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Volume : III, Issue : IV, May - 2013 STUDY OF FEMALE FOETICIDE PROBLEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SANGAMESHWAR TAHSIL, MAHARASHTRA PRATAP V. NAIKWADE AND VARSHA S. PHATAK DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Female foeticide is a deliberate and intentional act of aborting a fetus because
it is a female. Female fetuses are selectively aborted. As a result, about 10 lakh girls are
missing from the Indian population. The official census of the Govt. of India has revealed
a sharp decline in the sex ratio of children in the 0-6 age group in the 10 years since the
last census (from 945 to 927 females pr 1000 males). The present study focuses on
causes, effects of female foeticide as well as an attempt to create awareness among
people against women foeticide. The research was carried out by survey of 1000 families
in Sangameshwar Tahsil, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.), female students with the help of
structured questionnaires along with interviews with doctors, nurses, dais, government
hospitals, political people etc. People in area voiced that they do not support female
feticides but are aware of such incidents happening in their areas. They still believe in the
exclusively male-dominated traditions of lighting the funeral pyre and the custom of
patrilinealism (carrying the family name). Results show that sex-selective abortions are
happening across the class, caste and educational attainments. Scare of preparing for a
huge dowry with the birth of girl child, maintenance of chastity of the girl child, social
insecurity etc. are the major cause of female feticides. People are not aware about the
PC/PNDT Act by its name and provisions. The respondents feared that the decline in sex
ratio might lead to degradation of moral values in the society resulting in polyandry,
violence against women, red trafficking etc. Female feticides not only results in a
declining girl population, but violates our notion of human rights, and most importantly
poses a question of the survival of the human race leading to civilization crises. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : PRATAP V. NAIKWADE AND VARSHA S. PHATAK, (2013). STUDY OF FEMALE FOETICIDE PROBLEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SANGAMESHWAR TAHSIL, MAHARASHTRA. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IV, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2360.pdf References : - Anand Meenu (2005). Indian Legal Framework to Arrest Female Foeticide, Legal News & Views, September 2005.
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