To born a girl in India

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India appears to be a paradoxical country. As the head of this country, there is a woman. However, women are suffering from discriminations with dramatic consequences. We cannot forget that a woman is hurt, killed or raped every three minutes in India. And it is worse than what we could have thought, considering the discrimination of woman begins even before the birth of the girl, because of the families preferences of a boy over a girl. India seems to be one of the worst places to be born as a girl.

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[...] The clandestine market of the selective abortion has become very lucrative. One of the most famous advertisements (used by the private clinics when it was allowed) was: 500 rupees today to save 500000 rupees after”. But, to destroy fetuses can be considered as a crime well organized by a lobby of rich and powerful doctors. In fact we had to wait 2006 to see, for the first time, a doctor and his assistant sentenced to two years in jail for revealing the sex of a female fetus and then agreeing to abort it Means to fight against the elimination of girls It's not easy to condemn someone or to stop these methods because everybody can fin its interest in it. [...]

[...] According to UNICEF girls are born to every 1000 boys. And this gap is increasing in the highest castes as there are just 300 girls to every 1000 boys. India faces a bleak future as the Indian society isn't sensitive to the government campaign. Now we can find villages only populated with single men. The consequences are frightening considering that the violence is increasing, alcoholism becomes chronic and consumption of drugs is more frequent. Without women, men are going to adopt a behavior of delinquency. [...]

[...] To born a girl in India India appears as a paradoxical country. At the head of this country, there is a woman since 2007. However, women are suffering from discriminations with dramatic consequences. We may not forget that a woman is hurt, killed or rapt every three minutes in India. And it is worst than what we could have thought considering that the discrimination against woman begins even before the birth of the girl (with prenatal selection). Because of the families' preferences for boys over girl, India seems to be one of the worst places to be born a girl. [...]

[...] The idea is to consider girls as good investment instead of a disadvantage. Considering this viewpoint, the Indian government has announced in March 2008 that poor families would receive $3000 to bring up their girl. They will receive $400 at the birth and $2500 at the age of 18, if the girl has been sent to school. The goal is to discourage the abortion of female fetuses. The Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury told: "We think this will force the families to look upon the girl as an asset rather than a liability and will certainly help us save the girl child.” 3. [...]

[...] The number of Indian girls' death is really superior to the one of victims in the holocaust or in the Rwandan genocide. In fact, to prevent from a real disaster, you have to change mentalities. Education and awareness campaign appear necessary to change minds. The Indian leader Swami Agnivesh has initiated a big campaign: to save the country, let's save girls He remains optimistic as he felt compassion and indignation at every stage of his campaign. So, we can hope that the association of these feelings would be a good mean to create a wave of mobilization in all the country. [...]