Issues And Causes Of Female Feticide In India

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Prakash Kumar
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Monsoon semester
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Female Feticide in
India: Issues & concerns Abstract
We are facing the major problem which is harmful for human species. It is Female Feticide. After the globalization, the practice of the killing of female fetus could be found in almost all the parts of the Country. There are many reasons behind such gruesome practice. We are facing gender inequality; killing of girl child in a large scale is the main reason for it.
The causes or responsible factors for female feticide and how our government is dealing with this huge demerit of our society are debatable. But the main question is what we are doing to curb female feticide. It is a human disease. Human
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The domination runs only among males like father to son. Just because it there is a preference of sons in the society than to the daughters. Only one thing joined women to the society and that is marriage. But the harsh face of it is that it includes Dowry in society too. The women 's family has to lose all the things that they have invested in their daughter to the men 's family. Dowry is one of the most important reasons behind female …show more content…
And now a day taking or giving of dowry is our trend and become mandatory. But poor families are not in the condition to give dowry. They want to escape from this type of condition and then they commit female feticide. It does not mean that only poor people commit that crime. According to a TV show SATYAMEV JAYATE (season 1 episode 6th may) the literate or responsible people of our society also commit female feticide.

How to stop Female Feticide
India is suffering from deadly disease which is Female Feticide. It consist large gender gap in our society. The issue of Female Feticide in India is now turned to a global attention. Many NGOs, agencies, national and international bodies come forward to curb this cruel practice. There are many Indian NGOs like Snehalaya, All India Democratic Women 's Association, National Commission on Women, Ministry of Women Children and Development, International Center for Research on Women are entitled to work to curb female feticide or woman empowerment
We can do such efforts in the capacity of a reasonable citizen of India
• Cancel doctor 's license who found involve in such a cruel massacre
• Heavily imposed penalty on the companies which produce the medical equipment using to determine the sex of unborn

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