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Understanding Female Foeticide in India by narknh is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses female foeticide in India. It begins by defining female foeticide as discarding a fetus if found to be female through medical testing. It then discusses why female foeticide is practiced in India, tracing the roots to cultural preferences for sons, the financial burdens associated with dowries for daughters, lack of education reinforcing gender inequality, and availability of technology for sex determination. The document notes female foeticide impacts society by disrupting gender rat
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- narknh
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- EN