FEMALE

FOETICIDE

BY:

SWAPNIL
PRADHAN

female foeticide is
Aborting a female fetus
after sex
determination test.
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques includes

Ultra-sonography,
Foetoscopy,
Amniocentesis and Taking samples of amniotic
fluid, embryo, blood or any tissue or fluid of
pregnant women after conception,

FACTORS THAT FAVOUR..

Evil of Dowry
Social Security
Religion
Small Child Norm
URBAN Living
EDUCATIONAL STATUS
SOCIETY

EVIL OF DOWRY
It is estimated that a dowry death
occurs in India every 93 minutes.
The practice of dowry ,a nationwide problem.
Now found in communities and castes in which it
had never been the custom.
Inherited from upper caste practices. In majority
of cases,

Laws failed to show any impact on the practice of

dowry.

EVIL OF DOWRY..
In marriage the groom demanded that the
brides father also provide for his daughters
maintenance, since she was now a financial
burden on him. And the system of dowry
started. So, a girl became a potential financial
drain on man
As a matter of prestige too, more money and
material goods asked in dowry.
The girl was no longer desired.

Social Security
In order to continue possessing ones property,
even after death, the need of an heir, a son,
became necessary .
The birth of a son is regarded as essential in
Hinduism and many prayers and lavish offerings
are made in temples in the hope of having a male
child.
Son as Social Security for old age

RELIGION HELPS ?.
The Ramayana and the Islam permits
Manusmriti (the Laws of polygamy and gives
Manu) represent the
women fewer rights
ideal woman as
than men.
obedient and
submissive, and
advocates care of a
male: first father, then
Shame
husband, then son.

SMALL CHILD NORM

Faced with social burdens rarely any one prefers to
have more children.

For continuance of ones property, and gene, the

need of an heir, a son, becomes necessary.
Amniocentesis and sonography, widely available,

Termination of pregnancy is simple and accessible.

Female foeticide has become quite easy.
Couple adopts evil It is better to spend Rs500 now
than Rs5,00000 (in dowry) later

The world population has

a sex ratio of 990 females
per 1000 males
Sex ratio:
Japan 1041
USA 1029
Indonesia 1004
Bangladesh 953

China 944
India 933
India has one of the
lowest sex ratios in the
world

WikiProject India Maps

FEMALE FOETICIDE &

INDIANS LIVING ABROAD:
Indians in other countries are going for sex selective
abortions is evident by the fact that sex ratio at birth
among the Indian community in New Jersey is as bad
as in Punjab and Haryana.
A report in the British Newspaper, 'observer', hand
come up with evidence that British Asian women go to
India to abort their baby girls. The British Law does
not allow parents to choose sex of their babies except
to avoid certain gender linked diseases. This forces
many to go abroad. Abortion on the ground of sex is
not allowed under the Abortion Act of 1967 in the UK.
But sex can be disclosed by patients if they ask
during ultrasound.

THE GIRL CHILD ..

1

out of every 3 girls does not live to see her 15th

birthday

One-third of these deaths take place at birth

Every sixth girl childs death is due to gender
discrimination
Females are victimised far more than males during
childhood
1 out of every 10 women reported some kind of child
sexual abuse during childhood, chiefly by known
persons

CONTD..
1 out of 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of
4
19% are abused between the ages of 4 and 8
28% are abused between the ages of 8 and 12
35% are abused between the ages of 12 and 16
1 out of 6 girls will not live to see their 12th
birthday
3 lakh more girls than boys die every year
Female mortality exceeds male mortality in 224 out
of 402 districts in India

CONTD..
Death rate among girls below the age of 4 years is
higher than that of boys. Even if she escapes
infanticide or foeticide, a girl child is less likely to
receive immunisation, nutrition or medical treatment
compared to a male child
53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are
illiterate
Every year 27,06,000 children under 5 years die in
India. And the deaths of girl children are higher than
those of male children.
Source: www.cry.org

Women Achievers

????? MANY MORE

ELIMINATED BEFORE
THEY COULD .