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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3Bulletin of Education & Research June 2008‚ Vol. 30‚ No. 1‚ pp. 33-41 Female Education and National Development: As Viewed By Women Activists and Advocates Saleha Parveen* Abstract The term development is very broad and may be interpreted in different ways by different individuals. It is a global process of societal change that is planned cooperatively by government and international organizations with the full and informed participation of the inhabitants of the area to be developed. In
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Cons Female Circumcision Student One Communication Essentials Hermann Tatchen Wednesday‚ March 27‚ 2013 Cons Female Circumcision Some people believe that female circumcision is a traumatic‚ awful thing to do to a human being. Some people may see circumcision as an adequate form of disease control or some believe it’s a way of making a female pure by having her clitoris cut. It is not right to make decisions on behalf of another human‚ especially when
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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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Women are seen as objects‚ and are often undermined in our society. More specifically the roles of the female body have been manipulated and changed to make women feel inferior to men. The essays “The Female Body” by Margaret Atwood and “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Male-Female Roles” by Emily Martin‚ both portray the female body and the use of the female body in a way that is inferior to that of a man’s body. These essays also both use a persuasive approach
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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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the right to their body. Despite increased backlash female circumcision is still shockingly prevalent in many third world countries. Many advocators of female circumcision argue the procedure is an integral part of culture. Despite the cultural significance of female genital mutilation‚ the procedure is a violation of rights and causes intense psychological and physical pain for women worldwide. This essay argues for the banishment of female genital mutilation
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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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W7000 – WRITING SKILLS My research topic is on Female Circumcision‚ otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation (FMG). Female Genital Mutilation is a procedure that involves intentional alteration or cutting of female genital organs for non- medical reasons‚ from age infant to 10 years and older depending on the community. Studies have shown that this practice does not have any health benefit to any female‚ but rather it causes damages. FGM practice is recognized as a violation of human rights
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International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences Vol 1 Issue 1 January 2006 Female Foeticide and Infanticide in India: An Analysis of Crimes against Girl Children Sneh Lata Tandon1 and Renu Sharma2 University of Delhi‚ Delhi‚ India Abstract Sex selective abortions and increase in the number of female infanticide cases have become a significant social phenomenon in several parts of India. It transcends all castes‚ class and communities and even the North South dichotomy. The girl children become
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