Female foeticide or infanticide, what is it? Another shameful curse to our society. Let me first explain what female foeticide means it is the selective abortion/elimination of the girl child in the womb itself, after the detection of the child’s gender through medical means and infanticide a childs murder after birth.
According to the statistics, nearly 10 million female foetuses have been aborted in the country over the past two decades. Of the 12 million girls born in India, one million do not see their first birthdays.
Girls are quickly disappearing. Anti-women traditions have been carefully preserved over the ages. There are many communities, which regard sons as only offspring, and not daughters. Till 1980, infant girls used to be killed after they were born. Despite being banned, the incidence of feticide is on the rise. Every year 5,00,000 baby girls are killed in India even before they step into this world. The practice is more prevalent among the weaker sections as their belief is that the education and marriage of a daughter is a financial burden on them. Some believe that among rich and educated class female infanticide and female feticide does not happen.But, i beg to differ, the study shows in India the ratio of girls to boys is the most skewed in South Delhi, a place where the rich and the educated live. It is here that the maximum number of girls go missing. Down from 904 to 845 in just 10 years. The Patels of Gujarat are a wonder,taditionally rich peasants, there is no trace of girls in their villages. It’s femicide, the systematic killing of women. A holocaust going on against girls across the country.
Sometimes I think ‘educated’ people can plan the murder of their fetuses with much more skill than uneducated people.
My dear fellow citizens, if the above situation provokes you, haunts you, then you should not just sit back,join hands together with organisations like "SAVE THE GIRL CHILD" and many more working day and night to erase such crimes from the face of earth. It is not the sole responsibility of the government it is also a social challenge which we, as responsible citizens need to take up to put an end to this deviation.
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one of the greatest joys we can ever know,and one of the reasons why there is a little extra sunshine, laughter and happiness in your world today.”
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very shame full act I must say. beti to khuda ki rehmat hoti hai.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive and incredible article. Such fine touches, so thoughtful and beautifully written. It makes us realise how backward we are in our thoughts and feelings. India has become independent but this myth that son leads the family still continues to haunt the minds of both rural and urban class which leads to female foeticide and infanticide. Statistics are horrible and we must stop this practice and join the movement " Save the girl child".
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ReplyDeleteA baby Angel is the most glorious truth of our life's. A girl works more than a boy. Very impressive truth and issue u hv written as per my opinion girls these days are even at higher posts than boys. Girls grattitudes related to any subject is a establishment for our country seriously I feel proud to hv a baby girl in my life as she is the smile of my face!!! So plz with this generation we should also implement our thoughts ban the killing of girls!!!!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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