Female genital mutilation‚ also known as female circumcision‚ happens to infants‚ young girls and adolescents‚ the entire or part of the clitoris has been removed due to tradition. Female genital mutilation is a tradition that is still practiced and many cultures still continue this outdated practiced. This also violates young girls and women human rights. Female genital mutilation can be prevented by raising awareness about the issue‚ increasing education to women and men about the health risk‚
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as a male dominated one‚ and females that were supposed to be with the gang members‚ were either their wives of girlfriends‚ and females who were seen actively involved were supposed to be for sole purposes of sex‚ and were labeled as “possessions”. Apart from that females in the street gangs were considered to be used as ploys or scouts. However things have changed very drastically now‚ and the roles of females are much more than what it was
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Female Foeticide in India What is female foeticide? The act of aborting or terminating a foetus while it’s still in the womb‚ because it is female‚ is known as female foeticide. This can be done after determining the sex of the child before it’s born‚ through ultrasound scans. Although‚ sex determination in India is illegal‚ the practice is rampant and has become a multi-million dollar industry. Coupled with prospective parents desperate for a boy child‚ and physicians who are carrying out these
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FEMALE FOETICIDE INTRODUCTION: Contemporary Indian society professes a profound faith in every individual’s “right to life and dignity”. The rights relating to the weaker & vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women‚ and more specially the girl child were violated. The twin social evils of female foeticide & female infanticide were the main causes.Violence against women exists in various forms‚ in all societies‚ the world over. In 1996 the world health assembly endorsed the fact that
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Female Genital Mutilation The World Health Organization on February 2013 estimated that‚ “Worldwide‚ female genital mutilation affects up to 140 million women and girls in varying degrees of severity” (“par”). Female Genital Mutilation also called Female Genital Circumcision includes the excision of the clitoris and the labia minora for non-medical reasons. It is usually performed on girls between the ages of four and ten. However‚ it can also occur at birth‚ at the time of puberty‚ when the female
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Of the many fish of the sea‚ none is more interesting and unique than the seahorse. Seahorses are classified in the phylum Chordata‚ subphylum Vertebrata‚ class Osteichthyes‚ order Gasterosteiformes‚ family Syngnathidae‚ and the genus Hippocampus. The genus name Hippocampus comes from two Greek words; hippos meaning horse and campus meaning monster. Their physical appearance explains why they received their name. They have a horse-like head and a curled tail. They have developed many unique adaptations
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Just last month‚ a major summit was held at the United Nations headquarters to review the progress made by countries on the Millennium Development Goals MDGs‚ especially in view of the fact that 10 of the 15 years target set by the world body for attaining the target have just reeled by with the attendant skepticisms as to whether it is indeed realizable. 10 years after this noble initiative to improve the lot of mankind‚ the debate has continued on whether these impoverished countries‚ the primary
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It’s no news that the entirety of the Nigerian system is in shamble and absolute chaos that it defies all forms of remedy. Every year‚ a lot of students in Nigerian universities in a bid to address this perplexing state‚ write their long essays with the enthusiasm that it would make an impact. Students see it as an avenue to propound solutions and theories from past political thinkers and philosophers as well as what is obtainable presently to them as a way of showing their great concern for the
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Diffrnce in female infanticide and foeticide Oct 2012 article http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-loses-3-million-girls-in-infanticide/article3981575.ece Latest : june 2013 http://digitaljournal.com/article/353738 Rural/urban : http://lawquestinternational.com/alarming-sex-ratio-and-problem-female-foeticide-and-infanticide-india India and china http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml Website on infanticide >> https://sites.google.com/a/mtholyoke.edu/female-foeticide/artifact-3
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Female Foeticide In India India is a country of incredible ironies. It is a land where people worship myriad forms of female Shakti in quest of wealth‚ wisdom and power. In this country it is a common sight to see thousands of couples making arduous journeys every year to shrines of goddesses in order to be blessed with a child. But strangely enough‚ in this country‚ a couple is said to be ‘blessed’ only when it has a male child; for a girl is never considered a blessing in our society. Her birth
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