India

About 13,48,481 girls went missing in Uttar Pradesh during 2001 to 2011 as per 2011 census. Uttar Pradesh recorded the 10th lowest Child Sex Ratio (CSR) of 902 girls per 1000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years among 35 States and Union Territories (UTs) against all India CSR of 919 during 2011 census. […]

India is infamous for female foeticide. It has been witnessing consistent fall in the child sex ratio (CSR): from 976 in 1961 to 964 in 1971 to 962 in 1981 to 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 and 919 in 2011. Before the invention of technology for sex determination, India’s CSR was 976 in […]

India is infamous for female foeticide. It has been witnessing consistent fall in the child sex ratio (CSR): from 976 in 1961 to 964 in 1971 to 962 in 1981 to 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 and 919 in 2011. Before the invention of technology for sex determination, India’s CSR was 976 in […]

As per census from 1981 to 2011, India’s only Muslim majority State Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) had recorded the highest decline in the Child Sex Ratio (CSR) by 102 points followed by tiny Dadra & Nagar Haveli (69 points), Haryana (68 points), Rajasthan (66 points), Himachal Pradesh (62 points) and Punjab (62 points), among others. […]

  India is fighting a losing battle against sex selection because of son preference, dowry, neglect of girl child, higher mortality at younger age, female infanticide, female foeticide etc. According to the estimates of Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), during 1991 to 2011 a total of 250 million girls or 12.5 million girls per […]

Bihar has the 16th lowest Child Sex Ratio (CSR) i.e. number of girls per thousand boys in the age group 0–6 years among 35 States and UTs of India. From 1971 to 2011, Bihar recorded 31 points falls in the CSR. In the 1971 census, the CSR in Bihar was recorded as 964 and it […]

  Indian society is infamous for son preference and discrimination against the girl child leading to female foeticide and female infanticide. According to the Government of India, “Some of the reasons for neglect of girl child and low child sex ratio are son preference and the belief that it is only the son who can […]

Entire India has been affected by declining child sex ratio (CSR) i.e. the number of girls per 1,000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years. The declining CSR in Goa is a consequence of the use of diagnostic technology for sex determination and abortion and other extremely harmful social practices including legal sanction for […]

India is infamous for female foeticide and female infanticide, the crudest forms of gender based violence. The reasons for the same are well-known: “son preference and the belief that it is only the son who can perform the last rites, that lineage and inheritance runs through the male line, sons will look after parents in […]

India has been severely affected by declining child sex ratio (CSR) especially since 1981 as a result of collusion between technology to detect sex of the foetus in early stage of pregnancy and traditional preference for boys. As per the Government of India, some of the reasons for low child sex ratio are son preference […]