The UNFPA-CMS Art for Social Change painting competition provided a unique platform to reach out to the young minds, and use the language of colours and canvas to make strong statements about the worth of the girl child. This initiative on the theme of, “Delighting in Daughters” led to 474 paintings being received from students of 56 premier fine art colleges from 22 states of the country. These paintings were evaluated by an eminent jury led by renowned painter Ms. Anjolie Ela Menon. An immediate remarkable outcome of the orientation was more men (61%) than women (39%) participated in celebrating the girl child and women’s empowerment. This held true even among the nominated paintings-where 37 paintings (67%) were by men and 18 (33%) were by women.
