Census 2011: Governing populations and the girl child
Submitted by susan on Sat, 2011-04-16 19:00
The much-awaited provisional results of Census 2011 bring the news that the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has declined further from 927 to 914 girls for every 1,000 boys, due to a widening of the circle of daughter aversion, especially across western and central India. But in all the monitoring to correct this “imbalance” what place is there for a genuine engagement with the life chances of girls in diverse contexts?
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http://www.unfpa.org/gender/docs/sexselection/indiapublishedpapers/UNFPA_Publication-39866.pdf
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16/04/2011