Female feticide refers to aborting a female fetus after determining its sex through ultrasound. This practice stems from the socio-cultural view in parts of India that women have secondary status and from concerns about dowry demands. The document discusses key issues facing the girl child in India like feticide, infant mortality, malnutrition, lack of education, child marriage, and domestic violence. It also outlines opportunities to improve the status of girls through education, awareness campaigns, and girls' empowerment as well as threats such as tradition, poverty, and lack of implementation of supportive programs.

1. Ankit Sharma.
Moradabad
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2. What is female feticide?
Female feticide-
 Aborting a female fetus after sex determination
test
 Ultra-sonography, helps determine
abnormalities in the fetus.
 Misused to find out sex of the fetus and abort it if
it is a girl.
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3.  Socio-cultural fiber of India contributing secondarySocio-cultural fiber of India contributing secondary
status to women.status to women.
 Dowry demand.Dowry demand.
 Male preference-Son who can perform the last right.Male preference-Son who can perform the last right.
 Inheritance runs through the main line.Inheritance runs through the main line.
 Socio-economic & geographical pattern.Socio-economic & geographical pattern.
 High Literacy Rate.High Literacy Rate.
Reason for female foeticide
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4. Sex Ratio Of India
 It is an important social indicator to measure the
extent of prevailing equity between males and
females at a given point of time.
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5. HISTORY OF PNDT
 The Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act 1994, was
enacted and brought into operation from 1st January,
1996, in order to check female foeticide. The person
who contravenes the provisions of this Act is
punishable with imprisonment and fine Recently,
PNDT Act and Rules have been amended
keeping in view
 Emerging technologies for selection of sex
before and after conception
 Problems faced in the working of
implementation of the ACT
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6.  Termination of 10mn female fetuses over the past 20
year.
 More than 27 lacks child deaths a year, with the figures
for female children being much higher than male
children.
 53% of girls in the age group 5 to 9 year are illiterate.
 75% and married women were underage when they got
married.
 1 in every 2 girls is malnourished.
Important Facts about India
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7. Sex Ratio Of India(According to
2014)
INDIA 940
Sex Ratio Of U.P(According to 2011)
U.P 912
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8. RuralRural UrbanUrban
Sex Ratio 904 912
Child Sex Ratio (0-6) 916 917
Sex Ration Of District MoradabadSex Ration Of District Moradabad
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9. Poster and Slogan
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10. Human right of a Girl Child
 Right to freedom from discrimination based on
gender,age,race,colour,language,religion
etnicity,or any other status.
 Right to a standard of living adequate for a
child’s intellectual, physical, moral,and
spiritual development.
 Right to a healthy and safe environment.
 Right to education
 Right to equal to access to food and nutrition.
 Right to life and to freedom from prenatal sex selection.
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11. India and the Girl Child
 Traditions and rituals outline the existence of the Indian
girl Child.
 Female infants are still found dumped in trash, by the
dozens, while unborn fetuses continue to be aborted.
 Wrought with discrimination and prejudiced by rituals,
our society has dealt the girl child a rough hand.
 The root cause of malnutrition amongst girls is not just
poverty and lack of nutritious food, but also like lack of
value attached to girls.
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12. Key Problem
 Before Birth to 1 Year
 Feticide and infanticide.
 Infant mortality.
 Neglect of health(immunization)
 Discrimination in breast feeding and
infant food.
 1 to 11 year
 Discrimination in access to food and health care
 Malnutrition, Anemia and micro-nutrient deficiency.
 Health problem like polio and diarrhea.
 Abuse, exploitation and violence.
 Restriction on mobility and play.
 Low school enrolment and school drop cuts. 02/19/15 12:36 PM 12

13. Cont....
11 to 18 years(Adolescents)
Poor health
Low literacy level
Poor access/denial to information
and services.
Marital and domestic voiolence.
Child marriage and early and frequent
pregnancy coupled with abortions.
Dowry harassment, desertion, polygamy
,divorce.
Child labour,trafficking.
Unpaid and unrecognized work and drudgery.
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14. Girl Child Issues in TV
Soaps
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15. Opportunities and Threats
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16. Opportunities
 Educating the girl child and increasing
awareness in the family.
 Social upliftment and lifestyle
improvement.
 Discouraging beliefs in superstitions
and having a practical approach.
 Increase in health and living standards.
 Understanding one’s ‘Rights’.
 Contributes towards betterment of self,
family and society at large.
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17. Threats
 Tradition, culture and mindset
of the people.
 Poverty
 Lack of awareness
 illiteracy
 Prolonged timelines in
implementation of programs.
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