Educated girls build strong nation: Rajasthan minister

Rajasthan Minister of State for Women and Child Development Anita Bhadel today exhorted that society should educate every girl child to build a strong nation, on the eve of International Women's Day.
"This is the obligation of the society to educate women and make them self-reliant so that they can earn their livelihood," she said at a function here.
The progress of any nation could be judged by parameters of percentage of educated women and men's behaviour and attitude towards them, Bhadel noted.
Meanwhile, Mahila Congress President and MLA Shakuntla Rawat alleged that Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje neither came out of her residence nor participated in any of the 'women's day events', showing her interest in women activities.

The ruling BJP leaders were busy congratulating their Chief Minister on her birthday today, and ignored women's interests particularly their security, Rawat said.
Despite changes in law after the December 16 Delhi gang rape, crime against women are rising not only in Rajasthan but in all parts of the country, she said.
Dalit Mahila Manch's (DMM) state convener Suman Devathia noted that the crime graph against women especially sex crime, domestic violence were rising sharply in the state, according to a release.
She said DMM was organising camps to educate Dalit women on their rights and education.