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{{Infobox holiday<br />
|holiday_name = National Girl Child Day<br />
|image =The Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Renuka Chowdhury releasing a calendar, at the launching of new initiatives for welfare of Girl Child and logo for National Girl Child Day, in New Delhi on January 19, 2009.jpg<br />
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|caption =The Minister for Women and Child Development, [[Renuka Chowdhury]] releasing a calendar, at the launching of new initiatives for the welfare of Girl Child and logo for National Girl Child Day, in [[New Delhi]] on January 19, 2009<br />
|type = national<br />
|official_name = National Girl Child Day<br />
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|observedby = [[India]]<br />
|significance = Promoting awareness of issues facing girl child in India, such as education, nutrition, child marriage, legal rights, and medical care, protection, honour.<br />
|date = January <br />
|frequency = Annual<br />
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The '''National Girl Child Day''' is celebrated in India every year on January 24. It was started by the [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]] and the [[Government of India]] in 2008, with the purpose to spread awareness among people about all the inequalities girls face in the Indian society.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Sikha |title=National Girl Child Day 2019: History,Theme,Objectives and Significance |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/national-girl-child-day-1548245605-1 |agency=[[Dainik Jagran]] |publisher=Jagranjosh |date=January 24, 2019}}</ref> The day is celebrated by organizing various programs including [[awareness campaign]]s on [[Save the girl child]], child sex ratios, and creating a healthy and safe environment for a girl child.<ref name=NDTV>{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Arun |title=National Girl Child Day 2019: All You Need To Know |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/national-girl-child-day-2019-all-you-need-to-know-1982575 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name=e>{{cite news |title="Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow" - National Girl Child Day 2019 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/empowering-girls-for-a-brighter-tomorrow-national-girl-child-day-2019/a-day-to-observe-femininity/slideshow/67672109.cms |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Significance of National Girl Child Day |url=http://morungexpress.com/significance-national-girl-child-day/ |publisher=[[The Morung Express]] |date=January 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carvalho |first1=Nirmala |title='National Girl Child Day' against selective abortions and female infanticide |url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/%E2%80%98National-Girl-Child-Day%E2%80%99-against-selective-abortions-and-female-infanticide-23784.html |publisher=[[AsiaNews]] |date=January 24, 2010}}</ref><br />
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In 2019, it was celebrated with the theme of 'Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow'.<ref>{{cite news |title=National girl child day being observed with theme 'Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow' |url=http://ddnews.gov.in/people/national-girl-child-day-being-observed-today-theme-empowering-girls-brighter-tomorrow |publisher=[[DD News]] |date=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name=e/><br />
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[[File:Save girl child.jpg|thumb|Save girl child-This children had participated in painting competition and won prize]]<br />
== Objectives <ref name=NDTV/> ==<br />
* To spread awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by girls in the country.<br />
* To promote awareness about the rights of a girl child.<br />
* To increase awareness on the importance of [[female education]], [[Women's health|health, and nutrition]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[International Day of the Girl Child]]<br />
* [[Child marriage in India]]<br />
==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://vikaspedia.in/social-welfare/women-and-child-development/child-development-1/girl-child-welfare/national-girl-child-day National Girl Child Day] at [[Vikaspedia]]<br />
[[Category:Feminism in India]]<br />
[[Category:Gender equality]]<br />
[[Category:January observances]]<br />
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