The Vanishing Girl Child
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ISBN : 978818813211x
Edition : 1
Year: 2005
Pages: 143
Publisher: Century Publications
The Vanishing Girl Child
Female killing before birth is one of the extreme manifestations of violence against women. Unfortunately this practice exist in all societies of the world. Female fetuses are selectively aborted after prenatal sex determination. Why this heinous act is carried out in human society? All problems of women status are dealt with in this book.
This book contains following chapters: Introduction, Gender, Sex Ratio, Causes of Female Feticide, What Makes Women Vulnerable, Consequences of Female Killing Before Birth, Prevention of Sex-Determination, Prevention of Female Killing Before Birth. This book is empowering women through discussion on root causes. This is translated in Hindi (Bhrun Hatiya: Apraadhi Kaun?).