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Panel Discussion- 'Who will save the girl child?'

Panel Discussion: 'Who will save the girl child?- 14 years after the PCPNDT Act'

What	Panel discussion to mark SAARC Intl. Girl Child Day 2008
When	24-09-08 21:00 24-09-08 23:00 24-09-08 from 15:30 to 17:30
Where	Mini Theatre, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025
Contact Name	Saipriya Paranjape
Contact Email	creative.excellence@populationfirst.org
Contact Phone	91 22 2262 6672/ 76
Attendees	Dr. Kamakshi Bhate, Dr. Asha Advani, Ms Sharada Sathe, Dr. Chander Lulla
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Population First organised a panel discussion with experts working on the issue of sex selection like social activists, civic health officials and the medical fraternity on the topic 'Who will save the girl child- 14 years after the PCPNDT Act'. It was held on September 24, 2008 which is celebrated as SAARC International Girl Child Day, at the Mini Theatre, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai. It was held with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) under the Laadli Media Advocacy component.

The panel discussion aimed at analysing the efforts of the various stakeholder groups in the effective implementation of the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, which bans the practice of female foeticide, or sex selection.

Panelists: (From left) Dr. Chander Lulla, Dr. Kamakshi Bhate, Ms. Sharada Sathe & Dr. Asha Advani

The panelists included-

Dr. Kamakshi Bhate, Associate Professor with the Dept of Preventive and Social Medicine, KEM Hospital and an active campaigner against sex selection
Dr. Asha Advani- Special Officer, Women and Child Welfare, BMC has played an active role in the monitoring of sonography clinics in Mumbai, which were violating the provisions of the PCPNDT Act
Ms. Sharada Sathe, Founder Trustee of Stree Mukti Sanghatana, an NGO working for the upliftment of women and to achieve gender equality
Dr. Chander Lulla, Sonologist, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai

Dr. A.L Sharada, Programme Director, Population First moderated the discussion.

The panel discussion was a follow-up to the UNFPA-Laadli National Creative Excellence Awards held in June 2008 to involve the creative professionals in developing creative communication material on the theme, 'Stop sex selection.' The posters developed on the theme were exhibited and Dr. Sharada in ehr welcome speech appealed to all those interested in joining the fight against sex selection to avail the communication material at no cost. A website, www.creative-excellence.org has been created for the express purpose of making this material available to the stakeholders of the Laadli campaign.