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Female Infanticide and Dowry Deaths

Through this article I wish to draw the attention of all concerned to the increasing incidents of female infanticides and dowry deaths in our society.

I have read many articles on female infanticides, dowry deaths and discrimination of women which is very shocking and annoying. Thousands of girls are discriminated against in terms of food, education, clothes etc. When they grow up they are ill-treated by in-laws, harassed for dowry and sometimes killed for not bringing enough dowries.

Another reason for this is that parents feel that boys carry the name and fame of the family. They feel that girls are temporary guests /a Burdon/a duty to be discharged and that they have to give dowry for the girls.

Therefore to stop this unjust and cruel system of dowry deaths and female infanticides here I have some suggestions:

  1. Stringent laws should be made and they should be strictly enforced.
  2. Spread education and awareness among people.
  3. Girls should be made economically independent before marriage.

The main reasons for this are ignorance of parents, outdated beliefs and society custom.

I hope that this system soon comes to an end and once again girls could lead a happy and healthy lives would be grateful to you all if you give voice to my words and publish articles on this issue.

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Comments (5)
#1 by Rajendra jain, Jan 8, 2008
ya ...dowry death and female infanticides are two major social evils prevailing in the society ....dowry----the demand for dowery is the greedy and cruel nature of man .for the dowry man beats his wife ....and some times leads to henerious crime...and secondly---of female infantisides man thinks that if a girl born in family it is the begning of misery and man wants only boy..this social evils is due to lackness of knowledge.and also for the want or desire for a boy.so they means the father and mother of infant becomes murderer along wth the doctor..if women will not there in society than how man will take birth?the generation will stop....our chhattisgarh government also work for stopping the female infanticides for a girl child government gives certain amount with free education also with insurance of 1,00,000 and many more facilities so it is time to take the "broom" and "sweep" the evils of the society..it is on our hands to abolish female infantisides......
#2 by HANSA DUNGARSHI, May 3, 2008
DOURI AND FEMALE INFENTICIDE IS A VERY BIG SOCIOL PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY....TODAY INDIA IS A DEVLOPING COUNTRY...IT IS TERN TO A METRO COUNTRY...BUT STILLIN INDIA HAS FACE FEMALE INFENTICIDE AND DOWRY....TODAY STILL SO MANY BRIDS ARE BURN BECAUSE OF DOURY....I THINK IN INDIA ALL FAMILY HAS TO GAVE FULL FREEDOM LIKE SON TO THIRE GIRL CHILD....FAMILY IS INCOMPLET WITHOUT A GIRL CHILD....GIRLS HAS ALLOW TO FULLFIL THIER DREAMS....THEY GET EDUCATION AND THEY BECOME INDIPENDED....SO GIRLS FIGHT WITH HER INLAWS....GIRLS HAS TO ALSO FINANCIALLY INDEPENDET....I AM THE MEMBER OF \"LAADLI\" \"SAVE THE GIRL CHILD\" IT IS A \"NGO\" FOR SAVING THE GIRL CHILD.AND FIGHT WITH THE PROBLEMS OF KILLING THE GIRL CHILD IN MOTHERS WOMB....SO I WANT TO REQESTING YOU FOR PLEASE SAVE THE GIRL CHILD....AND SUPPORT FOR FEMALE PROBLEMS....SO GAVE INDEPENDENTS TO GIRL CHILD....SO I WISH THIS ARTICLE HAS REALICE SOME PEOPLE TO GAVE THEIR GIRL CHILDS FREEDOM....SO IT IS ON HANDS TO ABOLISH FEMALE INFENTICIDE..........
#3 by HANSA DUNGARSHI, May 3, 2008
DOURI AND FEMALE INFENTICIDE IS A VERY BIG SOCIOL PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY....TODAY INDIA IS A DEVLOPING COUNTRY...IT IS TERN TO A METRO COUNTRY...BUT STILL IN INDIA HAS FACE FEMALE INFENTICIDE AND DOWRY....TODAY STILL SO MANY BRIDS ARE BURN BECAUSE OF DOURY....I THINK IN INDIA ALL FAMILY HAS TO GAVE FULL FREEDOM LIKE SON TO THIRE GIRL CHILD....FAMILY IS INCOMPLET WITHOUT A GIRL CHILD....GIRLS HAS ALLOW TO FULLFIL THIER DREAMS....THEY GET EDUCATION AND THEY BECOME INDIPENDED....SO GIRLS FIGHT WITH HER INLAWS....GIRLS HAS TO ALSO FINANCIALLY INDEPENDET....I AM THE MEMBER OF \"LAADLI\" \"SAVE THE GIRL CHILD\" IT IS A \"NGO\" FOR SAVING THE GIRL CHILD.AND FIGHT WITH THE PROBLEMS OF KILLING THE GIRL CHILD IN MOTHERS WOMB....SO I WANT TO REQESTING YOU FOR PLEASE SAVE THE GIRL CHILD....AND SUPPORT FOR FEMALE PROBLEMS....SO GAVE INDEPENDENTS TO GIRL CHILD....SO I WISH THIS ARTICLE HAS REALICE SOME PEOPLE TO GAVE THEIR GIRL CHILDS FREEDOM....SO IT IS ON OUR HANDS TO ABOLISH FEMALE INFENTICIDE..........
