This document provides an overview of chapters in the book "Girls & girlhoods at Threshold of Youth & Gender: Edited by Vibhuti Patel, 2010". The document lists 21 chapter titles that discuss topics related to the girl child in India such as the adolescent girl, declining child sex ratio, education and health of girls, child labour, trafficking, disability, family abuse, social construction of gender, media representation, and empowerment through NGO intervention. The chapters examine issues faced by girls and propose ways to improve their status in society.

1. Girls & girlhoods at Threshold of Youth &
Gender: Edited by Vibhuti Patel, 2010
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Forward by Sonal Shukla
Introduction by Vibhuti Patel
Editor and Contributors
The Adolescent Girl in India -Ms. Sonal Shukla and Ms. Pradnya Sawargaonkar
Need to Introspect Factors Responsible in Upbringing of
Girl Child to Ascertain Her Identity and Status in Society -Prabha Tirmare
3. Government’s Commitment to the Girl Child: Promises Belied?
- Dr. Cynthia Stephen
4. Understanding Declining Child Sex Ratio in India- With special focus on 0 TO 6 years age group.
- Dr. Daksha Dave
5. Education & Health of Girl Child in Urban India -Prof. Dr. Vibhuti Patel
6. Child Labour in India: Emerging Issues -Prof. Dr. Dolly Sunny
7. Trafficking of Tribal Girl Child -Ms. Rekha Talmaki
8. Existence in Shadows: Women and Disability -Ms. Prerna Sharma
9. Condition of Female Children in Orissa (With Special Reference to Ganjam District)
-Dr. Krishna Chandra Pradhan
10. Sibling Abuse: A Study of Sibling Interactions in Family Setting -Dr Indira Rani and Dr. N. Komali
Saloni
11. The Indian Girl Child: Trajectories of Social Construction- Dr. Sunita Parmar
12. Politics of Gender and the Familial Structure in the Story –‘Girls’ by Mrinal Pande
-Dr. Pratima Dave Shastri
13. Girl child, Television Advertising and Status Quo: Gender in HDFC Standard Life Advertisements
-Dr. Mira K. Desai
14. Absence of an age: Had it been a Durga trilogy? -Shri. Amrit Ganger
15. Adolescent Girls, Expelled by the Community- Detained by the State
-Ms. Shalini Mathur
16. Understanding of the Issues of Vulnerable and Violence Affected Girls through Mukta’s
Intervention -Mukta
17. Violence against girls residing in two slums of Mumbai -Rohini Kashikar Sudhakar
18. Shaishav: Balsena -Parul Sheth
19. Empowerment of Adolescent Girls through NGO Intervention - Dr. Ruby Ojha
20. Girl Child and Law -Adv. Vijay Hiremath
21. Proceedings of the Symposium & Emerging Issues -Media Matters