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Educate Prevent & Eradicate
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MESSAGE
The selective abortion of female fetuses is
most common in areas where cultural norms
value male over female children.
EDITORIAL
Another New Year comes and we
still face the same hurdle of "Saving
the girl child".
India is growing dynamically in every
field, today the rapid growth in
economy, innovative technologies,
and improved infrastructure has
become nation's pride. But bias
against the girl child is still prevailing
in the country.
The basic mindset has to change and accept
that girls are equally and probably more supportive to
the family. Today girls are taking responsible roles in the
society, offices and in all spheres. Creating awareness
amongst all strata of society and educating people
about this basic fact is so essential. I am confident that
once the wave of change is set in the minds of some
people it will create a ripple effect and set the motion
and..... this is what Smriti is doing creating that
change... I hope more and many more FOGSI societies
join hands with Smriti!!
Dr. Suchitra Pandit
Educate a girl and give
her wings to fly.
The most shocking fact is that the
innovative and the hard high end
t e c h n o l o g i e s l i k e b i o p s y,
ultrasound, ultra scan are brutally
killing the Indian girl child. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT IF THE SERVICE
PROVIDER SAYS NO.. THEN IT WILL BE
A NO.
We need to tackle the problems of WEEEEP
Women Problems of
Education
Empowerment
Employment
WE KNOW SOME OF OUR CLAN ARE
STILL INDULGING IN THIS. WE HAVE
POINTED OUT THAT MAJORITY OF
SUCH PRACTICE IS BEING DONE BY
NON MEDICAL QUACKS AND SO IS
THE ABORTIONS.
WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A SOCIAL
PROBLEM AND A SOCIAL
REVOLUTION HAS TO BE STARTED
AGAINT THIS.
This is like an EPIDEMIC which cannot
be eradicated easily ,But YES we can
definitely bring about a change by
raising a voice. Lets join hands and
pledge to save our DAUGHTERS.
Environment
Make a new Indian women literate & healthy.
Dr. Jaideep Malhotra
Please G, Save Every Girl Child.... Give them the
right to be born.... spread this message very loud &
clear..... On the auspicious eve of Raksha Bandhan
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"I am the one who gives birth to life ! I would
fight for right of my unborn daughter " this should be
motto of all the women . For our weakness
we can't blame any body but us ! My call for
all women get up and demand your rights at all
Thank you
Dr. Neharika Malhotra Bora
dr.neharika@gmail.com
levels !
Ham hain to sirishti hai! We are responsible for this Universe !
How can we be looked down upon !
Dr. Maninder Ahuja
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2. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dr Hema Divakar , President FOGSI
speaks about FOGSI Campgain for
Value, Safety & Respect for women—
that all kinds of violence against women are on the rise. A
survey conducted by Oxfam India and Social & Rural
Research Institute has revealed that 17 per cent of working
women experienced sexual harassment. The maximum
number of sexual harassment cases was reported among
labourers (29 per cent); domestic helps (23 per cent) and
small scale units (16 per cent), which reflect the
vulnerability of the underprivileged sections of society. A
report released by Ministry of Women & Child
Development a few years ago has revealed that an
estimated 150 million girls under the age of 18 years have
been subjected to sexual harassment at home and at
educational institutes.
Naari Samman 2013
With the increase in the number of
incidents of atrocities against women
in the nation, the Federation of
Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI),
the apex body for all Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in
the country, launched a new CSR initiative – Social
Innovation– to create Value, Safety & Respect (VSR) for
women by ushering in synergy among all stakeholders
concerned in an event titled Naari Samman 2013 .The
FOGSI, as a socially-conscious organization, intends to
tackle the issues of atrocities against women, be it
domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, dowry
harassment, gender-based discrimination, and violencethrough long-term plans with the support of stakeholders.
The Social Innovation CSR initiative is an extension of
FOGSI's 'Innovation to Implementation' theme for 2013
under which several path-breaking innovations aimed at
improving the women's healthcare services were
successfully implemented.
These are disturbing facts. Sex-selective abortion and
infanticide have led to lopsided sex ratios in several North
Indian states; crimes against women continue to rise and
of late awareness has led to increase in the number of
incidents. However, we need a paradigm shift to change
the attitude of society towards the girl child and women.
Crimes are perpetrated against women from the womb to
the tomb. The FOGSI is making concerted efforts to tackle
them in a systematic manner by way of creating awareness
and educating the people concerned. FOGSI has a strong
network of obstetricians and gynaecologists across the
country and we will leverage them to tackle these societal
inconsistencies.
