Plight of the girl child

International Day of the Girl Child was observed( last week) with concerted efforts to eradicate child marriage but it is meaningless in India. Here a member of Parliament proposed that the minimum legal age of marriage should be reduced from 18 years to 16 years so that crimes like gang rape do not take place.During past month more than 15 rapes had taken place in the state of Haryana and when questioned the Committee member or spokesperson had said that 90% of rapes are consensual. These persons must know what crime is before they speak on it.A gang rape was recorded and sent as MMS clip further propagating such crimes; the victim had committed suicide as she could not overcome the trauma. Even a policeman stood as guard while the recording was going on. This is the state of the law here This is outrageous! We call ourselves the oldest living civilisation. We should call ourselves oldest in uncivilised people. Political class makes capital of of this issue too, instead of finding ways to resolve it.
There is lack of education on this subject among the people. Victims suffer much.When no proper prosecution is made, there is no strict legal action.  This is the state of the law here.How to cope with these crimes? Conviction rate is low as this gives bad name to the victim and her family. Law enforcers are not trained enough to know what is crime or what is wrong behaviour. The NCW(National Commission for Women) should be more empowered. More organisations have to be created; so that there is more awareness among the people on rights of the girl/women. May be the Goddess to whom the people pray to,'Durga Devi' will help in giving power to the women to overcome terrible evils.
On the part of the government, as it is there is much effort needed in providing food and water to the people. Then come needs of housing, development, health and education. But now controlling crime seems to be more urgent than meeting all other needs.