On July 19, Salute Tiranga, a non-governmental organisation had organised a webinar (virtual meeting) on the topic ‘ Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’. Salute Tiranga, as the name suggests, is an esteemed organisation established in 22 states of our country, that works incessantly to promote nationalism and patriotism among its countrymen. Salute Tiranga keeps conducting various programmes, campaigns, and drives from time to time with the sole aim of helping and benefiting the society amd mankind. Besides this, the selfless organisation provides financial help to the families of our martyred soldiers, imparts free education to poors, works relentlessly for the betterment of our farmers, raises voice against corruption, and run many other such camps that are dedicated for the service of common people.

The twenty-state mega-online meeting was graced by Dr. Rajendra Phadke, who is closely associated with BJP since 1980 and is currently the National Convenor of ‘Beti Bacho Beti Padhao’ campaign.along with Shri. Kapil Swami (Convenor,GUjrat) and Mrs Ruchi Chaturvedi( Poetess ) were the Chief Guests of the virtual session. The meeting was presided by the Founder National President, Shri. Rajesh Jha. The other dignitaries who attended the meeting are Smt. Sanyukta Kumari Keshri (Deputy Chairman and State President, Delhi) , Smt.Chitra Dalal (National General Secretary), Shri. Adarsh Srivastava ( National Youth President), Smt. Priyambada Keshri ( National Women President), , Squadron Leader Rakhi Aggarwal, and Shri. Praamit Saran (National Vice -President, Youth) including many others from all over the nation.

The participants of the session talked about the collaborative initiative of the Government of India, ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, which aims at saving and educating the girl child all over India, thus, improving the status of girls in the country.

The speakers in the session not only spoke of the problems associated with the girls and women in our society ( like social abuses, orthodox rituals, female foeticide, female infanticide, conservative mindset of people, dowry system, sexual harassment, etc. ) but also discussed how this initiative can be made successful for the upliftment of the females in our country. They spoke that undoubtedly women our worshipped in Indian culture as goddesses, girls are worshipped as Devi on festivals like Navratras, but it is highly misleading and ironic looking into the current social status of women in our society. The real plight of girls/women in this society is nothing to be celebrated about.

Why even today women are pressurized to produce male heirs ? Why even today many many women are not glorified for giving birth to baby girls? In fact, in some states and families the female foetus is illegally terminated, or newly born female children are deliberately killed. These inhuman practices are a result of a gender bias social construction that discriminates against women and believes them to be less liable and responsible than men. Girls/women become victims of eve-teasing, sexual harassment and rape by sick-minded people shamelessly living freely in our society.

The session discussed various ways in which such heinous crimes could be challenged and how the mindset of such barbaric ‘criminals’ could be changed, in order to uplift the status of girl/women in our society. Education of girls, protection of girl child, security of girls and women, improving the gender ratio, promoting gender equality were the main points of discussion in the virtual meeting.

Salute Tiranga believes that the women are truly phenomenal and are breaking the stereotypes across the globe and it promotes the importance of girls education and their safety to carve a bright future for the country.