{"id":864,"date":"2021-07-02T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T07:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=864"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:32:37","slug":"abandoned-indian-mother-exposes-the-harmful-practice-of-sex-selective-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/abandoned-indian-mother-exposes-the-harmful-practice-of-sex-selective-abortion","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned Indian mother exposes the harmful practice of sex-selective abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"864\" class=\"elementor elementor-864\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b>A young single mother in Dhanbad seeks justice in court after being abandoned by husband for having given birth to a girl\u00a0<\/b><\/li><li><b>60% increase in cases of \u201cvanishing girls\u201d in the most recent decade compared to previous decades due to sex-selective abortion in India\u00a0<\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">DHANBAD<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>\u00a0(2 July\u00a02021)<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0Being a woman can bring life-threatening challenges to those\u00a0living in South\u00a0Asia \u2013 from before birth all the way into adulthood.\u00a0Bhavana*, a young mother in Dhanbad, Jharkhand is familiar with\u00a0such discrimination. She\u00a0was disowned by her husband\u00a0and her\u00a0parents-in-law, with whom she had been living with for\u00a0the majority of\u00a0her three-year marriage, after giving birth to a girl rather than a boy in May 2020.\u00a0Bhavana,\u00a0who survived violent attacks at the hands of her\u00a0husband\u00a0and his parents\u00a0while pregnant,\u00a0sought\u00a0support from ADF India.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0India\u2019s future is interlinked with the lives of the girls and women of this country. But from the earliest stages of life, throughout childhood and into adulthood, many women in South Asia like Bhavana and her daughter have faced extreme and even fatal discrimination. Through our Vanishing Girls campaign, ADF India is committed to cultivating a future where human dignity is affirmed for all women and girls, including those in the womb,\u201d said Anushree Barnard, ADF India spokesperson for the Vanishing Girls campaign.<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">ADF India provides free legal assistance through our panel of allied lawyers to women like\u00a0Bhavna\u00a0who suffer for giving birth to girls. For more details, visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adfindia.org\/legal-aid\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">www.adfindia.org\/legal-aid<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">New evidence of increasing discrimination against India\u2019s girls<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A\u00a0culture of\u00a0\u201cson preference\u201d in India has resulted in discrimination against girls at the earliest stages of\u00a0life, and\u00a0brought about\u00a0a very high number of sex-selective abortions. The widespread practice threatens the lives of millions and has resulted in a severe sex ratio imbalance throughout the country. Data published in 2018 by the Registrar General of India shows a ratio of 844 girls born per every 1000 boys in Delhi. New research published in April in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/langlo\/article\/PIIS2214-109X(21)00094-2\/fulltext\">The Lancet<\/a> confirms that missing female births are increasing. Sex ratios are worsening across almost all states, with an overall 60% increase in cases of \u201cvanishing girls\u201d in the most recent decade compared to previous decades.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the experts, the most cogent explanation for missing female births is prenatal sex determination followed by selective abortion.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pre-natal selection of children based on sex \u2013 condemned by the UN General Assembly as a \u201charmful practice\u201d in 2019 \u2013 has been linked to increased violence against women and a growing demand for human trafficking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women called upon to protect the most vulnerable<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In May,\u00a0the human rights group ADF International called upon the UN system and the wider international community to formally recognize sex-selection practices as acts of\u00a0femicide, and therefore commit to their prohibition and prevention under international law.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the submission, addressed to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, the organization also called for the establishment of a global\u00a0femicide\u00a0watch to monitor all forms of\u00a0femicide, including sex-selective practices.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe fight against\u00a0femicide\u00a0should not end until every girl, born or unborn, enjoys her right to a future. Countless girls in India and across the globe continue to fall victim to fatal violence and discrimination before they even have the chance to be born. Both internationally and domestically, there are binding protections in place for each girl child to enjoy a right to life, free from violence,\u201d said Giorgio Mazzoli, UN Legal Officer for ADF International in Geneva.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt is imperative that such norms are implemented and enforced effectively. Whoever believes that women and girls have the same value and worth as men and boys cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening today. The international community and the UN system must step up efforts to address this largely ignored human rights issue, and we hope that the Special Rapporteur on violence against women will echo this call,\u201d Mazzoli continued.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">To read ADF International\u2019s submission in full, <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/resource\/response-to-the-un-working-group-on-discrimination-against-women-and-girls\/\">click here.<\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span 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