Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2015

FEMALE FETICIDE/INFANTICIDE IN INDIA–A SURVEY BASED STUDY

Dr. T. C. Anjanamma, Dr. T. V. Nagaraja

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 In the global scenario India is becoming a reckon with and we are very proud of this fact, but there are  some home truths that we are unaware of or we are turning a deaf ear to them. Female feticide/infanticide is one of them. Infanticide is the homicide of the infant. According to recent reports by the UNICEF up to 50 million girls are missing from Indian population as a result of systematic gender discrimination in India. In most countries  in the world there are approximately 105 female births/100 male births. In India there are less than 93 women for every  100 men in the population and United Nations said that an estimated 2,000 unborn girls are illegally aborted every  day in India. The study is based on survey conducted in the areas of Dandupalya, Hoskote and MVJ Medical College & research  Hospital, Karnataka state with 200 samples in the age group of 18 to 45 years old. The aims and objects of this study are to establish the various causes for female feticide/infanticide, to establish the  role of impact of socio economic status and educational status on female feticide/infanticide and to establish the role  of law related to female feticide/infanticide and its strict implementation 

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Dr. T.C. Anjanamma, Dr.T.V.Nagaraja FEMALE FETICIDE/INFANTICIDE IN INDIA�A SURVEY BASED STUDY Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 5 May 2015

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