Download - Female feticide
DIARY OF A BABY GIRL
15 JUNE
I got attached with ovary
17 JUNE
I’m a tissue now.
30 JUNE
Mom said to dad, “ you’re going to be father”
MOM And DAD Are Very Happy
15 JULY
My food is what my mom eats.
I can feel my HEARTBEAT
14 OCT
I have little hands, legs, head and a stomach.
13 NOV
Today I was in ULTRASCAN
WOW!! I am a GIRL
14 NOV
I was DEAD!!
My MOM and DAD killed me….
WHY??
Is it just because I was a
GIRL?
People love to have A MOTHER
People love to haveAWIFE
Love to have A Girlfriend Too
Then Why Not A DAUGHTER !?!
A horrific practice that shows no signs of abating, female foeticide refers to the aborting of a foetus, purely because she is female.
CAUSES OF FEMALE FOETICIDE
Tradition of paying
dowry
Many families consider it a status symbol to
have a son
son is seen as someone who can earn and care
for his parents
Illiteracy, poverty and the tag of ‘burden’ that is assigned to a girl child
Girls are seen as
consumers
LONG TERM IMPACTS OF FEMALE FOETICIDE
It gives rise to skewed sex ratio
Female / women trafficking
Increase in Rape and Assault
Population Decline
Organizations helping to fight this issue.
Snehalaya is based in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Started in 1989 by a group of young volunteers led by Dr Girish Kulkarni.
“SAVE THE GIRL CHILD”
"Save The Girl Child" project, aims to eradicate the practice of female infanticide and foeticide - by encouraging the adoption of girls in cases where the biological parents do not want to or are unable to look after them.
A REGISTERED NGO WORKING WITH EMPHASIS ON GENDER AGENDA, TOWARDS ALL ROUND
DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTY TWO VILLAGES OF KHANAPUR TALUK OF BELGAUM DISTRICT.
OBJECTIVE: To prevent exploitation of girl child and women.
To empower women organizing, involving and participating.
A GROUP OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
INVOLVED IN SOLVING INEQUITABLE SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
CAMPAIGN : “I save a girl”
Is an sms enabled web application on facebook
development platform that will enable crowd sourced
philanthropy to stop female foeticide in INDIA.
Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realise their full potential in societies which respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations.
Plan India has launched the Let Girls Be Born (LGBB) campaign and its main objective is to realize a gender balance in society by eliminating female foeticide/ infanticide and ensuring the right to identity, name and citizenship for the girl child.
PREVENTION AND CURE
Vocational training should be given to women
Free and high quality crèches and kindergarten schools for girls should be widely established
Abortions only for medical reasons should be legalised.
Cancellation/permanent termination of the doctor’s license who partakes in fulfilling a client’s demand to do away with her girl child.
“FEMALES” ARE VERY “PRECIOUS ASSETS” OF THE
WORLD
BECAUSE
WHAT WE ARE…..
THINK, WHAT WE RETURN FOR THEIR
SERVICESKILLING THEM IN THE “WOMB
”
THE ANIMALS DON’T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
MALES & FEMALES
THEN, WHY DO WE?
ARE WE UN-
CIVILIZED ?
Conclusion• Female Foeticide is a growing menace in our society.• The government should take harsh steps against those who
readily kill their girl child• Strong action against the doctors who facilitate female
foeticide.• More awareness in this regard to make the people of our
nation more conscious and eradicate this menace.
Think !
“SURVIVAL TO
SUCCESS CELEBRATE HER LIFE”