FIFTY MILLION MISSING

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The 50 million missing women. [J Assist Reprod Genet. 2002] – PubMed Result

The epidemic of gender selection is ravaging countries like India & China. Approximately fifty million women are “missing” in the Indian population. Generally three principle causes are given: female infanticide, better food and health care for boys and maternal death at childbirth. Prenatal sex determination and the abortion of female fetuses threatens to skew the sex ratio to new highs. Estimates of the number of female fetuses being destroyed every year in India vary from two million to five million. This review from India attempts to summarize all the currently available methods of sex selection and also highlights the current medical practice regards the subject in south-east Asia.

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Who Are the 50 Million Missing Women?

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Missing: 50 million Indian girls
Female foeticide

The consequences of female foeticide and the resulting gender gap arealready unfolding: Girls are being trafficked from impoverished neighboringcountries like Bangladesh and Nepal or from disadvantaged or tribal areas in India andsold into marriage for the equivalent of about $200 (in Haryana State, a bull costs $1,000). With 50 million girlsalready missing today, the result of this dangerous practice is ineluctable: A society without women, even if today it isthe world’s second-most populous, isdoomed to eventual extinction.

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UN report: 60 Million Girls Missing in Asia

Referring to the United Nations Population Fund, Fox News reports a gender and generation gap of 60 million girls due to infanticide, selective abortions, dowry deaths, better food and health care for boys and maternal death at childbirth, and pre-natal sex selection.

60 Million souls!

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Infanticide, Abortion Responsible for 60 Million Girls Missing in Asia

According to a recent United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population Report, these practices, combined with neglect, have resulted in at least 60 million “missing” girls in Asia, creating gender imbalances and other serious problems that experts say will have far reaching consequences for years to come.

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On March 08, 2008, The Statesman newspaper which is published from Calcutta, did a full page article on The 50 Million Missing Camapaign on flickr. The photos here are by members of the group — Hervè Blandin, Lars-Gunnar Svärd, Divyesh Sejpal, Marc Ducrest, and Joel Dousset. The one of me is also by Lars-Gunnar Svärd. Thanks to everyone for their support.
Please visit the campaign site at www.50millionmissing.com
50 MILLION MISSING (Indian Women):An International Campaign

About 50 MILLION MISSING (Indian Women):An International Campaign

This is a Campaign to increase International awareness about the millions of women that have been eliminated from India’s population.

Due to a traditional preference for sons, daughters are regularly dispensed with through selective abortions and the practice of infanticide. The medical journal Lancet recently announced that about a 1000,000 female fetuses are aborted in India each year. In the state of Kerala, India’s most literate state, it is estimated that about 25000 new born infant girls are annually killed. The figures of female infanticide in Bihar are far worse. There, mid-wives admit to being paid to kill at least half of all baby girls they birth. It is also estimated that at least 25000 women are annually murdered by their in-laws and husbands, after being subject to extended physical and mental torture for reasons of dowry.