Raising Daughters Among Indian Families Urged

India's aggressive move in promoting the childcare forthe life of the female population helpless should be
Indian daughters is truly a big help to extinguisheradicated.
discrimination in the country. It is about time to giveIndian females in the 21st century should not only be
importance and value the existence of the femaleseen as homemakers and followers of their
population in the region. After all, what men can do,husbands, but also as career women with the
women can deliver as well.capacity to improve their status in life.
Having the notion that males are a dominant figure inIf the cases of millions of Indian female fetus
India and all other rights solely provided to them isabortions were true in the past 20 years, as what
unfair to the female population. Such continuingThe Lancet calculated, these could indeed be blamed
gender disparity among Indian families is not a goodfor the gender imbalance that the country is currently
sign for a developing country. But the recent movefacing in some states. Many Indian female leaders
of Renuka Chowdhury, India's minister for womencould have been born and could have helped their
and child development, is an empowering sight forpoor families to get out of poverty.
Indian daughters.An initial payment of 15,500 rupees will be given to
The barely £1,500 government's help for Indianthe poor families who will be willing to raise a
poor families to take good care of their daughtersdaughter. When she reaches 18, the family will be
instead of simply aborting them upon conception willgiven 100,000 rupees should she be able to meet
mitigate the long story of preference to males. Indiacertain criteria set and remains unmarried.
should realize that to be a female does not makeIn doing so, Chowdhury anticipates that this effort
you a weaker gender. The country's culture on maleswill change the perception among Indian daughters as
as a stronger gender and also a breadwinner makingasset rather than merely a liability in the household.