Freedom of Girls

The rigorous transformation in our culture has brought about a distinctive change in the modern society. Unlike the previous generation, girls of 21^st century are more competent in all spheres of life. Mostly, in the professional sector a recognisable shift could be traced, as per as girls engagement is concerned in the present days. Rewinding back to few decades ,during the last period of twentieth century girls contribution in the professional sectors were very much limited and they were deemed to be responsible to conduct only household work. But in the present era the usual circumstances has taken a notable shift with girls becoming an integral part of the development process of our society.

In Indian aspect, girls these days are no way given less priority than boys, although in the rural areas till now girl child is considered to be a curse and constrained to limited resources which cause hindrances in their progress. Our governments, both central and state level have taken many initiatives to eradicate the stigmas attached to girl child and as an incentive there are many govt. schemes like ‘ Beti Parao Beti Bachao, ‘Kanyashri’ etc. have been introduced in the recent years.  With the advent of social-transformation in urban and semi-urban areas girls are now simultaneously competing with boys and likewise there are many families where girls are the head of earning source for their respective families.

It has become a quite well-acquainted fact that girls nowadays are into professions like police and defence, they have also set their position farm in the political arena of the nation. Girls are no longer subject to taking care of house-hold matters but they are equally important like any man in the society. There are thousands of girls who are pursuing many respectable job responsibilities, be it in IT sectors, managerial work, doctor or nurse etc. Thus it would be fair enough to mention that girls in our country are quite an integral part in almost all the domain, be it government or private sector. In addition, government have also introduced many vocational training courses for the upliftment of girls. We can also see that in many underdeveloped areas girls are being employed by small manufacturing companies for packaging and other handicrafts related work. Hence their incorporation in financial aspect has also enabled them to contribute economic support to their family and help their next generation to continue with education.

Having said that girls have had some remarkable contribution to the process of economic and fundamental prosperity of the nation, we must admit the fact that girls in our society are still vulnerable and deprived of basic rights. It is sad but true that till now in some rural areas girls are not being sent to school for basic education and forced to get married at very early age. In such community girls don’t have any respect in terms of having any say in any developing activity related to their family or society. On the other hand, the pangs of poverty and hunger often pushed them to choose brothel life or commit many anti-social activities for money.

To achieve growth girls contribution for any developing country, is a prerequisite factor, thus, we being a developing nation must ensure girls freedom. Here freedom is not merely a conception of following western culture, but freedom of right for education, health and capabilities. While talking about freedom, it deserves a mention that in the urban areas girls these days tend to perceived their freedom in some limited materialistic aspects only, whereas the actually concept is far broader than is being regarded. ‘Freedom’ is not only a limited resource which enable girls to do things like boys to stand their ground in the society, but It is a process which enables holistic development of girls and make them eligible to be an indispensable part of the civilization.

Thus, it is highly expected that in order to build a civilized society girls should be an integral part of the journey and on the other hand girls too have some responsibilities to respect their own culture and usher in the next generation to the right direction towards a better future.