India is failing to prevent large-scale female infanticide and foeticide‚ according to a UN report. As a result‚ says the UN’s World Population Fund‚ India has one of the highest imbalances in the world between males and females. The Fund says that the low status of women in Indian society is mainly to blame‚ and criticises India for its lack of commitment to tackling gender inequality. Other Asian countries‚ particularly China‚ have similar problems. Poverty‚ ignorance and culture combine to
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Infanticide and Sex Selection Past‚ Present‚ and Future James C. Gill University of Missouri- St. Louis July 31‚ 2011 Abstract Infanticide is the killing of unwanted babies. It was common throughout the Roman Empire and many countries in the ancient world. In those times infanticide was accepted because it was a way limiting family size that was safe for the mother (“Infanticide common in Roman empire” 2011). More recently sex selection has been a problem in many
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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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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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aspx/declining-sex-ratio-its-reason-ppt-2766079 http://www.essays24.com/Social-Issues/Infanticide-Females-India/34792.html China Focus - Pending FEMALE INFANTICIDE WHICH IS RAMPANT IN SOME PARTS OF INDIA AND CHINA RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKET RESEARCH – MMS 1 (2011-12) NAME: SUBHASHISH CHAKRABORTY ROLL NO: 653 In third world countries such as India infanticide of females is common. There have been laws outlawing both infanticide and determining the sex of babies if it is not medically necessary
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Infanticide has been practiced on every continent and by every level of cultural complexity. It has been practiced from hunter gatherers to modern civilization‚ including our own ancestors. When pregnant it is understandable that couples wish for either a boy or a girl but‚ it is another thing if their wish of having either a boy or a girl is guaranteed to come true. Those couples who wish to have a son and has one child turns out to be a girl seem to be in a most painful dilemma. “Cultural norms
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Selective Female Fetus Killing Picture this‚ you are at the doctors and you have just found out that you are pregnant‚ so many ideas and feelings will run through your body. However‚ not all people react with excitement in most third world countries this can either be a happy moment or the dawn before the pain. At the beginning of history you can see that infanticide has been carried out. From prehistoric times to the times of many great empires‚ the deaths of infants were accepted as a way to
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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/ 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 What is female foeticide? The act of aborting or terminating a foetus while it’s still in the womb‚ because it is female‚ is known as female foeticide. This can be done after determining the sex of the child before it’s born‚ through ultrasound scans. Although‚ sex determination in India is illegal‚ the practice is rampant and has become a multi-million dollar industry. Coupled with prospective parents desperate for a boy child‚ and physicians who are carrying out these
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