I work for an NGO called SNEH Foundation so like every saturday it was a day of doing survey in underprivileged areas around Pune but it turn out to be different and an eye opener.
My fellow snehi Dheeraj mailed me the details collected at one of the area of Pune about the kids not going to school and more than 6 years of age. He along with 2-3 new volunteers conducted this survey in a big locality and we came across a bitter truth that we never have imagined.
Majority of the adolescent girls have quit their education, dropped from school, subjected to live a idle life just waiting to get married and the reasons given by their families were nothing short of an orthodox mindset of majority of Indian families. Most of these girls have done till 7th or 8th and then stopped going to school, reason is that it is not safe to send girls to coeducation school after they turn 13-14 years of age and unfortunately the girl's only school is rare these days. So it is better that they stick to their home, doing nothing rather than face eve teasing, molestation etc. I was shocked to see the state of the girls and these girls wanted to study, they want to see the outside world and don't want to get confined in a world of despair.
Is our country so unsafe for girls? Or it is just the state of mind of few people.
What I could clearly see at the locality that the boys were teasing girls and even mentioning to us like "ki sir yeh to chauti mein 2 baar fail hue hain, aap ise kya padne ko keh rahe ho" (Sir, this girl has failed twice in class 4th and you are asking her to study). These girls are malnourished, ignorant of their rights and always lives under a visible pressure to remain in restricted zone, just to wait for the so called prestigious day called wedding. This is definitely not justifiable that in the family where boys are doing graduation, girls are subjected to negligence. How are we seeing "ache din" when our girls does not feel confident to go out and study, their parents in a mood to marry them as soon as they touch 18. This needs to be changed and at least every girl should get the basic education so that in case required she can make a living for herself.
Now the big question, what me and my organization can do for these girls. As of now I can't commit to change lot of things but one thing for sure that I will not turn my back and I request you all to do the same.
Please don't turn your back when you see that you can bring a change.
Majority of the adolescent girls have quit their education, dropped from school, subjected to live a idle life just waiting to get married and the reasons given by their families were nothing short of an orthodox mindset of majority of Indian families. Most of these girls have done till 7th or 8th and then stopped going to school, reason is that it is not safe to send girls to coeducation school after they turn 13-14 years of age and unfortunately the girl's only school is rare these days. So it is better that they stick to their home, doing nothing rather than face eve teasing, molestation etc. I was shocked to see the state of the girls and these girls wanted to study, they want to see the outside world and don't want to get confined in a world of despair.
Is our country so unsafe for girls? Or it is just the state of mind of few people.
What I could clearly see at the locality that the boys were teasing girls and even mentioning to us like "ki sir yeh to chauti mein 2 baar fail hue hain, aap ise kya padne ko keh rahe ho" (Sir, this girl has failed twice in class 4th and you are asking her to study). These girls are malnourished, ignorant of their rights and always lives under a visible pressure to remain in restricted zone, just to wait for the so called prestigious day called wedding. This is definitely not justifiable that in the family where boys are doing graduation, girls are subjected to negligence. How are we seeing "ache din" when our girls does not feel confident to go out and study, their parents in a mood to marry them as soon as they touch 18. This needs to be changed and at least every girl should get the basic education so that in case required she can make a living for herself.
Now the big question, what me and my organization can do for these girls. As of now I can't commit to change lot of things but one thing for sure that I will not turn my back and I request you all to do the same.
Please don't turn your back when you see that you can bring a change.
Regards
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Osm....I like all your posts and they are always very inspiring. I like the way you work for society and most importantly you analyse and share your experience. That really helps to understand more and more issues of society and motivate others to fight against all this.. Keep writing..keep motivating..
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