India’s struggle to treat girls as equals
by the Monitor's Editorial Board
Jul 07, 2022
2 minutes
Based on the world norm for the ratio of females to males in a society, India is missing more than 30 million women. That is the estimated toll over decades from parents who used medical means to select the sex of their child – in favor of boys. Despite laws that prohibit such sex selection – either by abortion.) The threat of prosecution has not been enough to change long-held cultural norms.
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