The much-awaited provisional results of Census 2011 bring the news that the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has declined further from 927 to 914 girls for every 1,000 boys, due to a widening of the circle of daughter aversion, especially across western and central India. But in all the monitoring to correct this “imbalance” what place is there for a genuine engagement with the life chances of girls in diverse contexts?
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/census-2011-governing-populations-and-girl-child
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mary-e-john
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population-trends
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011