Context: Experts and activists have observed that Kanyashree stipends are no shield against trafficking. They say the complex problem cannot be prevented merely by monetary handouts meant to retain girls in school.
About Kanyashree scheme:
What is it? Kanyashree is a conditional cash transfer scheme aiming at improving the status and wellbeing of the girl child by incentivising schooling of teenage girls and delaying their marriages until the age of 18. It received the United Nations Public Service Award last year.
Performance of the scheme: Through the initiative, cash was deposited into the bank account of girls for every year they remained in school and were unmarried. This initiative led to a “drastic reduction in child marriage, increase in female education and female empowerment.”
Sources: the hindu.
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