Article Title :
The Girl Child : Education & Her Rights

Author Name :
Dr. Jessie George & Shazia Fatma

Keyword :
Human rights, RTE, Discrimination

Publisher :
Politic India Publication

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Abstract :
Human rights are commonly understood as basic fundamental rights that a person cannot be denied by any individual or any government simply because he or she is a human being. They are universal and same for everyone. We all are equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, guaranteed by law in the forms of international law, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of government to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individual or groups. Though India is a signatory to all the major human rights instruments and its constitution makes a commitment towards the promotion and protection of human rights, still when it comes to the rights concerning the girl child there is a vast difference between theory and practice. The present paper throws some light on the human rights of the girl child. It also focuses the interrelation between Right to Education (RTE) and Human Rights (HR) of the girl child. The paper finally concludes that the only viable long lasting way to protect and promote her rights as a human-a girl child, is through their education and that too with a huge emphasis on Human Right Education (HRE).