Haryana Village takes ‘selfie-with-daughter’ route to save the girl child
In a first of its kind, Haryana village has come up with a unique initiate to save the girl child. The campaign termed as ‘selfie-with-daughter’ is becoming a rage amongst the villagers. The drive...
View ArticleAlarming drop in child sex-ratio in Maharashtra and Gujarat
There is a shortfall of 73 percent and 55 percent in inspections of sonography centres in the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, two of India’s richest. The child sex-ratio (number of girls...
View Article#SelfieWithDaughter: Why this is important for every Indian parent
The state of Haryana has always been criticised for the skewed sex ratio with 877 females per 1000 males, it is the state with the lowest sex ratio in the country. However, a first of its kind...
View ArticleHaryana ex-MLA, Dr Ashok Kashyap held for sex detrmination
Prenatal sex determination is illegal in India. However, the FDA nabbed an ex-MLA on Sunday for conducting pre-natal sex determination at his office in Karnal district, Haryana, reported the Times Of...
View ArticleWith 896 females per 1,000 males, sex ratio in Delhi on sharp decline
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Thursday issued notice to 89 hospitals and nursing homes in the national capital suspected of carrying out female foeticide. ‘We have found that sex ratio of new...
View ArticleWill Maneka Gandhi’s proposal of sex determination really address the issue...
Even with the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act 2003 in place, which prohibits medicos to do a sex determination test on a foetus, female foeticide is still rampant. Illegal...
View ArticleEducation has not been instrumental in reducing the preference for boys
Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of Census data. Higher education levels have helped in better...
View ArticleSangli female foeticide: Maharashtra government launches probe
Maharashtra Women & Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde on Monday announced a probe into the shocking case of discovery of 19 female foetuses near a private hospital compound in the state’s Sangli...
View ArticleMore than 2000 cases filed against prenatal sex determination; reflects poor...
Illegal sonography clinics are still on the run in India. Recently, according to reports by DNA up to 294 cases have been filed in the country against illegal sonography clinic. State authorities...
View ArticleWHO’s birth checklist and coaching programme fails to cut UP’s death rate
A checklist and coaching programme designed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to improve birth outcomes and target the major causes of death in Uttar Pradesh — India’s most populous state and...
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