Female foeticide

female foeticide; empirical and doctrinal study

1. TOPIC
FEMALE FOETICIDE

PLEASE SAVE THE GIRL CHILD!

2. FEMALE

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3. FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR
FEMALE FETICIDE IN INDIA

e 1.Preference for the male child
for religious and cultural reason.

e 2.Low status of women in and
out side home.

e 3.Socialand economic
dependence of women.

e 4.Evil of dowry system in Indian
society.

e 5 Easily accessible and
affordable process for sex
determination.

4. Stop Female
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5. FEMALE FETICIDE IN INDIA

o The child sex ratio has dropped from 945 females
per 1000 males in 1991 to 927 females per 1000
males in 2001.

o Estimated that 50 million girls and women are
‘missing’ from India’s population because of
termination of the female foetus.

o Female foeticide in India increased by 49.2%.

Falling number of girls born in India since 1961

1.000

if 1971 1981 1001 2001 2011

6. CONSEQUENCES OF FEMALE FETI

Decrease in the female population.

Adverse effect on women's health physically , mentally
and emotionally.

Women are abused and sexually exploited.

Leads to women trafficking . Women are kidnapped

, bought and sold for marriage.

Suicide rates in women will increase .

A MOTHER IS ALSO
a woman

FEMALE Fe

MUMMY!!

7. HOW TO PREVENT FEMALE
FOETICIDE..........

The removal of this practice in Indian society is a
serious challenge. It must involve-

e 1.Prepare youth to move away from social vice.

e 2. The empowerment of women and strengthening
of women's rights through campaigning against
ractices such as dowry, and ensuring strict
implementation of existing legislation.

e 3. Ensuring the development of and access to good
health care services.

e 4. Inculcating a strong ethical code of conduct
among medical professionals, beginning with their
training as undergraduates.

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LEGAL INITIATIVES E

{The Prenatal Diagnostic Test Act (PNDT

Act)

/The Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act

«The Dowry Prohibition Act

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9. FEMALE FOETICIDE:
THE EVIL IN INDIA

“Disappearing Girls”

cases of foeticide were reported in
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2013, up from
— National Crime Records Bureau, india

| SHOCKING STATS AILSA eile

Cases registered Cases registered
in 2015

According to a latest
report, nearly five lakh

: to 1000 boys. In fact, it has
: gone up from 821 in 2001.
read | In Mumbai, the figure

aborted annually.

was 921 girls to 1,000 boys.
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UNICEF data, India has lost "Haryana has the most
over one crore girls : Masculine sex ratio with
since 2007. : only 836 girls for every 1,000

: boys. For Punjab, it’s 856
= Since 1991, 80 per cent of y girls to 1, ‚000 boys
districts have recorded an:

increasingly masculine ; Sex ratio in the 06 age
sex ratio. group in India went from

104.0 males per 100
. According tothe 201 Cen- : females in 1981, to 105.8 in
sus, Delhi recorded a

1991, to 107.8 in 2001, and
skewed sex ratio of 868 girls : to 109.4 in 2011.

in 2014
Haryana 4
Punjab 7
Rajasthan 11

Utter Pradesh 4
Maharashtra 1
Madhya Pradesh 15

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