Female Foeticide
Hello friends. Today we are going to discuss about a very important topic. It is about ‘Female Foeticide‘. Yes friends, this one of the very serious problem not only in India but in the whole world.
Today I will introduce you all about why this happen, reasons behind this and how to stop this. And at the end there are two essays for you. One is short essay and other is long essay. So lets get started.
Essay on Female Foeticide
What is mean by female foeticide?
There are many families in which, female child birth is considered as ominous. Then they detect the sex of the baby before birth.
When it comes to know that there is a girl child in the womb. They take decision to abort this child before birth. This process of aborting is called as foeticide.
Of course this is not possible for the family members only. There are such doctors too, who perform this kind of operations.
What are reasons behind female foeticide?
There are many reasons and misunderstandings behind this like: son preference, low status of women. Dowry system is also one of the main reasons behind this problem.
Birth of son is considered as the issue of pride in society. To maintain this fake pride, people turns towards this evil act. Is this right? Not at all.
As girl child detected, parents think about a dowry paid at the time of her marraige. Since the financial condition is not good, they took the step of abortion. But all such things are not good for the society.
Some doctors detect the sex of child in the womb of mother by using ultrasound technology. This technology is mainly invented for detection the inter body problems of human. But in this way we misuse this technology.
What should do to stop this?
Government had already made strict laws against female foeticide. There are laws against the detection of the sex of child in the womb.
The dowry tradition is prohibited in India since 1961. If someone find doing so, then there are provisions of such laws against it.
Also there are some NGOs who works for this. Many campaigns started by government, providing financial support to family on girl child birth. These and many like these preventive measures taken by government
Essay on Female Foeticide 1.
How to stop Female Foeticide
Female foeticide is a major social problem in India. It has cultural connections such as dowry system, birth of girl child means sin of mother etc. Is there any logic behind it.
Parents think that they have to pay dowry at the time of girl’s marriage. But there is provision of laws against dowry system. If someone is asking for dowry then you can take help of these laws.
Also there is thinking that, son is a cause for joy and lifetime security and celebration. They have the view that a girl child is a cause of an economic drain.
Main reason behind female foeticide is hidden behind the mentality of the society. It not true that all parents does not want girl. But there are such myths and illiteracy behind this problem. Hence some parents make their decision to kill the girl child.
Due to this, country has facing the problems about decreasing sex ratio. Sex ratio is the number of females behind 1000 males. And the most shocking is that there are such states where this ratio is below than the average.
We need to stop this. Government has taken strict decisions for such offences. There is a provision of dowry act, PNDT act, and strict punishments. But still this happening, means it only depends upon our mentality. If we all come together against it, then this problem will be definitely solve.
Essay on Female Foeticide 2.
Female Foeticide : A Stigma of Society
Female foeticide is one of the worst face of our society. Killing the female child in the womb of mother is called as the feoticide.
Nobody wants a girl in their family. Why, because they think that there is no use of girl for the family. If we can see the world then must see that, Nirmla Sitaraman (Finance Minister of India), Pratibhatai Patil (Ex President of India), Mitali Raj (Captain of Indian Cricket Team) and there are many such examples that proves women are not on back foot than men.
Then why we do not want girl child? Is there any such strong reason behind it? Lets understand about this problem in the form of questions and answers.
Why female foeticide occur in the society?
The answer of this question is the preference to the son. Many people think that son will lighten their family, helps to grow the family lineage and would secure their future. Some thinks that, in a male dominated society, it is not easy to provide safety to female.
Also poverty, illiteracy plays vital role in this. Some families believes that having a boy child is an issue of pride and honour.
Are any of these reasons have strong base to kill female foeticide. Not at all. This is only a cruel deed of society. Today we are living in 21st century, world is changing fastly but what about our thoughts. They do not changed.
There are many adverse effects upon the society due to female foeticide. Some of these are given as follows:
- Decrease in sex ratio.
- Shortage of women for marraige.
- Women trafficking
- Social imbalance
To stop this problem we must to find solution. There are many such laws made by government. Let us see what can we do for it.
How can we prevent this?
The government is taking many steps to avoide female foeticide. There are many laws against it.
- Many campaigns are there to save girl child.
Awareness about ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme. - Equal facilities to girls and boys.
- Social enlightenment.
- Provide opportunities of education to girls.
We can not even imagine our society without females. If this problem is continues as it is then, there will be irreparable loss of society.
We have to start taking steps against it from our house. Tell the importance of female to society. Celebrate the girl child birth. In this way we can contribute to save female feoticide.
Female Foeticide FAQs:
1. What is punishment for asking dowry?
Ans: Imprisonment of 6 – 24 months with fine of minimum 10 thousand rupees.
2. What is mean by foeticide ?
Ans : Killing the fetus inside the mother’s womb is called as foeticide.
3. What is sex ratio?
Ans: It is number of females behind 1000 males.
4. Who is the minister of women and child development?
Ans: Smt. Smriti Irani.
5. What is the main cause of female foeticide?
Ans : low status of women, dowry and son preference are some of the main causes of female foeticide.
6. What is the result of female foeticide ?
Ans : Decrease in sex ratio, sexual violence, female trafficking are results of female foeticide.
7. Which act is there to stop female foeticide?
Ans : Indian government has passed Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) act to stop female foeticide.
8. Who was the first person to fight for women’s rights?
Ans : Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an American leader.
9. What is the sex ratio of India according to census 2011?
Ans : According to census of 2011 there are 943 females per 1000 males.
10. Which states in India has highest and lowest sex ratio as per 2011 census ?
Ans : Kerala with 1084 females for 1000 males have the highest sex ratio while Haryana with 877 females for 1000 males has lowest sex ratio.
Conclusion:
Female foeticide is stigma on our society. As per my opinion this is not only the problem of lower class families, there are some high profile families too, who do not want girl child. We have to change our perspective and spread awareness about ‘Save Girls Child’ campaign.
