Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Persistently adverse sex ratios remain a challenge in India despite the enforcement of the PCPNDT (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques) Act in 1994. Nevertheless, over the decade 2001–2011, positive shifts from very adverse to less adverse levels have occurred in a few states. Two districts in Haryana state—Kurukshetra and Sonipat—whose sex ratios displayed some and no improvement, respectively, are compared in an attempt to find promising programme directions to counter gender-biased sex selection. Comparisons are drawn from the attitudes and experiences of surveyed women and interviews with service providers and programme implementers, about sex-selection technology. Also addressed are differences in the implementation of three initiatives known to influence improvements in the sex ratio at birth.
DOI
10.31899/pgy9.1047
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Rajib Acharya, Sharmistha Basu, and A.J. Francis Zavier. 2015. "Addressing gender-biased sex selection in Haryana, India: Promising approaches." New Delhi: Population Council.
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