Madhya Pradesh
Organising awareness campaigns
- 13 Feb 2025
- 2 min read
Why in News?
Recently, on completion of 10 years of the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, an awareness campaign was organized in the Government Girls Hostel in Betul.
Key Points
- Objective:
- The main objective of this program was to make women aware about education and to develop positive thinking regarding their rights in the society.
- During this campaign, the girls were given information on POCSO Act , Child Helpline (1098), One Stop Centre services and menstrual hygiene management .
- The POCSO Act:
- It came into force on November 14, 2012, as a result of India's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in the year 1992 .
- This Act defines any person below the age of 18 as a child . And provides for punishment based on the severity of the crime.
- In the year 2019, this law was reviewed and amended, which provided for harsher punishments like death penalty in cases of sexual abuse of children.
- The Government of India has also notified the POCSO Rules, 2020 .
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
- Introduction:
- 22 January 2025 marks the completion of 10 years since the launch of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme .
- It was launched on 22 January 2015 with the aim of addressing sex selective abortion and declining child sex ratio, which stood at 918 girls per 1,000 boys in 2011.
- It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development.
- Main objectives:
- Prevention of gender based selection.
- To ensure the survival and protection of girl children.
- To ensure proper arrangement of education for girls and their participation.
- Protecting the rights of the girl child.
