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Female Foeticide Crisis in India by garima is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses female foeticide in India. It provides background on the increasing sex ratio in India from 1961 to 2011, indicating a rise in female foeticide. The arrival of affordable ultrasound technology in the 1990s is linked to the rise, as it enabled sex-selective abortions. Estimates suggest over 10 million female fetuses have been aborted since the 1990s. The document examines cultural preferences for sons over daughters and disparate access to resources between males and females as key re

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garima

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