International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences Vol 1 Issue 1 January 2006 Female Foeticide and Infanticide in India: An Analysis of Crimes against Girl Children Sneh Lata Tandon1 and Renu Sharma2 University of Delhi‚ Delhi‚ India Abstract Sex selective abortions and increase in the number of female infanticide cases have become a significant social phenomenon in several parts of India. It transcends all castes‚ class and communities and even the North South dichotomy. The girl children become
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Female infanticide..... Female foeticide is the illegal practice of killing a foetus which is determined as a female. Female foeticide is prevalent in our country as a major social evil. The patriarchal social structure of India gives a secondary position to women. Social belief goes that the family runs through a male and hence the birth of a male child in the family is imminent to the carrying forward of its generation. Social discrimination and the preference for sons have given
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and the decline was sharper for female children than a male children in the age groups 0-6 years‚” reported the “Children in India 2012- A Statistical Appraisal” conducted by the Central Statistical Organization. This developed a noticeably skewed child sex ratio. China’s One Child Policy‚ established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979‚ has led to the disdain of female infants‚ abortion‚ neglect‚ abandonment‚ and infanticide- known for the female infanticide rather than male. Though this
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Lindsay Largeman Dr. Adam Neal Christian Ethics 7 February 2014 Infanticide And Euthanasia As Christians we face many dilemmas each day. One dilemma that is faced more often than it should be is whether or not humans have the right to end a life and who has the right over a child’s death. We view this dilemma as infanticide and euthanasia in which either choice of death can be done in an active or passive way. Infanticide and euthanasia are both unethical behaviors that go against God himself‚ for
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The practice of female foeticide is in direct violation of both the international convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) of 1979 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)‚ 1989. The CEDAW is considered to be equivalent to an international bill of rights for women‚ defining what constitutes discrimination and providing an agenda for action. Non-registration of medical facilities‚ the use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques‚ communication of
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Female feticide is one of the biggest challenges that India is facing today in terms of gender. It has become a significant social phenomenon. It transcends all barriers of caste‚ class and community and even the north-south dichotomy. The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Gender Gap report for the year 2007 has shown India at a dismal 120th position. The gender gap report looks at the disparities in terms of health‚ education‚ economic status and political participation between men and women
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Orissa Review * December - 2008 Female Foeticide in India : A Serious Challenge for the Society Dr. Krushna Chandra Jena Introduction : Women who constitute half a human population have been discriminated‚ harassed and exploited irrespective of the country to which they belong‚ unmindful of the religion which they profess and oblivious of the timeframe in which they live.1 Everywhere women are confronted with many challenges. Female foeticide is perhaps one of the worst forms of violence
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female foeticide/ infanticide The term female foeticide means killing the female foetus in the mother’s womb. How cruel? The practice has been followed in India for ages‚ a country that once described its women as godessess. For this reason‚ Indian women will soon get extinct. Surprised? The most active part is being played by the women themselves -- why? Just for the mere want of a boy‚ mothers don’t feel bad in strangulating their daughters in their wombs. Can anyone be more cruel? In India‚ sex
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Female Foeticide in India Submitted by admin on 1 May‚ 2004 - 05:25 • India • IHN 2004.2 May • International Humanist News [pic] Female Foeticide in India By Indu Grewal and J. Kishore Introduction Some of the worst gender ratios‚ indicating gross violation of women’s rights‚ are found in South and East Asian countries such as India and China. The determination of the sex of the foetus by ultrasound scanning‚ amniocentesis‚ and in vitro fertilization has aggravated this situation
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A Cry Still Unheard: The Menace Of Female Foeticide In India “I am daughter of India. I am like your daughters who are playing in your premises‚ who are bringing laurels to the nation like Sunita Williams‚ Kiran Bedi‚ Kalpana Chawla‚ Sania Mirza etc. But there is a difference between me and all of you as I have been killed in the womb of my mother itself.” Once in our lives‚ most of us must have heard that a child is a ‘gift’ from God. Though whatever biology may suggest‚ it is not an uncommon
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