Female foeticide:

Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques includesUltra-sonography, Foetoscopy,Amniocentesis and Taking samples of amniotic

fluid, embryo, blood or any tissue or fluid of pregnant women after conception,

female feticide is Aborting a female fetus after sex determination test.

FACTORS that FAVOUR…..

Evil of Dowry

Social Security

Small Child Norm

EDUCATIONAL STATUS

SOCIETY

Evil of Dowry

• 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.

It is estimated that a dowry death occurs in India every 93 minutes.

Evil of Dowry……..

• In marriage the groom demanded that the bride’s father also provide for his daughter’s 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.

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.

Social Security:

Son as Social Security for old age

Small Child Norm

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

• One or two is the norm of the day .• 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

Source: Census of India, 2001.

RURAL VS URBAN

CHILD SEX ratio

Sex Ratio

(Females per 1000 males)

Sl. No.India / States / Union Territories   1991  2001

  INDIA 927 933

1 Jammu and Kashmir 896 900

2 Himachal Pradesh 976 970

3 Punjab 882 874

4 Chandigarh 790 773

5 Uttaranchal 936 964

6 Haryana 865 861

7 Delhi 827 821

8 Rajasthan 910 922

9 Uttar Pradesh 876 898

10 Bihar 907 921

11 Sikkim 878 875

12 Arunachal Pradesh 859 901

13 Nagaland 886 909

14 Manipur 958 978

15 Mizoram 921 938

16 Tripura 945 950

17 Meghalaya 955 975

18 Assam 923 932

19 West Bengal 917 934

20 Jharkhand 922 941

21 Orissa 971 972

22 Chhatisgarh 985 990

23 Madhya Pradesh 912 920

24 Gujarat 934 921

25 Daman & Diu 969 709

26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 952 811

27 Maharashtra 934 922

28 Andhra Pradesh 972 978

29 Karnataka 960 964

30 Goa 967 960

31 Lakshadweep 943 947

32 Kerala 1036 1058

33 Tamil Nadu 974 986

34 Pondicherry 979 1001

35Andaman & Nicobar Islands* 818 846

Society today……..

It speaks of a whole Society that has gone corrupt, desiring destruction of half its population, Are we secular, social, and human?.In Modern India a woman is regarded as a commodity and marriage has become more of a business alliance than a sacred bond between two souls.

By – Abhishek Rao