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GIRL CHILD - SURVIVAL AND HEALTH
Dr Shirdi Prasad Tekur
Introduction:
There are a number of factors net commonly thought of as contribut
ing to health or illness which affect our survival.
It is increas
ingly being recognised that our health is affected by the circum
stances of our lives; environmental and living conditions, resources
and life-styles as well as political and socio-economic realities.
Customs, attitudes and cultural traditions all affect health, and
in the case of women and girl children, the effect is often negative.
Women live longer than men and outnumber them at all ages,
given equal care and environmental conditions.
This is because
nature endows females with endogemoys factors which make them more
resilient and resistant to health hazards compared to males.
In
hostile physical and social environs there is a narrowing or
reversal of this female to male differential.
The adverse gander
ratio of 933 females to 1000 males ( 1901 census) in India speaks
for itself.
Increased risks of morbidity and mortality are refluct.d in the lower life expectancy .and age-specific-dealth-rates
(especially in the reproductive age group) in females.
Facts and figures:
Children constitute 40% of the population.
Almost half of them are girls.
a) At birth:
Gender differentiated data on children are inadequate,
but with few exceptions, the disadvantages suffered by girls
suggest that they are unwelcome at birth.
With recent advances
in determining the sex of a foetus, this bias even precedes birth!
A study in bombay on Amniocentesis tests revealed that in 7999
out of 8000 cases, the foetus aborted after such tests wore
those of female children.
Female infanticide in Rajasthan and
Tamil Nadu is a well reported phenomenon.
b) Infancy:
There is no significant difference between boys and
girls at birth.
One third of all children in our country have
a low-birth-weight (less than 25uu gms) which affects their
chances of survival.
Later, girls have inferior nutrition and
health care compared to their brothers.
In normal healthy children, the physical growth curve of females
lags behind that of males, except between 10 to 12 years when
their growth is faster due to the adolescent spurt.
In India
however, these normal differences aro considerably exaggerated,
pointing to a higher level of malnutrition among females.
Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi recorded more male children in
the out-patient department, though among them case of malnutri
tion show s female child preponderance (46% males as against
54% females malnourished).
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X'jh' first 5 years: Half the total number of Healths in the country
occur in children below five years of age. •
The under 5 mortality rate (U5MR0 is the best available single
indicator of social development overall, as most of the factors
which it distils arc as indicative of meeting essential needs of
all human beings as they are of the particular well being of
children.
Only 84.87a of Indian children survive to the age of
five years.
The major killers are Diarrhoea, Respiratory infect
ions, Measles and neo-natal tetanus.
Vaccines are now available
for six major diseases in children, while oral rchydration is •'
simple technique to prevent dpalths due to diarrhoea.
A great
majority of these deaths can ! now be prevented st low cost.
Data from the National Nutrition Monitoring bureau show that in
children, calorie and protein inadequacy was mostly in the younger
age group.
In 1982, of the ten states monitored, Kerala showed
the highest percentage of normal nutrition - that was 31.8% i
Ths manifestation of serious deficiencies in various micro-nutrient:*
like vitamin A, Iron, Iodine and possibly others are recognised as
so widespread, as to limit efficacy of health and nutrition inter
ventions in other directions.
Each year, about 40,uuu children
go blind due to vitamin 'A' defidiency.
National Institute of
Nutrition (N.I.N) studies show that 6 5% of Indie.' s children below
3 years and 4 5% between 3 to 5 years, suffer from anaemia.
The
seriousness of Iodine deficiency disorders is unfolding only
recently.
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d) the a b s on t c hiId hood :
j7rom t.ariy childhood,
girl children assume
increasing responsibilities for the household In the areas of
water and fuel collection, sibling case, cooking and cleaning
and they are expected to help their mothers in agricultural cr
informal sector activities.
This is at the expense of their
education.
India has an estimated 100 million child workers - the official
figure is only 20 million - of whom 8 07> are on farms.
The work
is often hazardous; tuberculosis, burns, work-related injuries,
skin ailments and even beatings by employers are common. Says
Swami Agnivesh: '‘Child labour flourishes even though there is a
high level'of adult unemployment, because it is the cheapest
labour available.”
The Child-in-need Institute (CINI) has been
generating awareness on the Girl Child in 24 Paragnnas, West
Bengal.
