Yesterday ActionAid published a new report about how girls are disappearing in India. I found an article about it on a page from expressindia.com. Here are a few quotes from the article:
The research has been published in a reported titled Disappearing Daughters.
It said that deeply entrenched discrimination against women has led to the survival rates of girls hitting an all-time low.
With parts of society regarding girls as little more than economic and social burdens, families are going to extreme lengths to avoid having daughters, it added.
ActionAid and IDRCs research reveals that, despite policies to address girls rights and public information campaigns, sex-selective abortion and neglect are on the increase.
In one site in Punjab state, there are just 300 girls to every 1,000 boys among higher caste families, it says.
The article can be found
here. Ann
