India has moved forward in empowering girls but still lags much of the world

Today is International Day of the Girl Child, a good day to celebrate the progress India has made in advancing the rights of half its children. Concerted efforts over the last decades are bringing results. According to the National Family and Health Survey (2015-16), teenage pregnancy has halved in the last 10 years and the percentage of girls married as children has decreased from 47% to 27%. Oped by Yasmin Ali Haque, Diego Palacios and Rebecca Tavares.