Celebration on "National Girl Child Day"
24th January 2019
NSS Unit of Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram celebrated “National Girl Child Day” on 24th January, 2019. It was introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in the year 2008 to create the awareness of gender based discrimination, inequality of girl child and to save girl child. 62 students attended the celebration.
The day started with the celebration according to the theme ‘Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow.' Initially, a motivated speech was given by Dr. Isha Malhotra (Principal, DCE, Gurugram). She guided the girl students to have a strong opinion, stand for herself and raise voice against the discriminations prevailing in the nation.
An Essay Writing competition was also conducted on the topics – Female Foeticide / POSCO Act-Child Sexual Abuse/Women empowerment through education/Women in politics/ Women Trafficking. The top three winners were awarded with the Certificate of Appreciation.
The celebration ended with poetry recitation by the NSS Volunteers.