Minister of Food, Civic Supplies and Consumer Affairs today Saryu Roy today stressed on the need of spreading awareness in mission mode against social evils such as female foeticide, poor status of girls' education and dowry among others. The Minister was addressing a gathering here on Tuesday after inaugurating a workshop under the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign.
The Workshop was organised under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Welfare and Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) under Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Speaking on this occasion, Roy said that artists should work on mission mode so that issues related to women's safety such as female foeticide, girls' education, dowry etc. can be changed at the village level itself. He also discussed the Prime Minister's attachment to the issue and the initiatives taken by him.
Through these workshops, training will be given to the public artists by experts and expedition officers to guide the various aspects of 'Beti Bachao Beti Paatho' campaign and to tell the villagers how to easily tell them.
Additional Director General Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB), SK Malviya said that women's protection is a serious matter. “Who will the girls be protected from? From parents, from anti-social elements or from doctors? The Prime Minister insists on protecting the girls as well as empowering them,” he said.
Former Director of Doordarshan Ranchi Center, PK Jha said that one needs to change one’s attitude towards girls and it needs to be started from each house.
Deputy Director, ROB, SNM Rizvi informed that the Border Security Force (SSB) has also been added to make the campaign successful in some districts and providing folk artists the opportunity to present their programs at the said places.
Meanwhile, Assistant Director of the Social Welfare Department of State, Gunjan Kumari Sinha said that as much as they would teach girls, they will look so much in the society, they informed that the state and central government have run schemes for protection of women and children in the last few years. The effect of which has started to appear, but there is a need to do more.
Deputy Director, ROB, N J Jha, encouraged the artists and said that they are absolutely sure that if the government carried out a survey after our campaign, then there was a lot of awareness on the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' among the people. Will meet Special secretary, D.K Saxena., Director Art and Culture Ashok Kumar Singh among others also addressed the workshop.
On the second day of the workshop, Folk Artists will keep their presentation related to the campaign in front of the experts in the assessment and improvement.