By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 24th Jan, 2020:- 95.9 percent young girls aged 13-19 years in Punjab
are currently studying, compared to a national average of 80.6 percent, as per
the findings of The Teen Age Girls (TAG) Report. The TAG report-card reveals
what it really means to be a teenage girl in India. It is presented by Project Nanhi Kali, and
compiled by Naandi Foundation, with grant support from Mahindra & Mahindra
Ltd.
There are 80 million teenage girls in
India today and over 17.11 lakh in Punjab (Census, 2011). There was a critical
data gap on how these young girls are doing, their dreams and aspirations, how
dignified and safe they feel, whether they have access to education, clean drinking
water, sanitation. The TAG Report has been put together in an endeavour to
bridge this gap.
The survey findings have been used to prepare a TAG
Index which compares the performance of each state on status of their teenage
girls. It can be considered as a roadmap for policy makers, researchers,
activists and the ordinary citizen of India.
Manoj
Kumar, CEO, Naandi Foundation said
that the TAG Report was born out of the realization that more needs to be done
to ensure India’s young girls grow up to be confident, informed, self-reliant,
and independent young women. Project Nanhi Kali will leverage these findings to
explore new opportunities that will enable these girls to live their aspirations
and encourage people to #ListenToHer.
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