International Daughters’ Day is marked every year on the fourth Sunday of September. This year, the day falls on 25 September.

International Daughters’ Day encourages the parents to honour and appreciate their daughters. In many regions of India, the boy child is still said to be preferred over a girl child. It is not uncommon for the parents in some regions to reportedly get sad when the child born is a girl.

The day intends to remove the stigma associated with the girl child, and it promotes equality between boys and girls. According to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), India is the only large country where the death rate of girls is more than boys.