MOTHERTHON

MOTHERTHON

MOTHERTHON-2016  an initiative  to bring awareness on saving a girl child. Motherthon-2016 is dedicated to mothers of today, a reminder for everyone "Every Mother is a Girl at Birth". The Marathon was Flagged off by Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana State Mohammad Mahmood Ali, Many Celebirities, Politico's, Senior Police Officers & Bureaucrats made their presence felt at Motherthon-2016, as most of them jogged, ran & walked the marathon. Many Citizens of Twin Cities  from various walks of life took part in Motherthon-2016. The Voice was common among every particpant-Save the Girl Child because every Mother is a Girl at Birth.

Speaking on the occasion Mrs. Nafisa Ismail from Marg Foundation  said " It is said that God created mothers because he cannot be present everywhere. But it is sad to realize that the representatives of Gods are being killed continuously even before they come out into the world. Most of the social evils in India are against women. But, India as a country has overcome many social evils like Sati, Devadasi system, child marriages, etc. Though they exist even today, but in tiny pockets. Same is not the case with female feticide. This is still rampant and the sex ratio of 2011 census is a clear reflection of it.

A parent does not wish to harm their own children. Female feticide is an act of desperation. Things that lead to this desperation are

·         Dowry system

·         Poverty

·         Mentality.

Where males are considered better than women and women are considered sub- servant. This leads to obsession for a son.

·     Girls are considered as financial obligation.

Female feticide leads to decrease in female population, adverse effect on women health physically, mentally and emotionally. This paves a way to abuse and sexually exploit women, which is the main reason for high suicide rates amongst women. Moreover due to advancement in technology, female feticide has increased by 49.2%.This is mainly because of poor implementation of laws such as PNDT act, medical termination of pregnancy act, Dowry prohibition act.

The motive of this campaign is to spread awareness about the same and get the society involved in this process.

Marg foundation has always stood for the women’s causes and has many initiatives for women like skill training, providing employment to women, saving women from the social evils, counseling  and empowering them. Marg foundation with the help of people and media/press would continue to stand against such evils and work for their empowerment.

Projects of Marg foundation for women and girl child empowerment - under the project ASME Marg brings small and medium entrepreneurs under one roof and helps them grow economically, Brand Strimaya is a platform that goes global where the women entrepreneurs on one platform can showcase their products and services nationally and internationally in less cost, Women Shakti is an initiative to empower women emotionally and spiritually to experience happiness in her present living standards to attract abundance of everything best in her life , legally women are supported through different remedies . Supermom is an initiative to empower, mentor and groom an underprivileged and an orphan girl child. Anyone who takes responsibility of one particular child and gives the above things unconditionally is a Supermom.