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In the last post I discussed how women are being systematically killed all over the world and the negative consequences this has for the health of society. I ended with a question: what does the concept of missing women look…
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Category: Empowering women, Women's issues
Tags: abortion, Afghanistan, Aneel Brar, femicide, Ganganagar, gender equality, gendercide, HealthBridge, India, infanticide, Iran, Mata Jai Kaur, Mata Kartar Kaur, Maternal and child health, missing women, Pakistan, Prenatal Clinic, Rajasthan, Saudi Arabia, sex ratio, sex-selection, sex-selective abortions, value of women, Yemen
Virtually all societies treat their women, in some way, as second class citizens. Whether it’s economic opportunity, social status or involvement in politics, if you look into the available data it’s clear that “no nation, religion, class or ethnic group…
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Category: Empowering women, Women's issues
Tags: abortion, Aneel Brar, Arab Spring, China, domestic violence, femicide, Ganganagar, gender equality, gendercide, honour killings, India, infanticide, Maternal and child health, MDG 3, MDG 5, Millennium Development Goals, missing women, murder, one-child policy, Rajasthan, rape, sex-selection, sex-selective abortions, women