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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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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humanity”. Female Foeticide is thus‚ the act of aborting a foetus because it is female. This is a major social problem not only in India but the entire world. Foetal sex determination and sex selective abortion by medical professionals has today grown into a Rs. 1‚000 crore industry. Social discrimination against women and a preference for sons have promoted. According to the decennial Indian census‚ the sex ratio in the 0-6 age group in India went from 104.0 males per 100 females in 1981‚ to 105
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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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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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------------------------------------------------- ethics: finals Essay Female Genital Mutilation & Female Genital Circumcision July 22‚ 2013 Philosophy 1110 I am here to discuss a sensitive topic and this sensitive topic has touched a plethora of countries across the global. Female genital circumcision and female genital mutilation is procedure that many countries practice. Some of the countries that practice FGM and FGC consist of Malaysia‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ Australia‚ Canada and the
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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 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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