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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means ’’rule of a father’’‚ stating that female live under father’s power because male are more muscular and powerful so they could determine what women should do or shouldn’t do through force‚ pressure‚ education or tradition to maintain their power. And women don’t have rights to make any decisions‚ they have to obey the values and demands appointed by male or the father. Nowadays‚ ’’patriarchy’’ means the power held by male in different aspects of the society and in social systems. In short‚ under
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No. 1‚ pp. 33-41 Female Education and National Development: As Viewed By Women Activists and Advocates Saleha Parveen* Abstract The term development is very broad and may be interpreted in different ways by different individuals. It is a global process of societal change that is planned cooperatively by government and international organizations with the full and informed participation of the inhabitants of the area to be developed. In fact the progress of any society largely depends on the
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Dominance of US Sitcoms in Canada and Globally Name: Xiaolin Zheng Course: Cmns 130 Word count: 1607 Date: March 26‚ 2012 US sitcoms have played a dominant role globally nowadays from three main aspects which are geographic‚ cultural‚ and political aspect. Media policies and regulations play the most important role in the dominance
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FEMALE FOETICIDE INTRODUCTION: Contemporary Indian society professes a profound faith in every individual’s “right to life and dignity”. The rights relating to the weaker & vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women‚ and more specially the girl child were violated. The twin social evils of female foeticide & female infanticide were the main causes.Violence against women exists in various forms‚ in all societies‚ the world over. In 1996 the world health assembly endorsed the fact that
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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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Female Foeticide In India India is a country of incredible ironies. It is a land where people worship myriad forms of female Shakti in quest of wealth‚ wisdom and power. In this country it is a common sight to see thousands of couples making arduous journeys every year to shrines of goddesses in order to be blessed with a child. But strangely enough‚ in this country‚ a couple is said to be ‘blessed’ only when it has a male child; for a girl is never considered a blessing in our society. Her birth
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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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women are overlooked. Women are seen as objects‚ and are often undermined in our society. More specifically the roles of the female body have been manipulated and changed to make women feel inferior to men. The essays “The Female Body” by Margaret Atwood and “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Male-Female Roles” by Emily Martin‚ both portray the female body and the use of the female body in a way that is inferior to that of a man’s body. These essays also both use
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to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance. The two atrocious practices have led to problems such as elevated rates in female kidnapping and slave trade‚ as well as forced marriages. This paper will focus on the roots of female infanticide and sex-selective abortions as well as the
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