Project ‘Vaani’ to boost confidence among young girls in Tonk district

Even after several programmes running for Education of girls and Women Empowerment, the root cause is lack of self-confidence and self-belief in young girls, mostly in rural regions of Rajasthan, that unable to bring them to the height of .

On such issues, the District Administration of Tonk is initiating project ‘Vaani’ to bring up self-confidence and self-belief in young girls and also in their families where parents will understand that girls are not lagging boys in any way.

The research made by the administration for Vaani shows that messages like ‘daughters have to go to their in-laws’, ‘Mukti is only through the birth of a son’, ‘teach household works to girls so that she will work when went to her in-laws’, lead to loss of self-confidence among girls.

Even Shiksha Chaupal model, Awards to children, programme like ‘mera manch, meri awaz (my stage, my voice), gender sensitisation of boys, Sports activities, community projects like library, parks and bolti dewarein (speaking walls) are some initiatives included in this project.