Date: 7 December
Centre: Sabarmati
Film: Ladali
STORY:
Today I showed a film on pre-birth sex determination and after showing that film; I started discussing on the same with those women. They told me that they want only male-child as they would be able to continue and extend their families in future. So boys are more favored in their families. People also start taunting if a Girl-child is born.
To make them understand the value of a daughter in the family and also their equal position in the society, we asked them a question,” if your son can do everything and continue your family then why do you want him to get married and want a good bride for him?” Almost all the women present agreed but some of them argued that their families and in-laws don’t support them so they are helpless. At that time, Rekhabahen Rathod told us her story. She is working as a helper in an Aanganwadi no-64 in Satyakeval Nagar in Gandhivas for four years. When she was expecting her first child her in-laws refused to bear expenses of her medication. So she immediately left her in-laws’ house and now it has been 12 years, she is living with her daughter with all her dignity intact, all alone.
We also got to know a very touching story of a mother-in-law who has three grand-daughters. She told us that for her, son and daughter are same and always will be. One of the helpers told us that the youngest granddaughter was very sick before two months and had only 4% blood in her body. With the help of Aanganwadi helpers and constant care and support from grandmother, she has got 4% increase in her blood.