As part of the Social Innovation CSR initiative, a day-long
conclave titled 'Naari Samman' was organized in Mumbai
on 14th of November 2013.The conclave brought
together policy-makers, legal fraternity, NGOs, key
opinion leaders and bureaucrats to identify the way
forward to create VSR for women . On the occasion, the
Women's Health Forum (WHF) – India was launched. The
WHF will ensure that this mission is completed successfully.
FOGSI's Vision 2022, which is aimed at changing the way
society and people perceive women in the next one
decade in the country. Vision 2022 aims at:
(a) Saving the Girl child should become a non-issue by the
year 2022.
There are several issues affecting women today and they
can be broadly classified into social and criminal, but both
are interlinked. Be it female feticide, child trafficking,
dowry deaths, domestic violence, sexual violence, rape
or gender-based discrimination and missing girls, all need
the active support of the legal fraternity, policy-makers,
and medical communities.
(b) Education and empowerment of women is a
continuous effort, and
(c) Ensure that adolescent healthcare is in place as 360
million youth in India journey towards wellness with
through anaemia eradication, sex education,
vaccinations, contraception, and HIV/AIDS care
(d) Tackling the tsunami of gestational diabetes and
cancer cervix and reduce the burden of non
communicable diseases
For instance, Haryana has the worst male-female ratio in
India and it is below the national average (943 female
against 1000 males). In Haryana, it is 879 females followed
by Jammu & Kashmir (889 females); Uttar Pradesh (912
females) and Bihar (918 females) and Rajasthan (926
females) for every 1000 males. Several cases of domestic
violence, especially in rural areas are going unreported.
While in cities, including shanty towns, domestic violence
is 40 per cent the same in rural areas is as high as 56 per
cent. According to NCRB data, 244,270 cases of crime
reported against women were reported in 2012. While
38,262 cases related to kidnapping and abduction of
women / girls; 45,351 cases were related to assault on
women with intent to outrage her modesty. A whopping
106,527 cases were on cruelty by husband or his relatives
while there were 8,233 cases relating to dowry death.
The meet helped to create a consensus in favour of longterm solutions with in depth discussions on root causes
and collective efforts that ought to be made by all stake
holders.Through this platform, it will be our endeavour to
convert our FOGSI innovations into implementation. As a
society we have already spent adequate time on the need
for upholding the rights and dignity of women. What we
now need is action that can deliver results. We hope that
Naari Samman is the first stepping stone towards
achieving a fair and equitable society, which is devoid of
any bias against women
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in
India, a child goes missing every eight minutes. Almost
40% of them are never found and incidentally a majority of
them are girls. Similarly, violence against women continues
to remain high. A survey conducted by Trust Law reveals
Dr Hema Divakar
President FOGSI (2013)
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3. REPORT OF
FIRST NATIONAL CONF ON SAVING GIRL CHILD
1st National Conference on “Saving the Girl Child” on 7th &
8th Dec 2013 at Kalyani was organized by Kalyani
Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society in association with
ICOG, FOGSI and IMA; under the leadership of Dr Dilip
Kumar Dutta, Organizing Secretary, Dr Manidip Pal,
Organizing Chairperson.
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(4)
(5)
Dr Narendra Malhotra, Past President, FOGSI
Dr Narenra Saini, Secretary, IMA (Hq.)
Prof R Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor, National Law
School of India University, Bangalore
(6) Prof Amit Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, West Bengal
University of Health Sciences, Kolkata
(7) Prof Hiralal Konar, Chairperson, ICOG
(8) Prof Krishnendu Gupta, President, BOGS
(9) Prof Dipankar Bhattacharyya, Principal, College of
Medicine & JNM Hospital, Kalyani
(10) Prof Gita Ganguly Mukherjee, Kolkata
(11) Prof Sudip Chakravarty, Kolkata
The theme of the conference was –
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
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Save the girl in mother's womb
Safeguard the girl child from unnatural death
Stop abusing girls as commodity
Shield the girl child from violence
Secure good health
Self-esteem
Solvent before marriage
There was a pre-congress workshop on PPH on 7th Dec
conducted by Prof Christopher B-Lynch, attended by 250
participants. Inauguration on 7th Dec evening was
attended by 600 delegates from all school, college,
engineering student, medical student, law student etc.