#4 by Sunil Kumari Jha,Ernakulam , Aug 23, 2008
Yes,It is correct that female infanticide and dowry deaths are social evils which are affecting our society and orienting towards the bad path.today parents take their female children as burden.They think that they are not permanent members of the family.They are like guests.One day they will leave the home and will go to the house of in-laws.This is the mindset of the parents that boy will carry the name of father and he will continue the ancestral family but how can the parents think like this because their son has to marry a female and without a female their ancestral family can not be continued.Most of the parents feel insecurity about their female children because now a days incidents like chain snatching,rape,sexual harassment have become common.Parents think that the son is the bread earner for the family and the daughter is temporary guest , she has to leave the home after getting married.Dowry which was considered as a gift and financial support given to newly married couple has become compulsory thing.Today grooms are rated on their qualification,character,physical appearance for dowry.Because of dowry couples are mismatched and their life becomes miserable after getting married.The bride who does not bring sufficient dowry is ill treated by the in laws and we read the news of dowry death in newspapers.So the youngsters, parents and government are the solution to eradicate dowry deaths and female infanticide.Parents will have to change their mindset about girls.They should give equal right to boys and girls.government will have to make it,s laws more strict so that girls may feel secured while going outside the home.Youngster will have to set example getting married without accepting dowry.Once the stream of marriages without dowry begins , it will carry the dowry system away from the society forever.
#5 by Sunil Kumar Jha,Ernakulam, Aug 24, 2008
Yes,It is correct that female infanticide and dowry deaths are social evils which are affecting our society and orienting towards the bad path.today parents take their female children as burden.They think that they are not permanent members of the family.They are like guests.One day they will leave the home and will go to the house of in-laws.This is the mindset of the parents that boy will carry the name of father and he will continue the ancestral family but how can the parents think like this because their son has to marry a female and without a female their ancestral family can not be continued.Most of the parents feel insecurity about their female children because now a days incidents like chain snatching,rape,sexual harassment have become common.Parents think that the son is the bread earner for the family and the daughter is temporary guest , she has to leave the home after getting married.Dowry which was considered as a gift and financial support given to newly married couple has become compulsory thing.Today grooms are rated on their qualification,character,physical appearance for dowry.Because of dowry couples are mismatched and their life becomes miserable after getting married.The bride who does not bring sufficient dowry is ill treated by the in laws and we read the news of dowry death in newspapers.So the youngsters, parents and government are the solution to eradicate dowry deaths and female infanticide.Parents will have to change their mindset about girls.They should give equal right to boys and girls.government will have to make it,s laws more strict so that girls may feel secured while going outside the home.Youngster will have to set example getting married without accepting dowry.Once the stream of marriages without dowry begins , it will carry the dowry system away from the society forever.
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