October 11 is #InternationalDayoftheGirlChild. A day to remind ourselves that there is so much more to be done before the Girl Child can be safe. A collection of stories that are almost universal.

What if we could create a bridge which could bring these jobs closer to these underprivileged girls, for whom this could be a life changing opportunity?

Education has the power to contribute to the betterment of society and aids in bringing about sustained development and making people aware of their rights and duties.

Discrimination begins from the womb, sometimes even before conception, and likely to be lifelong; daughters are seen as paraya dhan, so parents do not consider them important enough to be taken care of.

She was allowed to go back only after her brother-in-law, at the behest of her elder sister, intervened. ‘He was a patriarchal man; he couldn’t say no to his son-in-law.’