A Comprehensive Analysis of Gendercide (Female Foeticide) in India

Posted: 14 Dec 2013

Date Written: October 10, 2013

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to study the missing girls (female foeticide) in India from psychosocial, historical, legal and economic perspectives. The gendercide is the lethal consequence of social-cultural prejudice against girls/women. Such prejudice is almost always deeply embedded in social, cultural, political and economic factors. The present research aims to explore the relevant data and revisit the socio-cultural historical factors along with analysis of legal and economic perspectives in female foeticide in India.

Keywords: Female foeticide, sex ratio

Suggested Citation

Dhillon, Mandeep, A Comprehensive Analysis of Gendercide (Female Foeticide) in India (October 10, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2367099

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