Reason for selecting
Discrimination faced by girl child
Answers
Answer:
In India, discriminatory attitudes towards either sex have existed for generations and affect the lives of both sexes. Although the constitution of India grants men and women equal rights, gender disparities remain. Research shows gender discrimination mostly in favor of men in many realms including the workplace
Explanation:
In a seminal article in 1990, Amartya Sen suggested that worldwide,
particularly in Asia, millions of women were missing from the population
totals of many countries. He also noted the alarming fact that the sex ratio
for female children in China, India and South Korea is actually
deteriorating while the overall sex ratio for females in those countries has
marginally improved. Sen argued that the number of women missing in
any population could be estimated by calculating the numbers of extra
women who would have survived in that society. This would have been so
if it had the same ratio of women to men as in other regions of the world
where both sexes receive similar care. Given the low ratio of 0.94 women
to men in South Asia, West Asia and China indicating a deficit of 6
percent, he surmised that since in countries where women and men receive
similar care the ratio is about 1.05, the real deficit is about 11percent of
their women. These numbers tell, ”quietly a terrible story of inequality and
neglect leading to excess mortality of women" (Sen, 1990). In India, the
widening gap in the ratio of girls to boys is clearly brought to light in the
Census of 2001, confirming a trend that has been in place since 1901. This
is most pronounced in the youngest age group, 0-6, thus indicating the
scale of injustice as well as the long-term social and economic
consequences implied.