‘It’s a girl’! The thought scares many even today as they begin imagining the consequences. The consequences and fear has not developed overnight. It has built up over years with the staunch support to myths, misconceptions and lame age-old prejudices against women. DJJS Santulan, by means of spiritual & logical clarifications to those preconceived notions along with sprinkle of cultural activities, endeavours to create a common sentiment to encourage and celebrate birth of daughters. Kanya Bachao campaign to save girl child is yet another attempt of the organization against the social evil of female feticide which is now, after several years of success and thousands of beneficiaries, celebrated with great enthusiasm and vivacity all over Northern region of the country. This year too, it is being celebrated from 13th January-the day of Lohri celebration to 24th January-being the National Girl Child Day.
Punjab being the major celebrant of said festival, is conducting awareness programs adorned with traditional dance, sensitizing skit, enlightening lecture and various gender based activities across the state. Pledging to burn the gender biased and patriarchal mindsets, the attendees of the awareness programs draw placards naming crimes against women and burn them in bonfire being organized at the end of program.
Other North Indian states are carrying out diverse activities to ignite the spirit to save and nurture daughters. Puppet making craft workshops are being organized wherein participants are making save girl child puppets and further distributing them to neighbourhood areas, spreading message to value and welcome girl child. Another innovative effort to sensitize public is being made by poem recitation competitions wherein, participants gathered recite a poem highlighting importance and roles of daughters. Gifts and prices are also being distributed to couples gifted with a girl child in previous 1 year, as an encouragement to parent girl child. Apart from the before mentioned, sensitization workshops are being conducted all over to culminate the problem of female feticide and create value for women, thus paving the way for better future.
DJJS Santulan is proactively working for the upliftment of status of women by working at the grassroot level through awakening women at soul level and transforming corrupt mindsets by generating righteousness. After successful conduct of awareness campaigns like ‘Santulan Campaign’, ‘Unity of Women’, ‘Walk Through Villages’, etc. and creating thousands of beneficiaries, the organization is on a treadmill under the ongoing awareness drive ‘Tu hai Shakti’ and striving hard to regain the lost glory and dignity for women.
