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Female feticide is the practice of aborting female fetuses over preference for male children due to ignorance, illiteracy, and desire for sons despite dowry costs. Education, awareness campaigns, banning sex determination, and heavy penalties for offenders can help curb this social evil.
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This document discusses the issue of female feticide in India. It defines female feticide as the deliberate abortion of a female fetus after learning the sex through medical means. It notes that female feticide remains prevalent in India due to a preference for male children, the deteriorated status of women, dowry practices, and medical professionals violating ethics. Statistics show that nearly 10 million female fetuses have been aborted over the past two decades and 1 million girls do not survive past their first birthday. The document advocates for strategies like legal penalties, awareness campaigns, and empowering women to curb this problem.
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1) 700 million women alive today were married before 18, and 200 million were married before 15. Female genital mutilation affects 200 million women and girls alive today in 30 countries.
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This document discusses the issue of female foeticide in India. It notes that female foeticide means killing the female fetus in the mother's womb, and has been practiced in India for ages despite women once being regarded as goddesses. The causes include poverty, gender discrimination, lack of education, traditional practices, and viewing women as a liability. It urges stopping this evil practice in the name of humanity and discusses legal initiatives and the need for education to end female infanticide.
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China implemented its One Child Policy in 1979 to address concerns over its large and growing population. The policy limited urban couples to one child and rural families could have a second child if the first was a female. Those who violated the policy faced punishments like forced abortions, sterilizations, and fines. While the policy succeeded in slowing population growth, it has contributed to issues like a gender imbalance from sex-selective abortions and a shrinking workforce to support an aging population. The Chinese government has begun relaxing the policy in recent years.
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Tel: +91-26677412,26673599
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- 2. What is female feticide? The practice of aborting the female fetus over preference of a male child.
- 4. Reasons Ignorance Illiteracy Desire for a male child Dowry
- 6. Ways to curb this evil Education Raising awareness amongst masses Complete ban on sex determination Heavy penalty/imprisonment for culprits