Female Infanticide

Introducti

on • Female infanticide is the

intentional killing of infant girls.• In addition to the active

methods undertaken to eliminate baby girls soon after birth, neglect and discrimination leading to death and sex-selective abortion are also means by which many female children die each year.

• These phenomena are most prevalent in patriarchal societies in which the status of women is low and a preference for sons is built into the cultural ideology.

• Female infanticide cuts across all social and economic boundaries.

• Thus, the practice involves a wide range of location-specific and culturally-motivated causes.

Definition • “Killing of an

entirely dependent child under “one year of age” who is killed by mother, parents or others in whose care the child is entrusted”.

Female infanticideWhat: The deliberate killing of a girl child.

Who: Girl children who are born in societies where poverty,

overpopulation, and male biases are prevalent.

Where: In regions where poverty and overpopulation are

prevalent. It predominantly occurs in societies

where girl children are not viewed as economically advantageous.

Why: Lineage, Income, Dowry, Protection, Government

Examples of female infanticide

Graphs & Statistics

Causes & Reasons For Female Infanticide

Causes & Reasons For Female Infanticide

Lineage

Poverty

Dowry

Government

Illiteracy

Property

Dowry system

Illiteracy and lineage

Effects of female infanticide

Wife sharing

Effects of female infanticide Child abuse

Effects of female infanticide

Increase in sexual violence

Effects of female infanticide

Women Trafficking

Effects of female infanticide

Better stop female

infanticide… Or else your son will be

forced to be a gay…

Boy culture

Steps taken by government Dowry prohibition Act -

1961 Hindu Marriage Act -

1955 Hindu Adoption &

Maintenance Act –1956 Immoral Traffic

Prevention Act –1986 Equal remuneration Act

–1976 Prohibition of sex

selection (PNDT) Act –1994

Balika Samriddhi Yojana –1997

The way out Educate the

women of the society.

Stop gender discrimination.

Stop detection of sex before birth

Change the mind set of people.

Conclusion

Thank You

I am your little sister… will you kill me???

Presented by

Ms. Geeta Gajeli 10-509

Mr. Vikas Marla 10-531

Ms. Shilpa Patel 10-537

Ms. Shrijal Salian 10-544

Mr. Ronak Shah

Ms. Sridevi Sathyanarayana