empowering the girl child is the best way to empower the nation

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You can take the following points into consideration while preparing your speech:
-  Definition of women empowerment;
-  Girl child is the future of every nation and India is no exception;
-  Social scenario of India;
-  Conventional norms and age-old practices of our society, such as dowry, female feticide, sex determination, etc.
-  Importance of educating the female mass;
-  Efforts by Government to empower women in India;
-  Example of statements made by worldwide organizations, for instance, UNICEF stated that “Education is a fundamental human right: Every child is entitled to it”;
-  Examples of movies, books, blogs, articles,  slogans and quotes on girl child, women empowerment and policies of the government.
-  Conclusion with your viewpoints on the importance of women empowerment and girl child on a primary level.
Hope the above points help you frame your speech.
 
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 Women education in India today is racing ahead at a far greater pace than in the last decade. Efforts are on to improve the literacy rate through government educational schemes. As the literacy late is lower than men, statistics shown that even from the few that are enrolled several girls drop out. The reasons reported by agencies subscribe it to inadequate school facilities e.g. sanitation besides shortage of female teachers and curriculum presentations of females as weak and helpless. Since 1989 a new scheme viz Mahila Samakhya Scheme has been introduced especially in rural areas of Jharkhand, Andhra Pradeshin Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat and Karnataka. The budgeted allocation in 2007-08 was 370 million rupees for covering 83 districts of 21,000 villages under this scheme. While women in India are making history in several spheres of industry, space and civil sectors the country salutes thousands of selfless, hidden women who render education to the rural masses of India giving importance to education of women in India. Importance of Women Education in India 

The Integrated Child Development Programme (ICDS) run by the government is the largest in the world. Government figures show that ICDS has brought down infant mortality rate (IMR) from 55.1 in 1970 to 28.2 in 1992 and in case of female babies from 131 in 1978 to 80 in 1992. Life expectancy of women has risen sharply according to the report and stands at 58.1 years which is higher than that for men at 57.7 years. Statistically speaking, at the beginning of the century, women were not expected to survive beyond 23.96 years. They have, however, still to catch up on the literacy rate which now stands at 39.29 per cent for women as opposed to 64 per cent for men. Keeping in line with the government’s policy on equal opportunity, there are 65 women in senior positions in the Indian Foreign Service. It is commendable that despite various hurdles the government has managed to ensure equal career opportunities for women. The National Literacy Mission through the Total Literacy Campaigns (TLCs) has played a key role in raising awareness on issues of gender equity. The National Perspective Plan for Women (1988-2000) was drawn up as an important strategy to change social attitudes.

The government has taken a number of steps and enacted a number of legislations to protect and safeguard women and ensure that their rights are not abused. One such measure is the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961. Before the enactment of this law, the grant of maternity leave and cash benefits were included in the Factories Act, 1948, Mines Act 1952 and Bidi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 amongst others. Under the Central Service (Leave) Rules 1972, "female government employees are at present entitled to maternity leave for a period of 135 days from the date of commencement. During such period the employee is paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave". But laws, unless enforced, tend to be ignored and abused.

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