SlogansSave the girl child slogans
National Girl Child Day is observed in India on 24 January. These slogans speak for daughters: their birth, their schooling and their equal place.
English
A daughter is not a burden. She is a beginning.
Educate a girl. She will educate the next generation.
Same dreams, same rights, same school bag.
Give her a book, not a limit.
Daughters carry the family name in their work, not just in their surname.
Let her fly. The sky has room.
A girl who studies changes two families.
Her place is wherever she decides.
Raise sons who respect. Raise daughters who lead.
Equal is not a favour. It is a right.
When girls go to school, villages move forward.
She is not a burden. She is the one who will carry you.
Same school. Same books. Same dreams.
Raise your daughter to fly, and your son to respect the sky.
A daughter's laughter is the music of a house.
When a girl is welcomed, a home is blessed.
हिन्दी
बेटी बोझ नहीं, घर का सम्मान है।
बेटी को पढ़ाओ, उसे अपने पैरों पर खड़ा कराओ।
बेटी पढ़ेगी, तो पीढ़ियाँ बढ़ेंगी।
उसे उड़ने दो, आसमान में जगह बहुत है।
बेटियों के सपनों को पंख दो, बंदिशें नहीं।
जिस घर में बेटी का मान, वही घर है सबसे महान।
लड़की पढ़ेगी, आगे बढ़ेगी, अपना रास्ता खुद गढ़ेगी।
बेटी आई है, घर में रौनक़ लाई है।
बेटे जैसा ही पढ़ाओ, बेटी को भी आगे बढ़ाओ।
बेटी के जन्म पर भी थाली बजाओ, मिठाई खिलाओ।
लाडली को पंख दो, उड़ान वह ख़ुद भर लेगी।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਧੀਆਂ ਘਰ ਦੀ ਰੌਣਕ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ।
ਧੀ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਓ, ਘਰ ਰੁਸ਼ਨਾਓ।
ਪੁੱਤ ਧੀ ਇੱਕ ਸਮਾਨ, ਦੋਵੇਂ ਘਰ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਾਨ।
ਧੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਡਣ ਦਿਓ, ਅੰਬਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ।
ਧੀ ਜੰਮੇ ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਲੋਹੜੀ ਪਾਓ।
ਧੀ ਆਈ ਹੈ, ਘਰ ਰੌਣਕ ਲਿਆਈ ਹੈ।
ਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਓ, ਖੰਭ ਲਾਓ।
In common use (not written by us)
बेटी बचाओ, बेटी पढ़ाओ।
बेटी है तो कल है।
बेटा बेटी एक समान, दोनों से है घर की शान।
Nothing matches. Try a shorter word, or choose All.
Where these slogans are used
National Girl Child Day, school and anganwadi programmes, village rallies, health centre walls, and speeches and essays on daughters. They are also painted on walls and the backs of trucks and buses, which is why the best known lines are short enough to read at a glance.
Write your own
Celebrate, do not scold. A slogan that says "daughters are our pride" changes more minds than one that calls parents cruel. Show the daughter doing something: topping the class, driving a tractor, wearing a uniform, running a shop, caring for her parents in their old age. Use the words of the home, such as beti, dhee and laadli, because the message is for the home.
- English pairs: girl and pearl, daughter and laughter, school and rule, equal and sequel, rise and prize.
- Hindi pairs: बेटी and रोटी, पढ़ाओ and बढ़ाओ, लाडली and भली, शान and पहचान, बराबर and घर घर.
- Punjabi pairs: ਧੀ and ਜੀ, ਧੀਆਂ and ਨੀਹਾਂ, ਮਾਣ and ਸ਼ਾਨ, ਪੜ੍ਹਾਓ and ਵਧਾਓ.
Three messages worth a poster each
- Her birth is welcome: celebrate it the same way as a son's.
- Her schooling is equal: the same school, the same books, the same years.
- Her choices are hers: study, work, sport and when to marry.
What to avoid
- Lines that value a daughter only as a future wife or mother. She matters as herself.
- Running down sons to praise daughters. The message is equal, not opposite.
- Legal details, ages and penalties written from memory. Take them from an official source or leave them out.
Using these slogans
- Slogans that celebrate daughters work better than slogans that scold parents.