Our country which is at its glory of fastest developing country in arena of IT, infrastructure and technology innovation has the lowest child sex ratio in the world reflecting a highly undesirable reversal of the norms of nature.
Census results of 2001 reveal that child sex ratio that fell from 945 females per 1,000 males in 1991 to an all-time low of 927 in 2001. The ratio even dropped further to 800:1,000 in some specific parts of the country.
Let me share some facts with you:
- 1 out of every 6 girls does not live to see her 15th birthday.
- Every sixth girl child's death is due to gender discrimination.
- Condition of majority of those who survive is no good, as 22 million girls below the age of 18 years are forced into marriage against their wishes many a times to males twice their age.
- Female mortality exceeds male mortality in 224 out of 402 districts in India.
Hope starters look appetizing!
Innovative techniques, like embryo biopsy, sonogram ultrasound, scan tests and amniocentesis, devised to detect genetic abnormalities, are highly misused by number of families to detect gender of the unborn child. These clinical tests are highly contributing to the rise in genocide of the unborn girl child.
Amniocentesis started in India in 1974 to detect fetal abnormalities. These tests were used to detect gender for the first time in Amritsar, Punjab. Later the test was stopped by the Indian Council of Medical Research but it was too late. The benefits of these tests were leaked out and people started using it as an instrument for killing an innocent and unborn girl child.
In a country like ours where females are praised in form of Maa Durga and Maa Kali it’s shameful that some parents kill the girl child even before she comes in this beautiful world.
From the very day of the birth itself, the female child is looked down upon. Though not evidently, there is a feeling in all parents that the newborn is going to be a liability. It is weaker sex attitude our Indian parents keep towards their female children that makes our females weak throughout their life
To stop this social offence our government has taken several initiatives like “Free education to Girls” and projects like "Nanhikali” and "Save The Girl Child" but these efforts are not enough. We must come forward against this social evil. We need to create a society where girls can get a prominent status.
Raise your voices, and create awareness…….
2 comments:
its all about the thought change process that can be possible only by better education to all..
Yes, but even the educated people have this thinking in mind. How can an uneducated person know about the techniques of sex detection? And above all, even some mothers (female herself) thinks that she or her daughter-in-law must give birth to a baby boy! I think its disgusting! Shame on Indian society!
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