Project Context
In some cases, violence against women can begin even before they are born. Female feticide is a reality of some societies that discriminate the unborn females and subject them to silent deaths inside the womb itself. However, these heinous crimes desired by families are actually done by doctors through their hideous health clinics. Although laws exist against determination of sex of the fetus, they have been poorly implemented mostly due to lack of sufficient awareness at the local level. A project to address female feticide will pursue this illicit practice and at the same time raise local awareness to prevent it.
Project Objectives
- To reduce the cases of female feticide in the project area
- To pursue cases of female feticide and bring to book guilty doctors and families for carrying out the heinous crime
- To raise public awareness on the issue of female feticide
Project Activities
- Monitor suspicious health clinics and doctors and families who may be involved in illegal practice of sex determination of the fetus and female feticide
- Book cases against doctors and families found guilty of female feticide and pursue trials against them in the courtrooms.
- Organize sensitization workshops with local police to consider the issue of female feticide seriously and take strong action against those found guilty of it.
- Organize awareness campaigns through community meetings, street shows, posters and other events on the importance of the girl child and prevention of female feticide.
Project Outcomes
- Reduction in the cases of female feticide reported at health clinics and police stations
- Legal cases registered against doctors and families guilty of female feticide
- Increased understanding and awareness of the community about the importance of girl child and the need for the prevention of female feticide
