Saturday, 12 January 2013

The 'genocide' of India's daughters

 The fate of female children in India:
  • Female infanticide is the act of deliberately killing bay girls
  • Determining the sex of unborn babies is illegal in India
  • Financial reasons are often behind female foeticide
  • An estimated 500,000 female fetuses are aborted every year, according to the Lancet journal
  • ActionAid says the law to determine the sex of an unborn child is not being enforced, and that not enough was being done to change the culture favouring boys
  • The UN estimates that 2,000 female foetuses are being aborted every day
The 'genocide' of India's daughters - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English

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