Challenge Patriarchy | Stop Sex Selection
Stop Sex Selection
About Us
Founded in 2013, Girls Count is a national coalition of 300 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) across India. Our members and Secretariat are rigorously converging efforts to draw attention to issues of gender-based discrimination, with a particular focus on the Declining Child Sex Ratio (DCSR). The coalition strives to strengthen policy, amplify advocacy, and establish accountability through dialogue, capacity development, support for community action, and evidence generation.
Genesis
It was in 2012 when the idea of Girls Count was first conceived during a dialogue with CSOs. The dialogue, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), included five regional consultations with over 200 representatives to identify active networks and campaigns to integrate their strategies into a unified initiative.
After critically reviewing the outcomes of these consultations, gender experts from across the country proposed a collective roadmap for DCSR, which soon led to the launch of Girls Count in the national capital in 2013.
The coalition, initially focused on DCSR and implementation of the PC-PNDT Act, now addresses a wider range of gender issues, such as post-birth discrimination, promoting non-traditional skills and livelihoods for women and girls, property rights, etc. Girls Count also rigorously works to collaborate with diverse stakeholders such as government departments, civil society groups, media, medical and legal fraternities, and educational institutions.
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Mission
To raise the accountability of the state machinery to implement all gender-related laws and policies in the country.
Our Approach
Our Vision
To build a gender-just society where girls and boys, women and men are equally valued and have equal chances to a life of dignity.
Our Mission
To bring together stakeholders from diverse fields to collectively fight against the declining child sex ratio and create an enabling environment for women and girls by challenging deep-rooted patriarchy.
To raise the accountability of the state machinery to implement all gender-related laws and policies in the country.
GOAL
To arrest the decline in the number of girls; and develop positive attitudes, policies, and practices concerning them.GOAL
To arrest the decline in the number of girls; and develop positive attitudes, policies, and practices concerning them.
Objectives
Using a comprehensive, multi-layered, and multi-pronged approach, the coalition has four key objectives
Challenge patriarchy and its manifestations in government policies, programs, and schemes to ensure equal opportunities for women and girls
Ensure effective and accountable implementation of the PC-PNDT Act
Ensure that the declining child sex ratio is a critical agenda of the public domain through proactive engagement with CSOs and policymakers
Strengthen and build coalitions with civil society networks and alliances
About Us
Founded in 2013, Girls Count is a national coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) across India. Our members and Secretariat are rigorously converging efforts to draw attention to issues of gender-based discrimination, with a particular focus on the Declining Child Sex Ratio (DCSR). The coalition strives to strengthen policy, amplify advocacy, and establish accountability through dialogue, capacity development, support for community action, and evidence generation.
Genesis
It was in 2012 when the idea of Girls Count was first conceived during a dialogue with CSOs. The dialogue, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), included five regional consultations with over 200 representatives to identify active networks and campaigns to integrate their strategies into a unified initiative.
After critically reviewing the outcomes of these consultations, gender experts from across the country proposed a collective roadmap for DCSR, which soon led to the launch of Girls Count in the national capital in 2013.
The coalition, initially focused on DCSR and implementation of the PC-PNDT Act, now addresses a wider range of gender issues, such as post-birth discrimination, promoting non-traditional skills and livelihoods for women and girls, property rights, etc. Girls Count also rigorously works to collaborate with diverse stakeholders such as government departments, civil society groups, media, medical and legal fraternities, and educational institutions.
Our Approach
Girls Count builds consensus among stakeholders on gender-based discrimination through consultations, workshops, media advocacy, and evidence-based policy advocacy. Since its inception, the Coalition has organised over 100 events, engaging approximately 10,000 stakeholders to address various dimensions of gender discrimination.
This collaborative approach has united CSOs, media representatives, parliamentarians, medical professionals, and academics in generating a cohesive and collective response to these critical issues.
VISION
To build a gender-just society where girls and boys, women and men are equally valued and have equal chances to a life of dignity.
Our Mission
To bring together stakeholders from diverse fields to collectively fight against the declining child sex ratio and create an enabling environment for women and girls by challenging deep-rooted patriarchy.
To raise the accountability of the state machinery to implement all gender-related laws and policies in the country.
Goal
To arrest the decline in the number of girls; and develop positive attitudes, policies, and practices concerning them.
Objectives
Using a comprehensive, multi-layered, and multi-pronged approach, the initiative has four key objectives:
- Challenge patriarchy and its manifestations in government policies, programs, and schemes to ensure equal opportunities for women and girls.
- Ensure effective and accountable implementation of the PC-PNDT Act.
- Ensure that the declining child sex ratio is a critical agenda of the public domain through proactive engagement with influential social and political formations, and
- Strengthen and build coalitions with civil society networks and alliances.
