Equitable means that everybody has
the right to education without differences of economic status, gender, religion
and race. In India, the society subdivision in caste is well known. Thus the
Kshatriyas learnt the art of warfare, the Brahmins learnt the art and are
responsible for teaching and maintaining sacred knowledge, the Vaishya caste
learned commerce and other specific vocational courses. However, the Shudras, considered
the lowest caste in the society, were deprived of education. Despite the still
current subdivision in caste, in recent years, the country is committed to make
universal at least primary education respecting the 2000, UN Millennium
Declaration focusing on the country’s and international development.
It is said,“Educate a man, you educate one person, educate a
woman you educate a complete family”. Traditionally, in many societies is the
father who supports the family, but this kind of support is strictly economic,
while the real milestone in a family is the mother figure. Usually, she has to
care about the family and the children growth, handing down the family knowledge
and education. For this reason, the girls education has to be an inalienable
right. Unfortunately, the responsibility to take care of the family and the
house lead girls to dropout, so their right to education is denied. However, it
is know that gender equality in education sector is strictly correlated to the
economic growth. If all women and girls, in India, were able to complete the
cycle of primary education the maternal death rate would be drastically
reduced. Every extra year of education, women’s earning increases and the number
of child marriage would reduce, as well as the risk of contracting diseases.
Not only the girls education is important for carrying on an healthy life with
more opportunities, but also for the whole population’s well-being and
country’s economic growth.
As an Ngo HEEALS, firmly believe in education as a resource
for the development of the country. Its projects are orientated into the
education sector with the purpose to show children that there are a lot of good
opportunities, as they can cross their constraints of society and have a better
standard of living. As an example, through the international WASH project -followed
by many NGOs- kids can prevent many water related disease only understanding some
rules to lead an healthy life.
Children are the future of the nation. We have to rise them
with good education, so that they become responsible individuals in future with
the possibility to live in a dignified and healthy way. They need to understand
what is right and what is wrong for their personal development and the
realization of their potential can be found through education. Education traces
the path to make the most of what the little we have and turn into something
better for us and for the community.Denying one access to education means to
deny the basic right to be a human being, free to make own choice. Every child,
male or female, poor or rich, black or white, Muslim or Hindu, must go to
school as everyone has equal rights to education. The growth and development of
any country depend on the quality of education its citizens receive from their
childhood. Give literacy and education to population and it obtains the
discrete power to judge and rationalize the events on natural surroundings as well
as in the social context.
Elisa Stucchi-
WASH & MH coordinator Tuesday, 18 December 2018
WASH ,Child Marriage & Menstrual Hygiene Workshop In SCC School Gurgaon
WASH ,Child Marriage & Menstrual Hygiene Workshop & Distributed Sanitary pads ,WASH and MH Booklet and Posters In Gurgaon Schools !
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