Because I am a Girl

[Pages:68]Because I am a Girl

THE STATE OF GIRLS IN INDIA 2016

sust ainabl e devel opment Goal s & Gender

Because I am a Girl

THE STATE OF GIRLS IN INDIA 2016

sust ainabl e devel opment Goal s & Gender

Cont ent s

Executive Summary

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Introduction

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Research Design

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Understanding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 14

The Sustainable Development Goals and Gender

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Methodology for Tracking Sustainable Development Goals 5 27

SDG Tracker ? Rajasthan Model

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SDG 5 Tracker ? Developing the Tool

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SDG Tool and Application

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Plan India Programmes and SDGs

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Recommendations

53

References

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Photo credits: Plan India

Pr ef ace

`Girls 2030' is Plan's global campaign to create a world that values girls, promotes girls' rights and ends injustice. The focus areas of the campaign seeks to address roots of gender deprivation and empower girls to Learn, Lead, Decide and Thrive. Since 2009, Plan India has been investing in an annual research on the state of girls in India. This flagship annual publication portrays critical situations of young girls and women in society, highlights the glaring gaps in policy and implementation of different programmes and schemes that virtually blithe the well-being of young girls and women in society. The `State of Girls in India 2016' "Because I Am A Girl" report highlights the issues related to Gender Biased Sex Selection (GBSS), with special focus on `SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality' and `Empower All Women and Girls'. The report highlights the urgent need for establishing rigorous research and evaluation systems for measuring progress on SDG 5. The report recommends developing SDG 5 tracker dashboard that can utilize new technologies and put in place effective data collection, analysis and presentation methods. Implementation tools may need to be developed through targeted research at the national, state and district levels during the of policy planning. Capacity building programmes should be initiated, so that development practitioners can be prepared to take a strong leadership role in integrating SDGs implementation. We hope that this report can spurt government and civil society to establish the targets till 2030 and take forward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We thank European Commission for supporting the study.

Bhagyashri Dengle Executive Director, Plan India

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