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Missing Women: In India Child Sex Ratio Has Worsened

Missing Women: In India Child Sex Ratio Has Worsened

by The Daily Eye Team May 26 2017, 2:30 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secs

An extension of attitudes that leads to missing girls translates into missing women from the workforce and missing women in leadership roles.“More than 100 million women are missing,” lamented Amartya Sen, Indian economist and philosopher. India contributes a big part of these missing women! Boys are valued more than girls before they are born, after they are born, as they grow up and as they take up careers. This is not only true in uneducated classes, rural and small towns, but also amongst 6. An extension of attitudes that leads to missing girls translates into missing women from the workforce and missing women in leadership roles.

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