In their study, they ■’fot/nd78% girls working as against
45% boys, and work involving carrying of heavy loads like collect
ing firewood or fetch in g water was done by girls:
They study
brings home the fact that the life of a girl in India is built
around the home and marriage.
Even education is advocated only
for ‘better’ grooms.
Her life is divided into two parts - before
marriage and after marriage.
Till she is married, she is trained
for marriage, looking after her younger siblings, fetching water,
gathering firewood, helping her mother with household chores and
managing the household single-handed if mother is not around.
None of the findings presented say anything 'new' - it serves
to emphasize the fact that the girl child has an absent childhood.
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) Adolescence;
At adolescence, girl children face early marriage
--■nd are locked into lives of hard work and risky 'child-bearinc.
Children born to women under 18 are twice as likely to die in
infancy as children born to women in their twenties.
The risks to
.
the health .of both mother and infant increase steeply after the
third child.
Factors for survival:
The 5AARC conference on children recognised that one o.f the first
requirements for ensuring child survival, growth and development was
the availability of adequate quantities of safe drinking water and
a clean environment.
Other life support needs identified were food,
fuel and shelter with all interrelations with and implications for
the environment.
Another crucial factor for child survival and development is - a
well informed mother.
The low infant mortality in Kerala is attri
buted to the high literacy rate of women in the 15 to 45 years age
group.
Maternal awareness level has got a statistically significant
inverse relationship to the infant mortality rate.
As for women's access to health services, the very nature and
structure of health services systems militates against reaching
women.
Women have neither the time, mobility, resources or child
core facilities to travel long distances to seek medical aid.
And,
she cannot travel alone!
The mother'.s access to health services
has a direct implication for child health and survival..
Thc need
:
An. improvement in the mother-child life cycle should begin with
the girl child.
A focus for enriching this is the pre-adolescent
girl.
She should be enabled to avail of learning opportunities,
specially for the development of a self-image.
Her burden of child
care end domestic work should be reduced by providing supportive
services and facilities.
It is important that special education
programs are directed to the girl child to include not only health
and nutrition education but also vocational training.
This can
prove to be of immense help in equipping them for the future and
will also improve? their economic status and decision-making role
in the family.
Jawaharlal Nehru said "We talk of’ revolution political and
economic and yet the greatest revolution in a country is one that
affects the status and living conditions of its women".
This revolution can take place if we
i) ensure that programme interventions include not only
infants, but young children under age five, girls,
adolescents and women of all ages, regardless of
maternal status;
ii)
enable approaches at the grass-root levels which help
women define their problems and become directly involved
in the. planning, implementation and evaluation of
processes directed towards them, and
iii)
see that, in the longer term there is no need to treat
women as a separate target group in the development process.
To quote Ravindranath Tngore in the end,
"EVERY TIME A CHILD IS BORN,
IT BRINGS WITH IT THE HOPE
THAT GOD IS NOT YET
DISAPPOINTED WITH MAN"
I feel sure that he was refering to the girl child.
References //further rea d ing :
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1.
A woman's health is more than a medical issue.
- Cathie Lyons - Contact No. 80, Aug. 1984
2.
Health Information of India 1987 - CBHI, DGHS, G.O.I.,
3.
Women in India - surviving against odds.
- Srilata Batliwala - E.P.W.
4.
Women's role in health and development - Dr Shanti Ghosh
V.H.A.
3&4 from Report on 2nd Regional Conference IUHE-SEARB 11-13 Feb'89
UNICEF Annual Report 1990
5.
6.
South Asia Conference on Children - India situation analysis
1986 July.
7.
Generating awareness on the Girl Child: an overview
- Anchita Ghatak Menon (CINI) vol xv no.3, June '89
Health for the Millions.
8.
Watqr for child survival and development - Dr K R Antony
vol no.3 no.3. March 1990 'Health Action'
9.
SAARC Conference on South Asian Children
- conference report - Children First - New Delhi 27-29 Oct '86.
