FEMALE INFANTICIDE
Transcript of FEMALE INFANTICIDE
TOPIC - FEMALE INFANTICIDE
11 September 2015
Group No-8
By: Veenu Raj
Female infanticide is not just killing of infant girls but its a murder.In addition to the active methods undertaken to eliminate baby girls soon after birth, neglect and discrimination leading to death and sex-selective abortion are also means by which many females die each year.Female infanticide cuts across all social and economic boundaries
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These phenomena are most prevalent in patriarchal societies in which the status of women is low and preference for sons is built into the cultural ideology
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“Killing of an entirely dependent child under “one year of age” who is killed by mother, parents or others in whose care the child is entrusted”.
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What: The deliberate killing of a girl child.Who: Girl children who are born in societies where poverty, overpopulation and male babies are prevalent.Where: In regions where poverty and over population are prevalent. It predominantly occurs in societies where girl children are not viewed as economically advantageous.Why: Lineage, Income, Dowry, Government
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826 August 2015
RANK STATES WOMEN PER 1000 MEN
1 Kerala 10842 Chhattisgarh 9793 Karnataka 9504 Odisha 9485 West Bengal 944
6 Himachal Pradesh 939
7 Tamil Nadu 9288 Assam 922
9 Madhya Pradesh 921
10 Andhra Pradesh 91411 Jharkhand 91812 Gujarat 90912 Bihar 90913 Maharashtra 896
14 Jammu and Kashmir 895
15 Rajasthan 89316 Delhi 88417 Uttar Pradesh 87418 Punjab 86319 Haryana 857
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• Lineage• Poverty• Dowry• Illiteracy• Government
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• Child abuse• Increase in sexual
violence• Women trafficking
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• Dowry prohibition Act -1961• PCPNDT Act – 1994• Immoral Traffic Prevention Act – 1986• Equal remuneration Act - 1976
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• Educate the women of the society• Stop gender discrimination• Stop detection of sex before birth• Change the mind set of people
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THANK YOU
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