What is female infanticide

Regarding twins, sometimes only the second child is killed or it is given to another family e. Quijo people in Ecuador. Female infanticide is the most common form of infanticide, both nowadays and in the past. This practice is mainly due to the fact that, in some cultures, males are considered to be socially more valuable than women.

Moreover, female infanticide is sometimes related to the control of the population. In China, infanticide is also practiced, mainly due to the one-child policy even though it existed before , which states that each couple can have only one child.

Many parents prefer to have an abortion before the birth, if they know that the child is a girl. However, among people who do not have this possibility, infanticide at birth can be performed. This practice goes directly against the Right to Life due to gender bias, it especially violates the Rights of girls. Female infanticide and abortions have caused a great imbalance between the sexes in some regions. In , a UN report estimated that approximately million girls worldwide had disappeared, 80 million of them in China and India.

In the future, this could lead to an increase in girls trafficking or to forcing women to marry more than one man. Advocate for the protection of child rights by calling for an end to fires and deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest! Skip to content. Infanticide Infanticide: the violation of the Right to Life Infanticide is an act that goes directly against the Right to Life of children. What is infanticide? Types of infanticide Direct or active Infanticide Direct or active Infanticide is killing the baby deliberately, by means of dehydration or starvation, suffocation or head injuries.

Broader term:. Filed under:. Decision-making and power. Gender roles and relations. Ryznar A Crime of its Own? University of San Francisco Law Review. Sen Tandon and Sharma International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences. Venkatramani Female Infanticide: Born to Die. Buckingham: Open University Press. Warren Williamson In: Infanticide and the Value of Life. New York: Prometheus Books. Working Group on the Girl Child Before you download your free e-book, please consider donating to support open access publishing.

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