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From tho unwanted to th® cherished
(a feature about the girl child in India)
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January 29, 1990
Vljl Srinivasan
Adithl •
2/30 State Bank. Colony II
Bailey Road
Patna -'800 014
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She lies on the back of the huge dark-grey buffaloj every now
and then the Buffalo whisks her tail ov<er the swarming flies which
nestle on the Bores on her legs. She fi«ts off and looks at the herd
of buffaloes. She wondars how she is going to spend the other eight
hours until the evening and she can go back
home. She has come very
far from home mince there was never® wster - logging and other girl
children had, grazed their buffaloes and goats evarywhora around her
village; ».s the «un nets in orange-red glory and violet- blue clouds
race across the evening sky "she thinks of how she can persuade her
father to «end .Iwr to the village Primary Health Centre ths next day
for medicine for the sores which ora gathering pus ...
She strongly rubs the dull-brown cocoon’s aeml-hard shell
against her barn left thigh, at the same tlmb she deftly pulls out the
gleaming-brown thread of tasar silk from th® cocoon with her right thumb
and xoro-xingorj « the beautiful xnreada unwind ana uncoil sne tninx®
of school. Even though th® school had no basic facilities, no blackboard,
there was a lovely young woman teacher who had taught her to read and
writ® with empathy, Would she non her again?
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She panics. Her mother has told her alia is getting married
the next day. What doos marriage mean? Doe® it mean getting beaten by
her husband »s her mother did? Does it mean the stomach swelling up
and bursting? Would she die as her friend did? Her friend, she
remembert!, lay dead and motionless in her deep blue frock. She had
also got married a weak before ...
She races across the vast area of wasteland, red-brown and
rocky, like a picture of the moon she had aeon in television ... her
head-load is very heavy. The fuel wood is prickly and ill-balanced,
it threatens to fall off ... how far is it to home? She ha® lost all
memory of the dimtanoe. It would be worse if it foil off; she Would
have to stop, tic it up again and lift it again ... yesterday evening'
she could'nt cook rice because there warn not enough fuslwood. The Jungle
was so far away across the moons cape-like wasteland. Her brothers and
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Why does all this. happen?
Why doe.j this widespread sub-conscious persecution of girl children
have such deep roots? As ths patriarchal Aryans drove across the
Gangetic plains :'.n their horsa-drawn chariots, did they shudder at the
thought of their wives, .wotherBe aistarn and daughters falling into the
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hands of the "dark" "noise-leasw Indigenous people? Did pregnancy
appear to ba a »mv»r® disability to a warrior race, for the pregnant
are vulnerable •to conquest?
And therefore did they develop a patri
lineal and patrilocal social system through which girl children and
women would always ba under a sun'll "protection"? Did this "pro tact ion."
deteriorate into subjugation? Did it further degenerate into contempt?
As the old people died in. a new country, and the infant religion developed
ancestor worship and offerings uf food to the manes, did the all-male
priesthood want to capture power? Did the prinsthbod develop theorieni
of women as seducers and temptreaseB? Did they decide to exclude women
from rallgion? r.iid. they prohibit, daughters from making offerings to
the ancestors?• Did they have visions of being dead and apirlta
roaming around in the ether, in agony and hunger, since they had no sons? 1
Or since their wives had been unfaithful and those whom they thought
wore their sons w«r« really another man's sons and the food-offerings
reached the real fathers1 manes? Why are women so "unclean"
"polluting1*? What happened if the girl child was not married? The
manes ware forced to drank her menstrual blood.every month? Did they
feel strong repugnance to widows? What caused men's sudden and
Inexplicable deaths? Was it not her touch, her caress, and her illluck? Should not the widows make amends?
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And more economic considerations? Why should widows Inherit .
land? What if thm widows developed relationships with other men?
Those men would fight for her land. She should at least be easily
recognisable and reprehensible. What if she ran away with another man
“earing her Jewellery and sill: saris?
And more recent economic considerations? As consumerism and
materialism grow, dowry demands grow and a glr3. child is considered
a liability, and ii; boy child an asset.
Now I hear readers saying "What can we do?
daughters alike.’"
We treat our sons and
We can still do several positive actions. Every time a baby
girl is born, in our families, to our friends, we can make sure she is
welcomed. We can prepare our families and our friends. We can ensure
they distribute sweets for girl childrens' births. W® can say "Times
have changedj a girl child is as much an asset as a boy, In fact wore,
for she has mere of a work-ethic, she has more maturity and respon
sibility, she has more nurturing feelings." We can say this again and
again. We can repeat this at health workers’ training programmea.
Wa can repeat thin «l data’ training programmes. We can pressurise
the Government to open more schools for girl children in rural $reas.
