In connection with the tenth anniversary of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the Women and Child Development Department organized a signature campaign, a girls’ cycle rally, and a street play on Thursday.

Speaking at the district-level inauguration held at the Collectorate District Collector N. Devidas urged the girls to be vigilant about the traps of the new era. He also said that the reason for the decline in societal discrimination against girls in Kerala is due to higher education and awareness.

The Collector administered the pledge containing the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao message and also flagged off the cycle rally conducted by the Town UP School students.
District Women and Child Development Officer P. Biji, District Child Protection Officer L. Ranjini, and Women’s Protection Officer A.V. Sreeja also spoke at the event.

A street play was staged by the students of Kollam SN College NSS unit on the occasion.

Junior Red Cross students of Kollam Girls High School, members of ‘Sankalp: Hub for Empowerment of Women’ and teachers participated in the rally. As part of the campaign from January 22 to March 8, various programs will be organized by the Women and Child Development Department.