Youth Carnival
Saajhi
Duniya with the support of Action Aid Association, worked on the framework of a
Girl Child Policy for the state of Uttar Pradesh in view of the declining child
sex ratio. In the support of policy more than 5000 postcards were signed by the
students of different schools/ colleges and a Youth Carnival organized at Jai
Narayan Degree College on December 20th,2014 to raise voice in
favour of gender equality and for declaring a Girl Child Policy in UP.More than
400 students from various schools/colleges as, Mahavir Prasad Degree College,
Jai Narain Degree College, A.P.Sen Girls Degree College,D.A.V. Degree College,
Navyug Girls Degree College,Shashi Bhushan Girls Degree College, Bhartiya
Balika Inter College, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, and Karamat Hussain Muslim
Girls Degree College etc participated in the carnival .Ms.s Zarina Usmani,
Chairperson of State Women Commission was the Chief Guest and Ms.Niloufar
Pourzand , state Chief of UNICEF in UP was the Special Guest. The Chairperson
of the State Women’s Commission promised full support to the idea of Girl Child
Policy.
