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Female Infanticide
Introducti
on • Female infanticide is the
intentional killing of infant girls.• In addition to the active
methods undertaken to eliminate baby girls soon after birth, neglect and discrimination leading to death and sex-selective abortion are also means by which many female children die each year.
• These phenomena are most prevalent in patriarchal societies in which the status of women is low and a preference for sons is built into the cultural ideology.
• Female infanticide cuts across all social and economic boundaries.
• Thus, the practice involves a wide range of location-specific and culturally-motivated causes.
Definition • “Killing of an
entirely dependent child under “one year of age” who is killed by mother, parents or others in whose care the child is entrusted”.
Female infanticideWhat: The deliberate killing of a girl child.
Who: Girl children who are born in societies where poverty,
overpopulation, and male biases are prevalent.
Where: In regions where poverty and overpopulation are
prevalent. It predominantly occurs in societies
where girl children are not viewed as economically advantageous.
Why: Lineage, Income, Dowry, Protection, Government
Examples of female infanticide
Graphs & Statistics
Causes & Reasons For Female Infanticide
Causes & Reasons For Female Infanticide
Lineage
Poverty
Dowry
Government
Illiteracy
Property
Dowry system
Illiteracy and lineage
Effects of female infanticide
Wife sharing
Effects of female infanticide Child abuse
Effects of female infanticide
Increase in sexual violence
Effects of female infanticide
Women Trafficking
Effects of female infanticide
Better stop female
infanticide… Or else your son will be
forced to be a gay…
Boy culture
Steps taken by government Dowry prohibition Act -
1961 Hindu Marriage Act -
1955 Hindu Adoption &
Maintenance Act –1956 Immoral Traffic
Prevention Act –1986 Equal remuneration Act
–1976 Prohibition of sex
selection (PNDT) Act –1994
Balika Samriddhi Yojana –1997
The way out Educate the
women of the society.
Stop gender discrimination.
Stop detection of sex before birth
Change the mind set of people.
Conclusion
Thank You
I am your little sister… will you kill me???
Presented by
Ms. Geeta Gajeli 10-509
Mr. Vikas Marla 10-531
Ms. Shilpa Patel 10-537
Ms. Shrijal Salian 10-544
Mr. Ronak Shah
Ms. Sridevi Sathyanarayana