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Plight of women Sir, There is no doubt that the plight of woman is deplorable in the under-developed and developing world. Inspite of increase in the literacy rate in the developing world, the condition of woman is persistently deteriorating and it is proving ineffective. It has become a terrible place for woman and has been generally threatened by gender based violence, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions and ill health. Since many developing countries are expanding educational facilities in order to mitigate the sufferings of woman but it is hardly getting any fruitful results in this respect and has not been able to improve the lot of woman. According to an estimate about two third of 130 million children not attending the school in the developing world are girls. As per report published by (UNFPA) every minute atleast one woman dies from problem related to child birth and pregnancy. Therefore, about 5,85,000 women die in these circumstances each year. Besides, unsafe abortions kills at least 70,000 annually. It is an established fact that the violence against woman has become a common feature in the developing world. Either it is in the form of gender-based violence in their lives or in the form of domestic abuse, rape or dowry murder. No society can progress untill or unless the condition of woman is ameliorated to a great extent. It is a well known fact that, inequality in every spehre has for centuries cast a long shadow over the lives of girls and women. Economist and Philosopher Mr Amartya Sen has rightly said that more than 100 million females are ''missing'' globally, a stark figure that he attributes to the ''Worth'' and correlative neglect of girl Children and Women. The Times of India, in its one issue reported a few weeks ago about a village Devra in Rajasthan, which witnessed a Baraat after 110 years. That was the grim indicator of the fact that only one girl had escaped infanticide in 110 years. In 1901, for every 1000 men there were 927 females. Now this figure has dropped to 927, which is 63 less than the World average of 990 female for every 1,000 males. According to (UNICEF), Biologically, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls with higher death rates among boys in the first year of life. These figures should be more or less equal. But this is not the case in our country. Because in our country approximately 63 million females are missing. Where do these girls go? These girls go missing in all probability made victims of female infanticide. Agni-Purana says, that if a man stands in the holy river (The Ganga) and chants the Gayatri mantra all his life, he may be freed from all sins except infanticide. It is an established fact, that the modern medical diagnostic technology has brought great health benefits. But in Indian cities, it has been frequently misused for sex determination and kill it, if it is female. Inspite of bill passed by some of the states such as Maharashtra and followed by Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab to prevent the infanticide in the country the evil prevails throughout the country. Therefore, the Government must take stringent action, if any body is found involved in infanticide. Yours etc... |