We can repeat all this to all the poor people we are in touch
with.
Wo wi expose society to the ills we harbour, we hide.
poor Imitate the middle-class and the "upper" castes.
For the
We can discuss •
the girl child in all forums, in all groups*
We can campaign for rural health centres for the girl child,
for non-formal education centres for the girl child in rural areas.
Adithl, a women's organisation runs. 200 non-formal education centres
for girl children in rural areas of Bihar. We can all run many, many
more. We can introduce training in economic activities for rural girl
children in dairying (calf care), agriculture, sericulture, fisheries,
khadi and village industries, handicrafts, handlooms, small animal
husbandry in rural primary schools and non-formal education centres,
DWCRA programmew, IR.DP programmes, programmes of these Departments.-
We can give her fun, games, painting, claywork, songs, drama.
We can all give her a lot of attention, love, affection.
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Above all,
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VIJI SRINIVASAN.
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Rights of th«t
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She han thm rlgjit to protection against all forma of discrimination
or punishment on the basis of expressed opinions or beliefs of
parents, IciguiJ. guardians or family metnbax’a, specially with regard
to discrimination on the basin of gender
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She has th« right to institutions, services and facilities
responsible for her care or protection which in the areas of
safety, health etc In number and suitability of their staff as
well as isonpnjtent supervision, confirm to standards established
by oompotent authorities
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She has the) inherent right to life and it is the State’s obligation
to effectively implement existing lawa^
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She has the right to survival and development and it 1
obligation to affectively implement existing laws^
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She has the right to access to information on the girl child from
a diversity of national and international sourcesj State Parties,
b
the States'
shall encouringe the production and dieBemlnatlon of children's
books which depict. the girl child in positive rolesj they t.hell
also « ovragir the mass media to have particular regard to th<o needs
of the girl child
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She has fh*» right to community education to ensure that she has
(iocm to highest attainable standard of health and to facilities
and that she Im not. discriminated against within the family or
community in. this access
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She has the right to effective and appropriate measures with a
view to abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health
of girl children
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She han the right to special efforts on the part of State Parties
to ensure that nil girl children are covered by compulsory and
free primary education, different foi'ms of secondary education
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Sb* has th<» right to the same coindltiona of living tin bar boy
sibling,.*, including the right to leisure, play and participation
in cultural and. artistic activities
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a.g on
2.
a.g Child Niirrisge Restraint Act
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and to special, measures and efforts to achieve thia
infanticide
RJghrs of the Girl Child (in India?)
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We have taken the specially relevant Articles from The Draft Convention
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on the Rights o.f the Child and added certain statements to make clear
our stand on the Rights of ths Girl Child (in India?) including necsssary focus, emphasis, special measures and efforts.
Article 2
2. States Parties shall take
all appropriata measures to
ensure that the child is protected
against all forms of discrimination
oi' punishment on the basin of th*
status, activities, expressed
opinions, or beliefs of the child's
parents, legal guardians-, oi* family
members.
States Parties shall take
all appropriate measures to
ensure that' tha girl child is
protected against all forma
of discrimination or punishment
on the basis of sxprossed
opinions or beliefs of the girl
child's parents, legal guardian®,
or family members spoolally
discrimination on the basis'of
her gender with regard to hex'
boy siblings,
Article 3
3. States Parties irhall ensure
that the institutions, services
and facilities responsible for
ths Caro or protection of children
ehall conform with the standards
established by competent authorities,
particularly in the areas of safety,
health,in the number and suitability
of their staff as well as competent
Z» Hjpo X*V x a xOxi
Article 6
1. States Parties recognise that
every child has th# inherent
right to Ufa
2. States Parties liihall ensure to
trie maximum extent possible the
survival and deva opmeut of the
Child
States Parties shall ensure
that thtf institutions, aervicaa
• .
and facilities responsible for
the care or protection of children
shall conform with tha standards
established by competent authorities/
particularly in the areas of safety,
health in the number and suitabi
lity of their staff as well as >
competent supervision with special
•reference to suitability of their
staff as wall as competent
,'iuparvinion to serve the special
needs of girl children.
