‘Most women insist on having more children for the sake of a son. Doctors forbid her that it is not right for her to have more children, but she is ready to risk her life in the hope of a son.’
This was said by Dr. Bushra Rauf, a gynecologist posted at a major government hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with whom Independent Urdu talked about the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’ celebrated around the world on Wednesday (October 11).
Dr. Bushra Rauf said: ‘As a doctor, I have seen that often it is the husband and mother-in-law who express regret and adopt biased behavior after the birth of a girl child.’
According to Dr Natalia, Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA): ‘The first injustice to a girl child is when she takes her first breath in this world, simply because she is a girl. .’
Dr. Bushra Rauf said that there are husbands who start rioting in the hospital as soon as the baby girl is born. She goes through a painful phase and there is this commotion outside. Although in which there is no fault of the woman.’
Independent Urdu also spoke to pregnant women and mothers in the hospital’s maternity ward, who shared their own stories and many women mentioned societal pressures.
He said that not only husbands but also women put pressure on them to produce male children.
In the gynecological ward, there was a woman named Asia, who said that despite her wish for a son, she had given all her rights to her four daughters.
‘I did not have a son. I have four daughters, who are very dear to us. People tell us that what is the use of teaching girls in good schools and building a new house when there is no son and the girls will go to their old homes.
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On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, the National Commission for Women organized a conference in collaboration with the international children’s organization UNICEF, in which among other rights of the girl child, child marriage was also discussed.
Chairperson of the commission Nilofar Bakhtiar said on the occasion that the purpose of celebrating this day is to empower girls and identify their needs.
Our biggest achievement will be that no girl child in Pakistan is deprived of education. In our society even today, girls are considered a burden and they are not considered equal to boys.’
Background for International Day of the Girl
Highlighting the rights and issues of girls and making them a voice began in 1995 in Beijing, China, when a world conference on women was being held.
For the first time in the conference, the equal status of girls’ rights was also discussed, which was recognized by all countries.
The decision to officially designate an international day was made in 2011 and the United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that girls and women create a just society.
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2024-05-04 07:05:31