Female feticide in India : the disappearing women

This book will provide the reader with a full understanding of female feticide in India. Due to various cultural, religious and financial causes, Indian society has always prefers baby boy instead of baby girls. New technologies related to pregnancy and sex determination methods have widely increased sex discrimination before birth, targeting unwanted women. Nowadays Indian demographics are influenced by this trend and lead to a real issue regarding national sex ratio. What are the consequences on the population, and particularly on women ? How can we change mentalities and allow women to reintegrate their right place into Indian society ? This book will demonstrate the immediate necessity to act in order to tackle the problem through a strong communication campaign.

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Da ich mich für Indien begeistere, beschloss ich, dieses Land und seine Tradition der Geschlechterauswahl während meines Praktikums in den Niederlanden im Jahr 2009 zu studieren. In den folgenden Jahren hatte ich die Gelegenheit, Indien zu besuchen und mir einen genauen Überblick über die indische Kultur und den sozialen Status der Frauen in der Gesellschaft zu verschaffen.