{"id":1757,"date":"2012-05-14T02:45:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T02:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2012-05-13T18:45:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T18:45:58","slug":"ash-to-campaign-for-uns-girl-child-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/india\/ash-to-campaign-for-uns-girl-child-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash to campaign for UN&#8217;s girl child program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"story-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1759\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1759 lazyload\" title=\"Aishwarya Rai\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aishwarya Rai to campaign for UN girl child program\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1759\" title=\"Aishwarya Rai\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-256057-797351.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aishwarya Rai to campaign for UN girl child program\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/aishwarya-rai.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aishwarya Rai to campaign for UN girl child program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even before Indian citizens and state governments went hysterical over the topic of discussion on Aamir Khan\u2019s TV show\u00a0<em>Satyamev Jayate<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0female foeticide\u00a0\u2013 actor\u00a0Aishwarya Rai Bachchan\u00a0was offered a chance to campaign for the girl child by visiting United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon.\u00a0This happened at the Ambani party, to which the high-profile gentleman and various top Bollywood stars, including Aamir, were invited. And after mulling it over, Ash has said \u2018yes\u2019 to being part of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>As mother to a baby girl (Aaradhya) born a few months ago (November 16), we\u2019re sure Ash had no problems about accepting the offer. All she must have checked is her schedule. She supports various other causes, including eye donation for the Eye Bank Association of India, Smile Train for children with cleft lip, and the PeTA campaign to save love birds, the last along with husband Abhishek Bachchan. A school for girls is also being built in a remote village in Uttar Pradesh in Aishwarya\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>As for her colleagues in B-town, the Maharashtra government has asked Aamir to be a part of their\u00a0Save the Girl Child\u00a0campaign. The Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan governments have taken action against sex determination centres. And actor-couple Ajay Devgn-Kajol, who have a daughter, will be making a documentary on the girl child for the state government, all for free. And if you remember, actor Priyanka Chopra was appointed national ambassador of the UN Children\u2019s Fund in 2010.\u00a0<em>MI4<\/em>\u00a0actor Anil Kapoor, too, had appeared in a documentary,\u00a0<em>Trapped by Tradition<\/em>, which covered the issue of trafficking of females that has become a tradition in some families.<\/p>\n<p>With big Bollywood stars coming forward and showing their support to the girl child, let\u2019s just hope they are able to bring about a big change in the mindset of millions of Indians who crave a male child. And with Aishwarya leading the way, the movement could trigger a global change, too. What do you think?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even before Indian citizens and state governments went hysterical over the topic of discussion on Aamir Khan\u2019s TV show\u00a0Satyamev Jayate\u00a0\u2013\u00a0female foeticide\u00a0\u2013 actor\u00a0Aishwarya Rai Bachchan\u00a0was offered a chance to campaign for the girl child by visiting United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon.\u00a0This happened at the Ambani party, to which the high-profile gentleman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":1759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,5,15,3,4],"tags":[367,368,138,17,116,204,371,80,71,148,369,370,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyjag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}