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Child is a gift of god. A beautiful creation of nature through Human Being IN MOTHER’S womb.EVERY CHILD HAS THE

RIGHT TO SURVIVAL TO LIVE WITH GOOD HEALTH CARE AND RIGHT FOR EQUAL EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY.

IN OUR COUNTRY EVERY YEAR ABOUT TWELVE MILLIONS GIRL CHILDREN ARE BORN.OUT OF 12 MILLIONS NEARLY ONE MILLION DIES BEFORE FIRST BIRTHDAY OF THE CHILD DUE TO LACK OF MEDICAL , HEALTH CARE & ……..

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Female foeticide / infanticide

The term female foeticide means killing the female foetus in the mother's womb.The practice has been followed in India for ages, a country that once described its women as godessess. For this reason, Indian women will soon get extinctDUE TO INCREASING NO. OF PRE – NATAL SCREENINGS THE FEMALE FOETICIDE ALSO IS INCREASING CAUSING THE SEX RATIO IS DROPPING DOWN.

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• IF THIS CONTINUES………….• WHAT WILL BE THE FATE OF OUR

DEMOGRAPHICAL CONDTION AND SOCIAL LIVING CONDITION?????????

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DEMOGRAPHICAL IMBALANCE

• BOYS WILL BE MORE THAN GIRLS. • SHORTAGE OF GIRLS FOR BOYS TO

GET MARRIED.• AND THEN PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR

LIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE ,THE RESULT WOULD BE “THE PANDAVAS” i.e. one girl married to five boys.

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WHY THIS CONDITION ???

• FEMALE CHILD CONSIDERED AS BURDEN. • FEMALE CHILD BORN TO SUFFER FROM

BIRTH TO DEATH.• LESS HEALTH CARE AND NUTRITION FOR

GIRLS.• GENDER BIAS IN FAMILIES.

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MAIN REASONS FOR FEMALE DEATH.

• TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PREFERENCE FOR MALE CHILD IN THE FAMILIES.

• BOYS CONSIDERED AS CARE TAKER AT OLD AGE / TO PERFORM LAST RITES ON DEATH.

• BURDEN OF DOWRY ADDS FOR PREFERENCE FOR MALE CHILD.

• POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SITUATION IS ONE AMONG THE REASON FOR PREFERENCE OF MALE CHILD.

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CALL TO YOUTH & NEXT GENERATION!!!!

• GIVE EQUAL OPPURTUNITY FOR HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION.

• SAVE GIRL CHILDREN.• PREVENT FEMALE INFANTICIDES AND FOETICIDES.• STOP PRE-NATAL SCREENING / SEX SELECTION

ABORTIONS.• EMPOWER WOMEN WITH EDUCATION TO SENSE THE

RIGHTS OF GIRL CHILD TO EXIST.• RESPECT MOTHERHOOD IN WOMAN TO RETAIN

WOMANHOOD.

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????? AND MANY MORE ELIMINATED BEFORE THEY COULD ……….

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Thank YOU….

SAVE GIRL CHILD , SAVE THE WORLD ..