Jaipur: When it comes providing health, the women in state has been given the short shrift by the government.
The figures revealed by the gender vulnerability index (GVI) are at best scary: Around 59.1% of the households do not have access to toilet facilities and women are forced to defecate in the open. Only about 55.2% women reported that they have used hygienic methods of protection during the menstrual period.
As for the girl child, only 79.8% of the toilets are usable in state schools. Poor transport infrastructure and longer time taken for travel to schools have seen Rajasthan at a dismal rank of 20 in the girls education category on GVI.
The report specially mentions Bikaner district while emphasising the reasons for the high rate of drop-outs among girl students in schools. "In the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, poor quality of transport infrastructure, long travel routes to neighbouring villages as well as the poor condition of schools dissuaded attendance and encouraged drop-outs," the report says.
"The Right to Education Act says that no school can be established if it does not fulfill the criteria of boundary wall, separate toilet facilities for girls and boys, as well as safe and adequate drinking water," the report points out.
It also calls for providing quality education to the girl child, especially those who are marginalized or vulnerable to forms of discrimination such as child marriage.
The figures revealed by the gender vulnerability index (GVI) are at best scary: Around 59.1% of the households do not have access to toilet facilities and women are forced to defecate in the open. Only about 55.2% women reported that they have used hygienic methods of protection during the menstrual period.
As for the girl child, only 79.8% of the toilets are usable in state schools. Poor transport infrastructure and longer time taken for travel to schools have seen Rajasthan at a dismal rank of 20 in the girls education category on GVI.
The report specially mentions Bikaner district while emphasising the reasons for the high rate of drop-outs among girl students in schools. "In the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, poor quality of transport infrastructure, long travel routes to neighbouring villages as well as the poor condition of schools dissuaded attendance and encouraged drop-outs," the report says.
"The Right to Education Act says that no school can be established if it does not fulfill the criteria of boundary wall, separate toilet facilities for girls and boys, as well as safe and adequate drinking water," the report points out.
It also calls for providing quality education to the girl child, especially those who are marginalized or vulnerable to forms of discrimination such as child marriage.
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