Volume : 4, Issue : 3, March - 2015
FEMALE FOETICIDE AND INFANTICIDE: A SOCIO-CULTURAL STUDY
Ms. Susana Patro, Dr. M. Sreedevi Xavier
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<p><p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;This paper aims at examining the prevalence of female foeticide and infanticide in India by focusing on socio&amp;ndash;cultural&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;factors responsible for this gruesome violence against females. This study is mainly based on secondary sources and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;studied using content analysis. The data is analyzed from the perspective developed by feminist social work theory.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The main objectives of this study are &amp;ndash; to understand the causes of female foeticide and infanticide; to examine the consequences of it; to focus on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;the people responsible for it; and to examine the preventive strategies or policies by the state or law enforcement agencies.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Female foeticide and infanticide have a great impact on the development of any society. Although there are laws, enactments and Acts to control&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;these problems, implementation has become a Herculean task. Unless the general mental framework of a typical Indian male is not changed;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;until the government ings out a policy on stringent implementation of enactments or acts, these social problems will surely continue forever.&lt;/div&gt;</p></p>
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Ms. SUSANA PATRO, DR. M. SREEDEVI XAVIER Female Foeticide and Infanticide: A Socio-Cultural Study Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 3 March 2015