India's Missing Girls

By U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Today's hearing will examine the problem of India's missing girls. Women in India are confronted with a compounding crisis. By most estimates there are tens of millions of women missing in India due to devaluation of female life beginning in the womb. Sex-selective abortion and female infanticide have led to lopsided sex ratios. In parts of India, for example, 126 boys are born for every 100 girls. This in turn leads to a shortage of marriageable women, which then leads to trafficking in persons, bride selling and prostitution.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497497086
• ISBN13: 9781497497085
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"