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[Pages:64]Because I am a Girl

The State of the Girl Child in India 2009

Because I am a Girl

The State of the Girl Child in India 2009

20 The State of the Girl Child in India

Real development cannot take roots on a sustainable basis, unless it is inclusive of women.

- Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India

Contents

Acronyms

Foreword

1

Because I am a Girl Campaign

2

Investing in Girls

5

Girls are Doubly Excluded

15

? Survival

? Protection

? Development

? Participation

Plan's Programs in India

27

Government Programs for Girls

33

Recommendations

39

Selected Readings

42

References

43

Appendices

45

? Case Studies

? The Gender Gap: India

Acknowledgements

All names of children in this report have been changed

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