Life-time achievement was given to Prof B N Chakravarty,
Padmasree Rustom Phiroze Soonawala, Prof Emeritus
Christopher B-Lynch. We have felicitated 12 distinguished
doctors includes Dr Narendra Malhotra, Dr Narendra Saini
and others. On 8th Dec there was scientific session on
theme subjects, attended by 500 delegates.
The conference was attended by about 1100 delegates
from all the segments of the society viz. doctors,
engineers, nurses, lawyers, students, laborers etc.
International Faculty —
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Prof Emeritus Christopher B-Lynch, UK
Prof Ashma Rana, Nepal
Dr Bandana Sharma, Nepal
Prof Sayeba Akhter, Bangladesh
Prof Saria Tasnim, Bangladesh
At a glance whole conference was a grand success!
National Faculty—
Reported By
(1)
(2)
Dr Dilip Kumar Dutta
Dr Manidip Pal
Padmasree Rustom Phiroze Soonawala, Mumbai
Prof B N Chakravarty, Kolkata
REPORT FROM GHATKOPAR
judgements in PNDT cases.Dr Sanjay Gupte from Pune
enlighten the audience on very important tips on PC PNDT.
There was unique session held for the first time on F Form
exercise, in this session, how to fill form F correctly, was
demonstrated. Deficiencies in form F is the major fault in
many PNDT cases. This session was designed and
conducted by Dr Hitesh Bhatt.
Very interesting penal discussion on PCPNDT and MTP Dr
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Sanjay Gupte, Dr RajeshreeKatke , Dr Asha Advani, Dr
AtulGanatra and Dr Geetedra Shar ma were
eminentpanellists and was moderated by Dr Hitesh Bhatt
and Dr GorakhMandrupakr.
Alternate solutions for the PCPNDT problems were
discussed by lectures including the role of an association
by Dr SuchitraPandit, Newer solutions by Dr KartikBhagat
and PNDT a lateral thought by Dr Hitesh Bhatt.
Dr GanpatSawant gave vote of thanks to all the speakers,
delegates and sponsors
This workshop was video recorded to preserve as a
module for many such program in future.
REPORT OF THE PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP ON
“PCPNDT MTP : ISSUES & SOLUTIONS” WAS HELD ON
3RD AUGUST AT LAUVENDER BAUG, GHATKOPAR (E).
The pre-congress workshop on “PCPNDT MTP: issues &
Solutions” was held on 3rd August at lauvenderbaug
,Ghatkopar East.This workshop was attended by 103
delegates.It started at 9.00 am and with the e-lighting of
lamp. Dr GanapatSawant ;Dr AtulGanatra and Dr Hitesh
Bhatt were convener for the programme. Dr
GanpatSawant gave introduction of the subject followed
by the session on understanding the MTP and PCPNDT Act
by Dr Prakash Pawar and Dr Nozer Shariar respectively.
In next session the members were allowed to share their
experiences on MTP and PCPNDT problems.Dr Rajan
Vaidya, Dr J T Shah, Dr VarshaFadke and Dr Bela Bhatt
shared their feeling and bitter experiences with all the
members
Dr Geetedra Sharma, Medicolegal consultant from
Amdavad gave very interesting lecture on diverse
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4. ACTIVITIES OF 2013 BY FOGSI SOCIETIES
MUMBAI SOCIETY
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5. ACTIVITIES OF 2013 BY FOGSI SOCIETIES
COCHIN SOCIETY
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6. ACTIVITIES OF 2013 BY FOGSI SOCIETIES
WALK FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH
CAR RALL IN INDIRAPURAM FOR CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS
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Organized by Rotary Club of Indirapuram Pariwar (RCIP)
Under aegis of GOGS (Ghaziabad Obs & Gynae Society) on Sunday 15th Dec' 2013, 9 am -11.00 am
Endorsed by Delhi Gynaecologist Forum
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7. ACTIVITIES OF 2013 BY FOGSI SOCIETIES
DEOLI SAWANGI SOCIETY
JABALPUR SOCIETY
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FOGSI-Smriti Award –
Save the Girl Child 2013
Winner
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Cochin Obstetric & Gynaecological
Society
2nd Runner up :
Ms. Jaya Pancholi USA
Deoli-Sawangi Obstetric & Gynaecological
Society
1st Runner up :
We thanks our donors this year
Mumbai Obstetric & Gynaecological
Society
Ms. Ushi & Mr. Markus Switzerland
and 100 others who have adopted
a girl for education for just Rs. 20/per day
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