Saturday, May 21, 2011

Indian Girls ?Missing? Worldwide (Pickled Politics)

_This is a guest post by Rita Banerji_ Many assume The 50 Million Missing
Campaign I run is about the female genocide ? the mass and deliberate
annihilation of women -- in India. However, this is a phenomenon that concerns
other countries too with sizeable Indian communities, like the U.K., the U.S.,
and Canada. In India the elimination is systemic and in many forms. But in
expatriate communities, while issues like dowry violence and honour killings
do exist, the most prevalent method of elimination is female feticide. The
reason is, while western governments are compelled by law to deal with
homicides, they are unwilling to address the systematic extermination of women
through sex-selection. A study published [subscription required] by
researchers at Oxford University, reveals that 1500 girls went ?missing? from
the Indian communities in England and Wales between 1990 and 2005. The 1500
figure indicates that 1 in 10 girls, who should have been born according to
normal birth statistics, had been selectively aborted. The study raises
another important question. This practice is not evident in the Bangladeshi
and Pakistani communities in the U.K., even though all three countries share a
common history and culture, and ...
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