DECLINING SEX RATIO IS A

SERIOUS CONCERN FOR INDIA

PRESENTED BY : CHAHAT &

SIDDHI

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What is Sex Ratio?

• It is an index of male - female (im)balance in population.

• Sex ratio, in India, is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in the population. Internationally sex ratio is defined as number of males per 100 females.

• At the Census 2001, sex ratio of population stood at 933 females per 1000 males a marginal increase from 927 recorded at the 1991 Census

WHAT IS SEX SELECTION?

Human sex selection is the attempt to control the sex of the offspring to achieve a desired sex.

Declining sex-ratio in India•National decline from 945 to 927 in the number

of girls per 1,000 boys aged 0-6 between 1991 and 2001 ▫Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and

Gujarat, (fewer than 800 girls for every 1,000 boys)▫The ratio is also said to be low in certain

districts, including the South West District of Delhi, which are "amongst the most prosperous in the country."

SEX RATIO Country Sex Ratio

India 933China 944

USA 1029

Indonesia 1004

Brazil 1025

Pakistan 938Bangladesh 951

Japan 1041

Russian Fed. 1140

Source:World Pop. Prospects, mid year estimates, 19985

• 586.46 million.

• 48.46% of total.

• 623.7 million.

• 51.54% of total.

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Sex Ratio Trend in India

The sex ratio in India has been historically negative or in other words, unfavourable to females. Sex ratio reached its lowest in 1991 but since then has kept rising.

Reasons of such declination: Female Foeticide Son Prefrence & Daughter Aversion Post Birth Sex Selection Social Attitude & Perceptions Lack of education & Awareness Demographic Commercial Logical

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, ‘Had these clinics were available 30 years ago, many of us would never have seen this world!’

As narrated by a literate woman in Village M

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SON PREFERENCE AND DAUGHTER AVERSION

Economic progress has not necessarily changed the traditions of gender discrimination

- dowry- family name - property - last rites- old-age support• Balance between home chores & officeWork.

SOCIAL ATTITUDES

Values attached to the children by parents

Views of Parents

Sons are more expensive to bring up than daughters ?

No

Will you face difficulty in arranging marriage for you daughter compared to son ?

Yes

Son will take care of you when you are old ?

Yes

Daughter will take care of you when you are old ?

No

Do parents avoid spending on daughters as compared to sons ?

Yes

IMPLICATIONS

• By 2020 there could be more than 35 million young "surplus males" in China and 25 million in India.

Because of :• Practices such as infanticide.

• Trafficking ?.

• Violence against women and girls.

After three decades of Women in Development and Gender and Development policies the work of redressing gender inequalities has only just begun

Attitudes of people towards a girl child should be changed.

Furthermore, it will help to create the balance in the population.

One thing is clear- the imbalance that has set at the early age-group is difficult to be removed and would remain to haunt the population for a long time to come.

Conclusion

RecommendationsWhat we can do ?

Complete registration of Births and Deaths specially of girls.

Change in mind sets in bringing up of the Girl Child.

Free Education, Transport & Scholarships programs for Girls.

Awareness programs, Street Plays, Promotional Martial, Movies, Video Songs, Signature Campaign Etc.

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Campaign Against Sex Selective Abortions

DOWN WITH DISCRIMINATION SAY “NO” to FEMALE EXTERMINATION Eliminate Inequality, not Women”. “Destroy Dowry, not Daughters”. Daughters are not for slaughter. Say “NO” to Sex Determination Say “YES” to Gender Justice

Women Achievers

??????MANY MORE ELIMINATED BEFORE THEY COULD ……….

"A son is a son till he takes a wifeA daughter's a daughter the rest

of her life."

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