Aurangabad: Not many villages can find where every family is proud to display the names of their daughters, or daughter-in-law, on the home name board.
Welcome to villages such as Kharbi and Palshi in Loha or Dongargaon at Mudkhed Taluka from Nanded District.
Sunana Lokhande from Narwat Village at Bhokar Taluka could not stop smiling, when he was proud while pointing at the home signboard.
It displays the name Sudanda and his two-in-law.
In his village, more than 200 families have installed a signboard like that at the entrance of their homes.
“We have installed three plate names, one with my name, and two with my daughter my daughter-in-law (Vishranti and Priyanka), in each of the three entrances,” Sunana told Toi.
To put aside gender discrimination in its own way, villagers in the Nanded district have begun this unique initiative.
To set aside gender discrimination in its own way, villagers in the Nanded district have begun this unique initiative.
In the family, where no girls, villagers have been advised and convinced to post their in-laws’ names at that time.
Dongargaon Gram Santosk Santosk Bismille told Tii, “We have 452 houses in our village and each of them has a name name that bears the name of the princess or daughter-in-law on it.
We have started to feel the difference.” This step is the result of the initiative taken by Nanded Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Varsha Thakur-Ghuge.
This step is the result of the initiative taken by Nanded Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Varsha Thakur-Ghuge.
“In rural areas, houses, routes and even hamlets are known by family names or male members, who are family heads.
We decided to change the way and convince the family to put up their daughter’s names.
Houses are now recognized and Mentioned by the names of women and daughters in-laws in the family, “he said.
This is part of my daughter, my pride trip in the district.
To make things troublesome, ZP gives villagers with nameplate names that are tailored to the names of women in the family.
To start, the initiative was taken in two villages from each of the nine District Talukas.
To begin, the initiative was taken in two villages from each of the nine District Talukas.
The CEO said this was one step to eliminate discrimination, fetic female, and other social prohibitions such as robbing education, forcing them into children’s marriages and harassing them to dowry.
Ravindra District collector said impressed with the idea and response received for encouragement, many representatives had volunteered to mention their daughter’s names and in-laws on their homes outside their homes.
Female District Program Officers and Child Welfare Department, Rekha Kalam, who have been entrusted with the task of coordinating and advising families, saying, “First of all, we begin to convince Sarpanch, teachers and leading people from each village.
Managing convincingly even one People are a big step forward towards convincing a large number of villagers to replicate the idea.
Everyone agrees to install such a sign that it is publicly made.
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