India
IHN 2004.2 May
International Humanist News
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Female Foeticide in India
By Indu Grewal and J. Kishore
Introduction
Some of the worst gender...
of sons and discouraged the birth of girl child in the family, thus paving the way for Female Foeticide.
ii) Evil of Dowry:Dowry is essentially one of the factors...
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...
bad is that many of these heinous acts continue to haunt the poor girls.
Female foeticide is one of the worst case scenarios which women expect in this country...
machines and medical malpractice in this area is flourishing.
Prevention of female foeticide (Laws related to it)
1) Prohibition of sex selection act 1994...
government on Monday launched Save girl child campaign to spread awareness about female foeticide and stop illegal sex determination tests. Marathi actors Sachin...
flew unabated from the study included strict implementation of laws banning female foeticide and dowry, providing old age pension for parents who had no son, free...
this book. Consult your family doctor for a sure way of begetting sons.
Female foeticide is perhaps one of the worst forms of violence against women where a woman...
flourishing states like Punjab and Haryana.
Regardless of the myth that female foeticide is the evil of modern era; the facts have quite a different and altogether...
this world full of beauty as well as beasts.
If this heinous practice of female foeticide is continued, it will be a welcome invitation to gay culture? Are we ready...
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...
These laws must be enforced strictly to save our society from the grave dangers of female foeticide in the long run. Let us not forget the words of Guru Nanak Dev...
treatment. The Court pronounced that "pre natal sex determination would be as good as female foeticide. Pre-conception sex determination violated a woman's right to...
problem that affects the life and health of society. And yet the problem of female foeticide and female infanticide has received little attention. Pre-Natal Sex...
every day.
India tops the list as far as illegal abortion and female foeticide are concerned.
Of the 15 million illegal abortions carried out in the world in 1997...
bird of passage, a guest in her own parents house. Small family norm is also responsible for female foeticide. Middle class families prefer norm of two-child family...
for a male child even stronger.
To prevent the problem of female foeticide from happening the government has passed The Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic...
imbalance in nature, it has potential to
destroy humanity.
Effects of Female Foeticide On Society
Even we claim ourselves very modem we are still very backward...
legacy and transform this world as a better place to live in.
Growing menace of Female Foeticide:
Evil of Dowry
Social Security
Educational status
Religion...