States Parties recognise that
every child has tha inherent
right to life and shall undertake
all appropriate legislative and
administrative measures to protect
the life of the girl child
States Parties shall ensure to
the maximum extent possible the
survival and development of the
child and specially tha develop
ment of tha girl child in
consonance with her position
as a woman in.the future
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Article 17
State Parties recognise the important
function performed by the mass madia
and flhall ensure that the child her.
access to information and material
from a diveraity of national and
international sources.
State Parties recognise th®
important function performed by
the mass media and shall sn»ui'e
that the girl child has access
to information and material on
the girl child
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State Parties shall encourage the
production and din"amination of
State Parties shall encourag® the
production and dissemination of
ah 11 dr an 1 si bonks.
'Hui
ahJldrwn^S hopka
girl child in positive role*
Encourage the tfiasa media to have
particular regard to the linguiatio
needs of the child who belongs to
a minority group or who is indigenous
Article 24
1 . State Parties nhall strive to
ensure access to highest attainable
standard of health and to facilities
2. State Parties tihall take all
effective and appropriate measures
with a view co abolishing traditional
practices proJudicial to the health
of children
Article 2'1
2, Th* parant(s) or others
rospotwlulia
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the primary responsibility to
secure, within their abilities and
financial capacities, the conditions
of living neceasary for the child's
development
Encourage the mass media to have
particular regard to the needAi
of the girl child
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State Pax-ties shall strive to
ensure access to highest attainable
standard of health and to faci
lities specially with reference
to the girl child, and to anauxm
that she is not discriminated
against within the family, tlu-ough
community education
Stat* Parties shall take all
effective and appropriate meaisux-sis
with a view to abolishing tradi
tional practices prejudicial to
the health of children and
spacially ths health of girl
children
The parent(s) or others
rsaponsibla fcr ths child hsvs
the primary responsibility to
secure. within their abilitiau and
financial capacities, the condition*
of living necoauary for th® child'as
development and to snsura that the
conditions o.C living are the om
for girl children and their boy
siblings
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Article 26
State Parties shall make primary
education compulsory and available
free to all,.take mnaBuresto
encourage regular attendance at
schools and the .reduction of
drop-out rates, encourage the
davalopment of different forms of
secondary education, including
general and vocational education
State Parties shall make primary
education compulsory and.
available free to all, take
meaBuraa to encourage regular
attendance at achoolu and tha,
reduction of drop-out rataa,
encourage the development of
different forms of secondary
education, including general
and vocational education and
ahull make special efforts to
ensure that thia ia achieved
with respect to girl children,
through suitable maasuren much
an all-girls schools, women
teachers, creches for accom
panying siblings, vocational
education specially suited for
rural end tribal g.trla etc.
Her right to education equal to
that of her boy siblings shall
be recognised
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Article
‘ State Parties recognise the
right of the child to rest and
leisure, to engage in play and
recreational activities! appropriate
to the age of t'.a child and to
participate freely in cultural
lift and the er re„
State Parties recognise tha
right of the child to rest end
leisure, to engz>g<a in play and
recreational activities appropriate
to the age of tha child and to
particlpat® freely in cultural
life and tha arts with a special
focus on the girl child and hasr
right to leisure, play 'and
participation in cultural and
artistic activities„
LIST OF PARTILCIPANTS FROM VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
SI.No
Name & Designation
Address
Phone No.
Shri/Smt.
SEARCH, No.219/26,
IV Block, 6th Main
Jayanagar,
Bangalore
644226
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S.Joseph vedikunnel
President
St.Thomos Mission
Society, P.B. 42
Mandya-571 401
21073
4
Rajaram S Sharma
St.Joseph’s College
of Education
Mysore - 12
511992
5
Leelavathy
Chandrasekhar
FPAI Officer
Family Planning
Assoc i at ion,
Bangalore Br.
127, "Srinath’
Maileswarm,
Bangalore-3
3311647
6
Subhadra Venkatappa
Chairperson
Social Work Com.
University Women
Asso. No.9, Madras
Bank Road,
Bangalore-560 001
5588062
5580676
7
Kathyayini Chamaraj
Free Lance Journalist
22, K.H.Road,
Shanthi Nagar
Bangalore-560 027
2233031
8
Joseph D Anjanath
C58-ccc Central
26, Lavelle Road
Bangalore-560 001
2210098
9
Samul Frances
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1
Josephine
Faculty
2
Vasanthi K.R.
