to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance. The two atrocious practices have led to problems such as elevated rates in female kidnapping and slave trade‚ as well as forced marriages. This paper will focus on the roots of female infanticide and sex-selective abortions as well as the
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Monday for the baby boy‚ and Friday for the girl. That’s no nursery rhyme but baby talk of the most dangerous kind. Doctors carrying out sex determination tests are using everyday language and symbols to divulge the gender of the baby to wealthy families. The results are shared mostly on emails‚ and are fuelling a business worth Rs 1‚500 crore. This is particularly worrying for a state like Maharashtra which loses 4.5 lakh girls every 10 years‚ 50‚000 every year and 148 every day. This and
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is apparent that the majority of the protagonists are male. This margin demonstrates that men dominate and gender is continually misrepresented in cinema. Men are seen as the protectors‚ the saviors‚ the breadwinners‚ and epitomize power and independence. Women are constantly misrepresented in films by being illustrated strictly for purposes of objectification‚ supporting the male characters‚ or most commonly as love interests that drive the male characters‚ Women in cinema‚ even in action roles‚
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Orissa Review * December - 2008 Female Foeticide in India : A Serious Challenge for the Society Dr. Krushna Chandra Jena Introduction : Women who constitute half a human population have been discriminated‚ harassed and exploited irrespective of the country to which they belong‚ unmindful of the religion which they profess and oblivious of the timeframe in which they live.1 Everywhere women are confronted with many challenges. Female foeticide is perhaps one of the worst forms of violence
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Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation 1 AcknowledGeMents We would like to thank the Royal College of Nursing‚ Leeds Teaching Hospital‚ London Safeguarding Children Board‚ Metropolitan Police Service and the Forced Marriage Unit from whose materials much of these guidelines were adapted. Details of these and other materials available can be found in Appendix E. We would also like to thank members of the
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The Elusive Form: The Use of Female Characters in "Naked Nude" Michael McBee Thesis and Outline: Thesis: In his picturesque short story‚ "The Naked Nude"‚ Bernard Malamud uses the female characters to develop‚ enact‚ and resolve Fidelman’s epiphany and to bring about the protagonist’s final‚ artistic self-understanding. I. Introductory paragraph--statement of thesis. II. The prostitutes A. in contrast to Fidelman’s initial idea of the artistic nude B. "maybe too many naked
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to research. the cloth’s were wearing‚ the food were eating‚ almost everything. These things are being developed by the creative mind of man with the use of research. Since research has its great effect of mankind‚ Research subject has been introduce to students. it has been a pre-requisite in every Bachelor of Science (BS) courses. The students must accomplish the subject ant its requirements in order for him/her to qualify for graduation. Having a BS course‚ the Fides Christi batch 2008 (Bachelor
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Female Foeticide in India Submitted by admin on 1 May‚ 2004 - 05:25 • India • IHN 2004.2 May • International Humanist News [pic] Female Foeticide in India By Indu Grewal and J. Kishore Introduction Some of the worst gender ratios‚ indicating gross violation of women’s rights‚ are found in South and East Asian countries such as India and China. The determination of the sex of the foetus by ultrasound scanning‚ amniocentesis‚ and in vitro fertilization has aggravated this situation
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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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have a horse-like head and a curled tail. They have developed many unique adaptations such as mobile eyes and a long snout that help them survive in the seas and oceans. The most interesting thing about seahorses to most people though‚ is that the male becomes pregnant. Many people are fascinated by the seahorse and they begin to keep them as pets. Because of their removal from the ocean for this reason and many others such as Chinese medicine and beach souvenirs‚ they have become highly demanded
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