An Eye Opener on Female Feticide

Satvika

Then why it happens ??

Female Feticide

• Female feticide is aborting a female fetus after sex determination test.

• It is the crime in the eyes of law.

• It is a major reason for the decreasing sex ratio in India (940 v/s 1000).

Major Reasons

• Obsession for son.

• Discrimination against the girl child.

• Socio-economic and physical insecurity of women.

• Evil of dowry.

• Misuse of PCPNDT Act.

• Lack of Awareness about the PCPNDT Act and its ineffective implementation.

Sex Ratio Map

Steps to counter

• Wide spread awareness programmes on importance and value of girl child.

• Effective implementation of Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT Act).

• Cradle baby scheme

• Ladli scheme

• Kishori Shakti Yojna

Steps to counter

1. Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act includes:- >

• An act to provide for the prohibition of sex selection, before or after conception.

• For the prevention of their misuse for sex determination leading to female feticide.

• To regulate diagnosing genetic abnormalities or metabolic disorders or congenital abnormalities.

Steps to counter

1. Cradle Baby Scheme:- >

• Initiative of Tamil Nadu govt.

• Cradles are placed at locations like Hospitals, Primary Health Centers, Orphanages and Children Homes to receive children abandoned by parents

• Full-fledged reception centers have been set up at Madurai, Theni, Salem, Dindigul and Dharmapuri districts

Steps to counter

2. Ladli Scheme:- >

• Initiative of Indian govt launched in 2008.

• This scheme deposits a payment in the name of a girl child annually, which is kept as a fixed deposit which can then be collected with interest when the girl reaches 18 years of age.

• This scheme is for girls whose parents earn less than Rs.1,00,000 per annum.

• Implemented well in Haryana

Steps to counter 3. Kishori Shakti Yojna:- >

• Initiative of Gujarat govt.

• It seeks to empower adolescent girls.

• It promote awareness of health.

• It link them to employment.

• It enable them to take charge of their lives.

SatyaMeva Jayate • Sarpanch Randheer Singh of Budania village is

determined to register police cases against women and families who go for tests to detect and abort the girl child in Shekhawati region(Jhunjhunu, Churu & Sikar).

• 30 children (15 boys + 15 girls) had travelled a distance of 2,300 kms on bicycle to bring awareness about female feticide.

• Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court ArunMishra has given an in-principle nod to set up a fast track court for expediting trial in cases of female foeticide.

Save the Girl Child

• Female feticide - a shame on India.

• It is a crime in eyes of law and a sin

in eyes of humanity.

Save the Girl Child

• Men are born of Women.

• Men are engaged & married to a woman.

• Females are not emails, plz don’t delete them

Save the Girl Child

Even animals don’t discriminate…

SAVE THE GIRL CHILD, ELSE YOUR SON WILL FORCED TO BE “GAY”

Every big journey starts with a single step, lets awake & fight against

female feticide

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