Faculty
3
5587157
10
N.Sai Kumar
Christion Children’s
Fund 22, Museum Road,
Bangalore-560 001
11
R. George
22, Museum Road
Bangalore-1
12
Dr.S.K.Chaturvedi
UNICEF
Hyderabad
240933
13
0.B.C.Odediran
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14
Annamma Joseph
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15
Pushpa
Mahila Samakhya
16
T.Pradeep
Samuha
Raichur Dist.
17
Dr.H.Sudarshan
VGKK, B.R.Hills
Mysore Dist.
18
Gururaj Deshapande
Prayog Project
Huladevanahalli
Malur Taluk
19
G. Hariramamrth
Project Co-ordinator
Praramba
18/1, Aliaskar Raod
Bangalore
20
Dr.Nayana Tara
UM, Bangalore
21
Sucharita Eswar
Madyam Communications 5586564
Bangalore-560 046
22
T.V.Anthony
Rdt.Chief Secretary
Govt.of Tamilnadu
Madras
23
B.L.Patil
Chairperson
Vimochana Devadasi
Punarvasathi Sangha
Athani, Belgaum Dist.
24
V.S.Manavade
Secretary
2
5577471
7413
2261991
418107
2443
512443
25
Dr.M.S.Lalitha
Dept.of Education
University of Mysore
Mysore
26
Shamala Hiremath
FEVORD - K
44, Bamboo Bazaar Raod
contonment,
Dharwad
27
Prashantha M.R.
Sumangali Sevarshama
Bangalore
3330499
28
Janet Rego
Liason Officer
94, farm house
Dommalur Lay-out
Bangalore
561647
29
Dr.C.S.Nagaraju
ISEC, Nagarabhavi
Bangalore-72
3355468
30
UNICEF
Sudha Murali
Communication Officer Hyderabad
31
R . T.Coelho
ACORD
Bangalore
564860
32
Bhargavi Nagaraj
Journalist
No.11, Uttaradimutt
Road, Basavanagudi
Bangalore-560004
629668
33
Rita Naronha
School of Scocial Work
Roshani Nilaya
Mangalore
27953
34
Indumathi Rao
Seva-in-Action
16, 11th Main
Jayanagar Vth Block
Bangalore-560 Oil
640330
35
Ruma Bangu
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36
Vani
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37
H . V.Hiranaiah
Adm.Officer
IIM, Bangalore
6632450
3
r
n
576606
38
T.Neerajakshi
VHAK, No.60
Rajani Nilaya, R.K.
Mutt Road,
Ulsoor, Bangalore-8
39
Fr.George F
DON BOSCO, Tech.School
J.T.Road, Hospet
7461
40
Anselm Rosario
Maitri Sarva Seva
Samiti, 94, Farm House
Dommalur Lay-out
Bangalore
561647
41
P.Chitra
SAKTI, No.1412,
1st Phase, J.P.Nagar
Bangalore-78
645417
42
Sunitha K.A.
Organisation for the
Development of People
(ODP),Bannimantap
Lay-out, Mysore-15
34195
43
N.V.Lalitha
Rtd. Addl.Director
NIPCCD
No.76, 14th Cross
J.P.Nagar find phase
Bangalore-560 078
645113
44
Joy Maliekal
Project Director
Rural Literacy Health
Programme, 170,
Gayatri Puram
Udayagiri Post,Mysore
27216
45
Mallamma Shivanand
Project Director
SABALA, Keerthinagar
Bijapur-586 101
22204
46
Anita Reddy
Director
AVAS, 11 Wood Street
Ashok Nagar,
Bangalore- 560 025
562075
47
Glory
Health Co-ordinator
AVAS, 11 Wood Street
Ashok Nagar,
Bangalore - 560 025
562075
48
Shahataj
Org. Secretary
Womens Voice
47/1, St.Marks Road
Bangalore-560 001
2212313
49
Calith Monterio
St.Michael’s
Old Madras Road
Indira Nagar,
Bangalore
5582811
50
M.R.Shivaleela
Sumangali Sevarshama
Cholanaikanahalli
Bangalore
3330499
51
Uma Kulkarni
State Programme
Director
Mahila Samakya
276, 2nd Cross
Cambridge Lay-out
Ulsoor, Bangalore-8
5577471
52
Nirmala Siraguppi
Dist.Programme
Co-ordinator
Mahila Samakya
Sangamesh Building
Viveknagar, Bijapur
22086
53
Sonali Nag Arulmani
Associate Director
Promise Foundation
15, Infantry Road
Bangalore- 560 001
570317
54
Dr.Veda Zachariah
Director
Deenaseva Sangha
School Health Prog.
5th Main, Srirampuram
Bangalore-5 60021
55
A.S.Seetaramu
ISEC, Nagarabhavi
Bangalore-72
355468
56
Joby V.K.
Administrator
REDS, Shantinagar
Tumkur - 572 102
72515
57
G.Tippesh
Co-ordinator
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58
Kavery Nadamangalam
President
KSCCW, Jayamahal
Bangalore - 46
3330846
59
Sudha Raghavendra
Hon. Secretary
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60
Madhu Bhushan
VIMOCHANA,
2124, 16th B Main
1st A Cross, HAL 2nd
Stage, Bangalore-8
5
578628
61
Fr. Verghese
BASCO, 91-B Street
Gandhinagar,
Bangalore-560 009
2263392
62
Joe Paul
REDS
569209
63
Vinod F Furtado
PRERANA
1-5-139, Himagiri
Complex, I.B.Road
Raichur - 584 101
23125
64
Brinda Subramanian
BOSCO
Gandhinagar- 9
2263392
65
Radha
REDS
569209
66
Rosalin Sathya
YMCA
5591681
67
Nina P Nayak
BOSCO
Gandhinagar-9
337055
68
P.M.K.Namboodari
Director
VIKASANA,
Melkote-571 431
Mandya Dist.
69
V.S.Roy David
CORD
Kushalanagar
Kodagu Dist.
74487
70
G.S.Pushkar
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FROM GOVERNMENT
SI.No. Name &. Designation
Address
Phone No.
Sh:ri/Smt.
1
J.C.Lynn
Chief Secretary
Vidhana Soudha
Bangalore-560 001
2
S.K.Ghosal
Addl. Chief Secy.
Vidhana Soudha
Bangalore
3
P.R.Nayak
Rdt.Addl. Chief
Secretary
4
Gayatri Devi Dut
D.D.P.I .
D.S.E.R.T.
Dept.of Public
Instruction,
Bangalore
624378
5
Jalaja Sundaram
Dy.Di rector
(Nutrition )
Directorate of
Health and Family
Welfare Services
Bangalore
2873151
6
S.G.Bhat
Director
Planning Department
Bangalore
2263275
7
C.Sreesha Rao
Director
Disabled Welfare
Department,
Bangalore-560 001
2260707
8
Palaxappa Pujar
Asst.Director
Dept.of Women and
Child Development
Mangalore
9
Anita Kaul
Director
Directorate of Women
&. Child Development
Bangalore
2262329
10
T.A.Venugopalachar
Director I/C
PMI,Planning Dept.
M.S.Building
Bangalore-560001
2260599
7
2874329
11
Dr.G.V.Nagaraj
Joint Director (NCH)
Dept, of Health &
Family Welfare
Services, Anandarao
Circle, Bangalore-9
12
T.Y.Nayaz Ahamed
Labour Commissioner
Dept.of Labour,
J.C.Road, Bangalore-2
13
K. R.Shankarnarayan
Jt.Labour Commissioner
14
M.A.S r i n ivas
Director
Man Power Employment
Planning Department
M.S.Bldg, Bangalore-1
15
Goutam Basu
Secretary
Health & FW Services
M.S.Bldg, Bangalore-1
16
Sudhir Kumar
Secy- II
Housing &. Urban Deve 2200044
lopment Dept.
M.S.Bldg, Bangalore-1
17
A . S.Srikanth
Director (PPMU)
R.D.P.R. Dept.
M.S.Bldg. Bangalore
2240508
18
M.Rangaswamy
Asst.Di rector
Dept.of Women &
Child Development
Hassan
67218
19
B.V.Kanti
Asst. Director
Dept, of Women &
Child Development
Davanagere
28573
20
Dr.Mala Ramachandran
MOH
(FW)
Bangalore City
Corporation
SJP Road, Bangalore
2220598
21
D?r.Usha Abrol
Regional Director
NIPCCD
Bangalore
6635640
22
Salma Sadikha
Tech. Officer
(UBSP)
Dept, of Municipal
Administration,
10th Floor, VV Tower
Bangalore-560 001
2264896
8
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2224845
23
N.Pankaj a
Tech.Of f icer (UBSP)
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24
Z . R.Tareen
Jt. Director ( PDM )
Dept, of Women &,
Child Development
Bangalore-560 001
2261593
25
V.Krishnaraju
Jt. Director (ICDS)
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2263806
26
M. V.Devaratna
Dy. Director (Ins)
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2261593
27
Shaheeda Begum
Asst. Director(ICDS)
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2263806
28
S . T.Banu
Asst. Director (ICDS)
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29
M. M .Bindu
Programme Officer(ICDS)
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30
Nusrath Fathima
Asst. Director (Ins)
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2261593
31
H.C.Puttananj aiah,
Field Officer (PDM)
32
Divya Narayanappa
Research Officer
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33
Chamanbi Nagnoor
Research Officer
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34
H.P.Shivashanakar
Supdt. IMHC
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640523
35
M.D.Bhojamma
Dy. Director
Dept, of Disabled
Welfare,
Bangalore-1
2266046
36
A.R.Achyuta Rao
Director
Dept, of D.S.E.R.T.
Basavanagudi
Bangalore
6611852
9
Dept, of Women &
Child Development
Bangalore-560 001
2261593
M.V.P.Raju
Dy.Director
Dept, of DSERT
Basavanagudi
Bangalore
SEMINAR ON STATE PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE CHILD
1 994.
Dates:
1st &■. 2nd March,
Venue:
Indian Institute of Planagnmpnt,
Bangalore
Programme Schedule
1.3.94
9.30 - 10.30:
Introductory Statement:
Shri S.K. Ghoshal , Addl.Chief Secy.
Key Note Address:
Shri P.R Nayak
Shri T.V.Anthony
Chief Secretary, GoTN (Retd)
Inaugural Address:
Shri Dharam Singh
Minister for Social Welfare & Revenue
Statement by Secy Social Welfare
10.30 - 10.45
10.45 -
1.00
Tea
Sectoral Presentations on State PoA
for Child: Chairman, Sh S.K.Ghoshal
Child/Maternal Health: Dr Nagaraj or
Dr Mala Ramachandran
Nutrition: Dr Jalaja Sundaram
Education: Shri Sudhakar Rao or
Shri Achyut Rao
Water & Sanitation: Shri A.S.Srikanth
Child Labour: Shri Shankarnarayan
1.00-1.30
Plenary Discussion on Sectoral
Presentations
1.30-2.00
Lunch
Programme Schedule
2.00-3.30
Sectoral Presentations on State Plan
of Action for Child Contd:
Urban Child: Shri Sudhir Kumar
Girl Child: Smt Z.R Tareen
Children in Difficult Circumstances
Smt Z.R. TAreen
Physically
Handicapped
Children:
Shri Sheesha Rao'
3.30-3.45
Tea
3.45-4.15
Plenary Discussion on Sectoral
Presentations
4.15- 5.30
(till Group
desires to
continue)
Sectoral Group Discussions
Group I: ChiId/Maternal Health &
Nutrition: Chairman Shri Gautam Basu,
Secretary H&FW; Rapporteur: *
Group
II:
Education:
Chairman
Shri Ponnappa, Secretary!!, Education
Rapporteur: *
Group III:
Water & Sanitation:
Chairman:
Shri K.P. Pandey Secy RD&PR
Rapporteur: *
Group IV: Urban Child/Child Labour:
Chairman: Shri Vasudevan, Secy HUD
Rapporteur: *
Group V:
Adolescent Girl,
Girl
Child,Children
in
difficult
Circumstance, Physically Handicapped
etc: Chairman: Shri C.K. Neelkanthraj,
Secy Social Welfare; Rapporteur: *
(
* Rapporteurs to be
from participating NGOs)
identified
Programme Schedule
2.3.94
10.00-1.30
Sectoral Group
Discussion
to
Continue under respective Chairpersons/
Rapporteurs: Report Drafting and
Finalisation
1 . 30-2.15
Lunch
2.15-5.00
Presentation of Group Reports
Chairman: Shri J.C. Lynn,
Chief Secretary, GoK.
5.00-5.30
Conclusions
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